The new year brought on not a whole lot of changes. There were still lots of restrictions and not many things open, but I decided to go big with Bentley and Deacon's birthday parties because it was something to do! We did the parties with just family, but it was still a lot of fun for both of them.
Luckily right before Bentley's birthday Claire's opened up for ear piercing. Bentley had a day off school so I took her to get her ears pierced! She had been asking for a little while and was so excited. My mom came along too. Of course everyone was wearing masks and they had to do one ear at a time so that there were less people around her. Bentley said it hurt so bad and shed a few tears, but she was brave and still got the second ear done thankfully! I didn't realize they had real diamonds for kids, and for some reason Bentley really wanted the real one but I convinced her to choose a less expensive one that looked a lot prettier. Then afterwards Grandma and I bought her some earrings and a few other little things while we were there. She looked so cute with with her ears pierced and loved them so much!
Bentley requested an LOL party, which is a type of surprise doll that she's been really into lately. We did a crepe breakfast with Scarlett and Emri and then planned a bunch of activities. The night before, I stayed up after the kids went to bed and decorated so that she'd be surprised in the morning, and she loved it! Bentley's been loving crepes with nutella and strawberries, so we did that along with some bacon and juice.
Then they started the games which included pin the bow on the LOL doll, LOL bingo with jewels to put on the spaces, and Pass the Parcel. In this game I had wrapped up surprises throughout a bunch of wrapping paper into one big ball for each of them. They passed around a doll until the music stopped and whoever was holding the doll got to start opening up their surprise ball. They ended up with the same prizes but had a lot of fun in the process! They also played with pink glitter play doh I had made, with cute cookie cutters and jewels. And they painted their own LOL doll. This one took a lot of effort for me because I actually drew the dolls on poster paper just by looking at a picture. I was quite impressed with how they turned out. I taped them up in the basement and they had fun feeling like artists painting them!
Instead of a cake, Bentley wanted donuts, so I fashioned a plate of pink rice krispies and candy with a donut on top, candles and LOL print outs. It actually looked pretty cute! All the kids got donuts and any of the rice krispies and candy they wanted.
Bentley also got to open up her presents and got lots of LOL surprise dolls of course, and a unicorn that you crystallize and paint, which I took a picture of her doing later on. Both grandparents stopped by at some point to give her their gifts. Her friend Violet also came by to drop off a gift, it was so sweet! I was so impressed by everyone making such an effort to make Bentley feel special on her birthday, even though we couldn't do a huge party. I actually liked this way better!
Its hard to believe Bentley is 7 years old! Only one year away from being baptized, which just seems so crazy to me. It's so sad to see the time go, but I'm really enjoying her right now. My favorite things are how much she loves to just talk to me, the cute notes she constantly leaves on my bed, how well she makes her bed every day and does all her chores, and how she's created such a bond with Deacon and could stay up all night playing board games with him if she could! Lately Bentley is enjoying playing the piano and reading really well. She's always my little helper and although she doesn't love having little brothers that "ruin my stuff," she knows just how to handle them and loves watching and helping Leo learn new words and phrases. She loved friends, cousins, and sleepovers like no other. We sure love our Bentley boo!!
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