The children had a half day of school yesterday, so K invited a couple of friends over for a small "friends" birthday party. We stuck to the Ladybug theme. K chose chicken noodle soup for lunch and ladybug cupcakes. Our only planned activity was painting rocks into ladybugs. It was just enough. Getting free time to just enjoy playing together was the best! K's birthday is not until the 15th but after her first party with the grandparents she asked if she could say she was 6 yet. I told her that would be fine-once you've had your party, it is OK. Last night she did something she shouldn't have and I made the mistake of saying, "You know better then that, you are 6 years old now." To which she replied, "No, I'm not yet. My birthday isn't until next week!" I guess when you have your party early, you can choose which days you want to be 5 and which days you want to be 6!! Don't worry, she wasn't being fresh, just really cute!