Marissa's 6th Birthday

It's so hard to believe Marissa is 6 years old! Has it really been that long? We feel so blessed to have such a delightful, smart, sensitive, beautiful, sweet girl. I often feel unworthy to be her mom--she is amazing and has incredible potential. I pray every day that I can help her reach that potential. She deserves so much. Anyway, our day started out with a party at school. I brought treats in and we played pin the tial on the donkey. Then we worked on her birthday cake during the afternoon. She picked out and designed her own cake. She wanted a unicorn cake. When I showed her the pan, she immediately said, "I want it to have a white body with a heart with sprinkles on it here (pointing to it's side), pink hooves, rainbow mane and tail, and blue eyes like mine." Marissa was very excited to have a family party, and they all spoiled her. The main attraction was her last gift--we had her close her eyes and then brought out a beautiful calico kitten. As soon as she heard it's little meow, her eyes popped open. She was literally speechless, and I've never seen her eyes so WIDE. She just kept saying, "It's SOO AADOOORABLE." She named her pinky-pie. Since then, she has been with it non-stop. She wanted to sleep with it, eat with it, watch a movie with it, ride her new scooter with it in the basket, etc. After cake, we did a pinata. It was so hard that the teenagers had to break it open.