Happy Birthday Rayna

My sweet little girl is 5 today!  Lucky her, it is also her first day of school!  She is very excited about school because she's watched Serenity all year and knows what it is all about.

She is digging her new backpack with matching lunch box and shoes.

She really loves the water and took loads of swimming lessons (outdoors) this year.  When her teacher asked her to bring her some cookies she said, "My mommy can't bake but she sure can buy stuff at Safeway!"  Awesome!

She likes weird food together (just like her Daddy).  Ice cream and a pickle?? 

She made a pencil box at the Home Depot kids workshop with Serenity and Daddy.  The best part, it was all FREE!  Even the apron. (and they do a new one each month)

 She went to dance camp and loved making friends and the Art best!  LOL  Great idea to try dance for a short period of time so that we didn't fork out the big bucks for something she doesn't love to do.  She'd much rather dress up like a ballerina and dance around our house!

She got buried at the beach!  Oh how we all loooooove the beach and spent lots of time there this year. 

 She learned how to wash clothes like they used to and thought it was fun.  When we showed her the one room school house I said, "The kids from Grades 1 to 7 all gathered here."  She said, "and then what?"  

 Biking fool.  Loved to race up at me and then slam on the brakes.  Little monster!

 Oh the wonderful ice cream at Dairy Queen.  Great treat on a hot day.

 Rayna is such a character.  She often makes goofy faces or gives me the "Pirate Eye" in pictures.  So hilarious that she wore her goggles all day at the beach (in and out of the water).

 She is such a beauty, inside and out! 

I love this little face more than I can say.

Laterg8r

PS - this cow picture is for my friend Jo, who is an amazing artist and who also finds weird topiary cool!