What a fun birth-"day" she had too! On Friday the 10th it was "birthday lunch with Principal Good" day and so that was a great way to start the celebratory weekend for Miss Malia! She enjoyed her lunch with him and was chatty--according to herself! She also took in some birthday cookies for her class and then passed out the extras to the "office ladies" as she left school for the day!
Saturday started out like a usual birthday morning! Breakfast of choice--cereal hand-picked by the birthday girl! (Mommy can't say no when it comes to the birthday cereal--it's a tradition--a RULE!!)
Flowers for the birthday girl and balloons are also on the table greeting them as they wake up! It's fun to have these traditions! After breakfast we geared up for the party! We hadn't had a birthday party since Malia turned 4 and so this was really special! We invited a few girls from school, a couple from church and then our babysitters daughter who has become a fun friend (And then one of the girls from school brought her sister with --who is Morgan's good friend!!)! The stipulation was that they all had to have an American Girl doll because we were making crafts for their dolls and that was the theme of the day! (If you need ideas for a birthday party with this theme--head to Michael's--they have partnered with AG and have a plethora of fun activities and party favors to choose from!!)
They enjoyed pizza for lunch, decorating their own cupcakes and then making "cake pops"! Cake pops are the latest craze and they enjoyed making them and decorating them! The girls also enjoyed making the headbands and bracelets for their dolls. We packed a lot of fun into 4 hours!!!
Marshall was home with us for all of this and kept coming upstairs telling me how "loud" they were! That was funny coming from the little loud boy himself! He enjoyed having the girls here, though, and enjoyed "bugging" them!
At the end of the day Malia said this was the best birthday ever and thanked me for letting her have such a fun day! It was precious! My heart swells thinking about how much I love her and how thankful I am for my sweet family!
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| The cereal--Honey Smacks (One of Papa Haugen's favorites!!) The Flowers! The presents!! Let the fun times begin~~ |
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| A pedometer!! And of course we log her steps on-line to try to win prizes for being active!! |
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| Softball starts soon...this year we are prepared! A bag for the bat and batting gloves for our slugger!! |
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| Wappy!! The pup who goes along with the DS!! |
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| Ready for the party! Matching hair and shirts for Malia & Rebecca! |
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| Aaaa....the goodies! Let the sugar rush commence! |
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| The crew!! They were a great crew of girls! |
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| The little sisters!! Partying like the big girls! |
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| CRAZY! |
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| oooohh....cupcakes...frosting... |
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| Happy Birthday to you!!! |
Oh! She is beautiful! It was great reading this post. I also have to do a lot of preparation for my daughter’s 16th birthday. I will most probably book one of the San Francisco venues for her birthday celebration because our house will be under renovation at that time.
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