{"id":9371,"date":"2013-01-20T05:54:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T05:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=9371"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:35:55","slug":"the-princess-turns-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=9371","title":{"rendered":"The Princess Turns Six"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At one point today Melissa and I watched a woman wrestle her screaming toddler out of the kids’ museum where our little princess was hosting her birthday party.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0diaper-clad\u00a0boy\u00a0was tucked under his mother’s\u00a0arm and was wailing, kicking, and wearing only one shoe – the other shoe was clutched tightly in mom’s free hand.\u00a0 Mom marched as quickly as possible down two flights of stairs and toward the front door while her son let EVERYBODY in the place know exactly how upset he was.\u00a0 \u00a0Melissa and I were sitting on a bench while our kids were scattered all over the building – without need of our constant supervision.\u00a0 We watched the frazzled mom and screaming toddler and agreed that we don’t miss those days.\u00a0But as I write this at the end of the day, I have to admit that I made sure I found reason to cuddle a few quiet minutes with The Princess tonight – who, even at six, is not yet too big to curl up on my lap. Not yet.\u00a0 And I found myself missing those toddler days …\u00a0at least\u00a0a smidgen.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This was Wednesday, The Princess' actual birthday.\u00a0 One of our birthday traditions is the chance to open one present at the breakfast table.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Followed by a super healthy breakfast.\u00a0 That there is called a birthday pancake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Her party was today (Saturday)\u00a0and she chose the local children's museum as her party site and got to invite a few friends.\u00a0\u00a0This place\u00a0is very hands-on and educational. And the best part is … it's not Chuck E. Cheese.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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There are lots of fun activities – like the bubble room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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And – inexplicably – a giant toilet.\u00a0 It makes a flushing sound when you go down the drain into the room below!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Melissa even scored a private room for pizza and cake… at no extra charge …<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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And a giant cockroach on the counter to watch the proceedings … also at no extra charge.\u00a0 Next year, God willing, The Princess will be celebrating her birthday in Haiti – and the cockroaches will be allowed to roam free.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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One of my best cakes, if I do say so myself.\u00a0 I had never worked with fondant icing before and found it wasn't as difficult as I had always assumed.\u00a0 This is supposed to be one of the "Lego Friends" – the new Legos being marketed to girls.\u00a0 She turned out a little beefy, but a fairly close representation overall.\u00a0 The Princess was duly impressed and remarked, "It's kinda sad we'll have to put a fork in her face."<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Lunch was followed by some craft time – which even the big brothers participated in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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The party girls were still doing crafts when the parents showed up to collect them.\u00a0 These girls loved their crafts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

\u00a0But my favorite part of the day,\u00a0hands down,\u00a0ended up being those quiet moments I cuddled my big old exhausted 6 year old before bedtime.\u00a0 I am so blessed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At one point today Melissa and I watched a woman wrestle her screaming toddler out of the kids’ museum where our little princess was hosting her birthday party.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0diaper-clad\u00a0boy\u00a0was tucked under his mother’s\u00a0arm and was wailing, kicking, and wearing only one shoe – the other shoe was clutched tightly in mom’s free hand.\u00a0 Mom marched as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9382,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9371\/revisions\/9382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}