Celebrating 5 is a huge deal especially when it is something you have waited an entire year to do!

 One week before her "real" birthday, we gathered some friends and family together to help us celebrate our girl!

 Our artist, daddy, drew a splendid picture of Sofia for a game of pen the amulet on Sofia....

 and we did a cool scavenger hunt followed by opening of gifts!

 Our boys spent the week away in the mountains for their annual Gran and Pop mountain camp.  While they were sliding down sliding rock and driving ATVs around and around, our girls packed up and headed to the American Girl Bistro and store!

 Maddox was so proud to finally own her very own American Girl doll.  She chose the girl of the year, Isabelle.

 Isabelle is a ballerina and Maddox is taken with her!

 She held her and fed her and made sure she minded her manners....

 We posed for a photo after breakfast and shopped around for the perfect item to purchase!  We left with matching pjs for the girls - and Maddox could not wait to go to sleep for the evening!

 The big day!  5 arrived and the kiddos went to work making sure that our girl was treated like a princess!

 Because it was her special day, we did whatever she wanted to do, whenever she wanted to!  

 Maddox and I went on a little date for the afternoon - it was good to be with my girl for a few hours, just me and my newly turned favorite 5 year old!

 We arrived home just in time for make your own pizzas and cake and ice cream....

 one.last.time for the birthday girl!

What a fabulous week we had celebrating our Maddox and her special day!