Thankful God knows what we need

 I can't believe school is already done for the year. My little girl is done with kindergarten & will start school with an actual number. Who would have thought 1st grade would sneak up on us so quickly. We had a rough start to kindergarten, well that's actually a lie. I had a rough start to kindergarten. I put in some requests for Serenity's teacher & was so upset when none of the people I had wanted were chosen to be her teacher. Like really upset. Like I cried & I cried & I cried. It took me probably a full month & a lot of talking to God to finally understand He put her where He wanted her and for that I'm so thankful.  We always think we know what's best for our lives & for our children but our Father is the only one who really knows. I was making my pick solely on who I wanted just because I wanted them. No other reason than that. I wasn't thinking about the type of classmates she could have, the type of influence she would have the opportunity to be, the kind of non school related things her teacher could teach her I was just thinking boohoo this isn't what I wanted. I'm glad that God knows what we need when we don't. We have had an amazing year with an amazing teacher. Her & Serenity fit so well together. She pushed Serenity where she needed it & encouraged her & praised her as well. This school year has been amazing & I feel Serenity wouldn't be the little girl she is at this very moment if it wasn't for Mrs. Butler. We love her & are so thankful for a great year with her. 

little miss turned 6

6 years. 6 whole years is how long I have been a mama. I can’t believe we have a 6 year old baby big kid. She had a wonderful birthday at school & then finished it off with her final night of CAMO. But before all that was the birthday party.Oh the birthday party. Once again I tried my best to be less stressed, especially since Serenity had the great attitude of "I'll just have fun with whoever can make it."
I love how at least 95% of her life is spent being the most unselfish child that I know.

We went with a simple butterfly for 2 reasons. Number one, she happens to like butterflies. Number 2, I already had invitations with butterflies on them J
since we had her party at the same place we had X’s the décor was going to be limited so I had to theme the party out with the food once more. I think it was success. 

always have to have your butterfly eggs 

 She had a great time with the friends that were able to make it & we lucked out with no bad weather that day. So happy that she was happy. So happy that she is amazing. So sad that she is already 6

just can't get to that butterfly without first being a caterpillar 

the next step of course was just a simple hot dog wrapped with a crescent
not an actual chrysalis no need to worry :)

simple M&M goody bags for the guests that looked like butterflies

and I'm so super thankful my hubby saved me with the cake
because I was starting to turn this stress free party into something