Today is Janie’s 5th Birthday!! Her special day has finally arrived and she couldn’t be more excited. In honor of her new age, Dada got her her very own Clipper card.
Now that she’s 5, she has to pay the child price and gets to “beep” herself on and off.
To celebrate, Mama took the day off to take her to school. We rode the ferry together and she was so happy to show Mama where to go and what to do.
We dropped her off for the morning so that she could celebrate with her friends at school. She was greeted with a “Happy Birthday!” from her teacher as soon as she walked in and they sang “Happy Birthday” to her multiple times throughout the day.
We picked her up after her nap and they sang to her once more before she left school early with Mama.
The best part of her day was wearing her giant 5 crown. As we walked through the city, everyone would wish her a “Happy Birthday” and took notice that she was 5 today.
As a special treat, we took the birthday girl to Waterbar for some raw oysters. We ordered a dozen and she ate 8 of them on her own.
The waitress also left us some chocolates after we paid the bill. The plate even said “Happy Birthday” written in chocolate sauce.
We rode the earliest ferry back to Alameda together and sat on the back to enjoy the view.
For dinner, we ordered pizza and sang to her one more time.
We love you so much, Big Girl! So sad to see the little baby slowly fade away but we are so excited to see what you’ll learn and accomplish in the next year in Kindergarten. Don’t grow up too quickly! You’ll always be our Baby KK!!