Jasmine's 5th Birthday

Jasmine turned the big 5 this past weekend! Erin was in a sailing event for the day on Saturday, so Grahame brought the girls over to M&D's in the late afternoon. We spent the day exploring in the woods before heading in to warm up and open presents! At one point, Grampie was not feeling great so he went up to his bed and lay down. While I was giving Jasmine a bath, Zoe went in to snuggle with Grampie. She apparently asked him how old he was because he sure had a lot of white hair. She then told him she did not want him to die. I'm guessing with some recent deaths (her great-grandmother and Mrs. O), this must be playing on her mind. She's such a sweetie - she stayed and snuggled with Grampie for at least 15 minutes and she certainly made his day! We played some board games with the girls and then sat down for dinner. We had a pre-birthday party birthday cake for Jasmine - which she helped decorate with Nana. 

Sunday was party day! Erin created a 'scientific experiment' themed party, allowing the girls to try out all sorts of fun! The favorite had to be the mentos in diet coke explosion - it certainly got a rise out of everyone at the party. Not as much of a rise as Grahame got when he decided to try the experiment in his stomach by drinking a bottle of diet coke (dangerous enough) and following it up with a mentos. He says that the explosion that ensues comes rushing up your esophogas out flying out your mouth. Lovely. Thankfully, his experiment failed. Though, as Dad pointed out, perhaps the explosion would happen at the other end. Erin is such a lucky lady.

At one point, I noticed that Zoe was nowhere to be found. I went upstairs and there she was, quietly sitting at her desk drawing a picture. I sat on her bed and asked what she was doing. She very dramatically sighed and told me it was just too loud - too many kiddies yelling. "Most of the kids here are 4 or 5, and I'm 6" she told me in all seriousness, as if she simply could not bring herself down to their level. I told her it was totally fine if she needed some quiet time, and then picked my jaw up off the floor when I saw a Justin Bieber poster on her closet door. "I don't know why that bothers you Auntie Sandra? Lots of kids like Justin Bieber". Sigh....but why do you have to grow up??