Celebrity Celebrity Family Celebrity Kids Busy Philipps Is 'Eternally Grateful' for 'True Living Unicorn' Daughter Cricket on Her 10th Birthday Busy Philipps looked back as her youngest, Cricket, celebrated her 10th birthday By Angela Andaloro Angela Andaloro Angela Andaloro is a Society & Culture Staff Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared on BuzzFeed, Entertainment Weekly, and LittleThings. People Editorial Guidelines Published on July 3, 2023 02:49PM EDT Photo: Instagram/busyphilipps Busy Philipps' youngest has hit double digits! On Sunday, the Dawson's Creek alum, 43, shared a carefully put-together slideshow featuring photos of her youngest, daughter Cricket from each year of her life as she celebrated her 10th birthday. The actress mom of two wrote, "10 years. the joy of my life. a true living unicorn. a person who defies expectations and description and lives so fully in the moment, she sometimes eats 2 lunches." Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Samantha Burkardt/Getty Images Busy Philipps Emotionally Talks About Birdie Graduating Middle School, Going to Boarding School in Fall "Cricket Pearl Silverstein. the best idea any of us ever had and also so uniquely her own idea that there was no way that her spirit wouldn’t have come into this world. but i am eternally grateful that she chose us," the proud mom continued. "My sweet wonderful incredible brilliant talented baby cricks. i love you more than i’ll ever be able to articulate. happy 10th birthday, my heart that beats outside of my body. ✨🦄👶💗✨." Busy Philipps/Instagram The Girls5Eva actress also shares Birdie, 14, with ex Marc Silverstein. Last month, Cricket enjoyed an early celebration with friends ahead of the end of the school year. "Per her request, I made this Kirby cake for Cricks!!!!! There are some cake making story highlights if you’re interested!" she said, showing off the finished result. "And YES her bday isn’t until July 2 but for the first time ever i realized we can just do it early so her friends can come before school is out.🤷♀️."