AND THEN THEY WERE 5....

We can't believe that our little girlies are 5!!  Where has the time gone!?  There is a saying (that especially applies during the very early newborn/toddler years) that the days are long but the years are short!  It is so true!  Especially with having twins there are some days that have been just plain long...diapers, feeding, sleeping x 2 and then doing it all again.  The years go fast though...these 5 years have flown by!!

Back to the birthday celebration...we stuck with tradition and woke the girls up with balloons...each got 5 this year!  They were very excited!!

Isabella continues to be our pink girl.  All 5 balloons had some pink on them.  Ava loves purple but turquoise is a close 2nd.

What made this birthday extra special was having these cuties with us!  My sister and her boys, Josiah and Cash came and spent a week with us.  We had the best time with them!  It was a little cozy in our new house but it was like a slumper party all week long! :) Brenda, we owe you a real mattress next time :) !!!

We came downstairs and the girls got to open 1 present at breakfast!  The bag happened to have some of their favorite things in it...Ava is holding up the gum...

...and Isabella is holding a cup.  These girls are cup oppsesssed!  They really, really love snack containers and cups and will often get them in lieu of a toy if they have a choice.

Somehow I missed a large chunk of the day because I forgot my camera but we went to the children's museum for the their b-day.  They each got to invite 2 friends and it worked out perfect.  Isaac had Josiah and Cash to play with at the museum, so fun times were had by all!

After we got back home and Daddy got home from work it was present time!  They were digging it!!

After walking to our local pizza place for dinner we came back and did a piñata in our backyard!  It was soooo much fun!  

These kiddos have a blast together!  Josiah is 6 months younger than Isaac and 18 months older than the girls, so they all have a great time together!

My sister and I enjoying the gluten free cookie cake I made for the girls...the blue frosting was a MESS...look at our teeth!

We ended the night with sparklers and it was a GREAT day!!  The girls were sooooo excited about their birthday...they had been asking for months "how many days till our birthday?" and were thrilled that it was finally THEIR day!  In typical Ava form she started asking the very next day when she was going to be 6! :)