My Eldest is SEVEN!

Wow where have the years gone! My baby girl is now seven years old. I can not believe how quickly these years have gone by. She is an amazing little girl, who is into everything! She amazes me everyday and is learning so much so fast. The past few appointments I don't even feel like she needs me there anymore. You know how before your little ones want you to hold their hand or you need to tell them everything that's going on in a calm way before it happens. Well our last dentist appointment she was telling the dentists what they were doing and why they were doing it. She didn't cry or budge an inch when the did any of the work. This brought tears to my eyes. I am watching my little girl get stronger and stronger before my eyes. She didn't even need to hold my hand during the procedure.

Now that she is seven and has her own room she is very particular with what goes in her room, where it goes and everything. If I make her bed wrong she gets upset about it. I know your probably asking why am I making her bed, she is seven. Well she actually makes her own bed I just so happen to wash her bedding the one day while she was at school and re make it. She did thank me for washing her floor and empting her garbage bin though. Anyways to the point I am getting to, when we asked her what she wanted for her birthday she asked for a place to put her laundry. She hates her clothes all over the floor or in a pile. Normally we have them put it in a basket in the hallway, but we figured if this is what she wants this is what she will get. We looked EVERYWHERE for one, and with no luck. I finally found one I thought she may like, and well by this picture you can see she did.

For our kids, since they are so close in age, we generally don't do birthday parties that much. They just have so much and really don't need more, and we can not afford everything they want. So we pick a few things they can use/need and something to play with as gifts for them. I know this may sound silly but as they have gotten older our birthday budget has gone up. For their birthdays after 5 we said $100 would be the budget, unless they wanted a big party with their friends then that would be their gift. We don't see the point in over doing it as we want the kids to be thankful for what they have and use what they have. How do you feel about this?

Here are some pictures of our fun evening!