Kaiya Turns 6!

Saturday was also Kaiya's sixth birthday.  The story I have often told is that six years ago I was sitting at a computer, on a ship in the middle of the Baltic Sea, crying because I had just learned through email that Kaiya had been born.  Kaiya changed my life ... she turned me into one of those obnoxious grandparents - you know, the ones who brag about their grandkids every chance they get, and who spoil their grandkids and annoy their own kids?  Guilty, guilty and guilty.  But - and I am NOT just merely doing the routine bragging - Kaiya truly is an extraordinary child.  She brings me joy every single day.

This year Kaiya had a friend birthday party at Planet Play, and I went along to help out.  What a crazy group of kids!  It was a lot of fun.

Teague got the piece of cake with "Kaiya" on it, so he thought it was pretty funny that he was eating his sister.

So, as I've said before, I've started doing "Grammie Dates" for the grandkids birthday.  They get to choose the activity and it's special time with just Grammie.  Kaiya wanted to do the same thing we did last year - mani/pedi's, followed by Afternoon Tea at Grand America - but she wanted her mom and Kris to come too.  So we high-tailed it out of the party to go to our mani-pedi appointment ...

And then on to tea.