Kimmie's 20th Birthday

Kimmie turned 20 this past Saturday. I think she would agree that she had a very nice birthday.

Her birthday celebration started on Friday when the day program had a birthday cake for her.

With "Big Sister" leaving for camp on her birthday, we also celebrated on Friday. She told us she wanted a chocolate cake with sprinkles, so that's what we had. I didn't buy any sprinkles because I thought I already had some; however, all I could find were Christmas sprinkles. Kimmie didn't care. It was a chocolate cake with sprinkles. She was happy.

For several weeks she had been getting in the cupboard and getting out the number candles that we have from previous birthdays; 18. She knew she was going to be 20, so we are not sure why she was getting out the 18. We decided she wanted those kind of candles for her cake. So we had a 2 and 0 for her cake.

Kimmie has gradually done better with the birthdays. She waited patiently through her sister's birthday and her brother's birthday and did not try to make them her birthday. She even waited patiently for everyone to finish their cake, because, of course, the most important part of her birthday is the presents!

Thanks to the dollar store and some finds in Michaels dollar bins, Kimmie had lots of gifts to open which made her very happy. She seemed to like and play with everything she received.

On Saturday, Kimmie's birthday, we dropped Bethany off to leave for camp and then took Kimmie to one of her favorite places, the M-A-L-L. She tells me every day that she wants to go shopping at the M-A-L-L. She doesn't actually want to go shopping at the mall, she wants to go shopping at FYE at the mall to add to her movie collection.

After she picked out a new DVD, we took her to see the new Pooh movie. Kimmie sat on the edge of her seat with a big smile on her face through the entire movie. Well, she did grab me and hang on during a scene when Piglet was scared. But she did enjoy it and we practically had to drag her out of the theater.

We went home, she put on her new Eeyore pajamas and watched her new DVD. The one she bought at the M-A-L-L and held through the entire Pooh movie.

Happy 20th Birthday, Kimmie!

The next day she was in the cupboard and came out with the 2 and the 1 candles. She laid them on the table, 21. She's ready for next year already!

--Mom