Seven years

My little girl is 7 already.  I have no idea when she got so big.  

Carrot is so creative and enjoys life so much.  Right now I am looking at about 20 "presents" that she made so far and put under the tree that range from drawings to gifts she made at school and each and every one is individually wrapped with name tags.  She even has a list of who how many more she wants to make and add to the collection.   

I am a very organized person and her creativity can create such a mess but  I am learning to overlook it much better than I used to.  I know one day when my house is empty I will wish I had scraps of paper and beads and tape to clean up.

Along with the organized, clean/neat fetish I have a little streak of perfectionism in me but I am working on that too.  This year I let her icing her own cake.  She  kept asking for a double layer cake and making a big deal about how her cake was going to be double layer.  I didn't want to burst her bubble by telling her all round cakes make a double layer instead I decided to go the extra step and make her a triple layer cake so it was more special and then she was telling everyone that she was having a triple layer cake.  I love that about her.  

Carrot and her friend putting on the icing.  Years past I would have not been able to stand watching all the crumbs mix with the icing but she was loving it and I really didn't care so much.

All finished and ready to put on the decorations

All done.  I think she did a great job 

After her special dinner of eggs, sausage, and pancakes we all piled into the car and went to see the Christmas light display at a local factory

I even let Carrot and Banana take the pictures 

Carrot and her puppy

 Happy birthday Carrot I love you so much!