6 Years Old!

Hard to believe that 6 years have gone by so quickly.  My little Duffy is 6 years old already!  

It seems like only a year or two ago since she was this new little bundle.  All big cheeks and fluffy hair, waiting for a name since we couldn't all agree on one.

The girls had voted for Cinderella and Dora, but somehow they just didn't fit.  There was a big push for Summer, which I just didn't love, but since she was born so close to Summer Solstice (and our favorite time of year), we decided to give her that as a middle name.  (Something neither of my other girls ended up with.)  Finally, it was decided to name her Megan.  Funny, though, after all that debate and struggle to name her, she's gone almost exclusively by Duffy since she was tiny.  Oh well, how could we know?

And now, here she is all stretched out with thinning cheeks and much longer hair.  (Still pretty fluffy but it doesn't stick straight up like it did then.  We do often refer to her as Hermione because of her crazy hair.)

After the plethora of early spring birthdays, it always seems like she has to wait forever for her turn, but it's finally here.  This year was a little special since Summer Solstice actually did fall on the 20th instead of the 21st.  That doesn't happen very often.

She wanted to open a couple of presents before the girls had to leave for swim team.  (Jonas was all ready gone.)

Cake Boss Junior (Samantha) begged to make her cake.  Since Shawn and I were both pretty busy, we let her take over.  I did help Duffy find a cake that she wanted and I provided Samantha with the appropriate supplies, but after that, it was all her.  Both she and Megan were pretty happy with the results.

Grandpa Ralph and Grandma Judy came by to bring presents and then took the kids to get ice-cream cones.

Then we had a quick celebration to finish opening presents and have cake and ice-cream before we had to get out the door to a swim meet (which Megan declared to be the worst part of her birthday - having to spend it at a swim meet.  I agree.  It's not the most fun way to spend your special day, but hopefully we had enough celebrating throughout the day to make up for it.  And her swim teacher had made a point of wishing her Happy Birthday multiple times at her lessons, too.)

Happy 6th Birthday Megan!

Now she wants to know when her teeth will get wiggly.  I guess she expected that once she turned 6 her teeth would start falling out.  I told her she may have to wait a little longer.  But she checks daily just in case.