Celebrating Ruthie

In our house your actual birthday is a BIG deal. With 4 kids it's pretty rare that life is revolving around just one child so we try to make sure that when it's their birthday the kids feel like they are the center of the world for that one day. When it's their birthday the kids get to pick pretty much everything we do that day. They spend all  year planning and looking forward to their special day!
For her birthday Ruthie chose to go to the Children's Museum. We decided to go in the afternoon as it's generally less crowded then and we got lucky that Paul was able to join us! At the museum Ruthie got to lead the way the whole time which thrilled her!

First stop: the grocery store! 

JP was very excited to drive the fire truck.

Ruthie got to drive the car first since it was her birthday! 

Edventure has a new Boeing exhibit that is SO good! The kids loved flying the plane and being passengers.

Hanging out in our seats on the plane.

Ready for takeoff!

JP and I had to double back to the firetruck while the girls played in Big Eddie.

In one of the rooms you can build a creation and then stick it in the air tube and see if it flies! JP was obsessed with watching a piece of paper fly out of a tube and Emmie did a great job building her own flying creation. She was so proud of herself! Ruthie loved making her creation as well!




We were at the museum until they closed. Ruthie had such a great time!

After the museum we went to dinner at Chick fil A and then went and got frozen yogurt.

When we got home we let Ruthie open up her presents. She got a giraffe Beanie Boo from her siblings and a baby alive doll from the Novak's. And she had cards from Gran and Grandaddy, GiGi and PaPa and Uncle Ben and Aunt Ruth to open.  She also appreciated all her birthday phone calls so thank you to everyone who made her day extra special!

At the end of their special day the kids get to stay up late and play games and spend time with Paul and me. We love this time we get to totally focus on just one child! While playing games with Ruthie we decided she *might* be a bit of a cheater when it comes to Candy Land! We had so much fun laughing with Ruthie and making her feel special!