Addison is FIVE.

I can't believe we have a 5 year old. No longer a toddler! Yikes. I think it is hitting Carlos a lot harder than it hit me. He mentions it every single day. Addison had such a great birthday. We went to Disneyland on her birthday like we do every year. It was PACKED. I think the last time I saw it that crowded was when I went one year on NYE. Surprisingly, we were able to go on most of the rides that we wanted to go on. We didn't go on the Haunted Mansion because they aren't doing fast passes, and no one was about to stand in that line. They are filming "The View" in front of the castle, so I was kind of bummed to see that we couldn't take their picture. One of the cast members talked to a few others, and they said that they wanted Addison to have a "magical 5th birthday photo" in front of the castle, and escorted us behind the ropes to take her picture. It was pretty cool because there was set equipment everywhere. Very behind-the-scenes. We ate lunch at Cafe Orleans because we were all dying for a good Monte Cristo. Later in the day we saw Barbara Walters taking a tour of Disneyland. We were literally right next to her. She looked awful.  I was so happy that Addison actually stayed awake for the fireworks this year. After 13 hours there, she fell asleep, and our plans to have her pick out some presents at Disneyland didn't happen.

On her actual birthday she opened a few of her presents, and then we went to Toys R' Us so she could pick out some other things she had been wanting. I think her Rainbow Loom was her favorite. By the end of the day, she was so exhausted that she didn't even want a cake, or to go to dinner. So, she chose McDonalds (lol) and we headed home to put together 28 goody bags for the kids in her class.

On Monday, she was so excited to get her birthday crown, certificate and pencil from her teacher. She loved passing out the goody bags. She has always been one of those kids who just loves to give things to her friends! Since she didn't want a cake on her birthday, I got her a cake and balloons on Monday. She didn't eat one bite of it, but she did blow out the candle. She was happy with that!