So I know I'm a little behind on posting but I have SO many things to share and pictures to post. Lets just get started. I think Madi's little birthday shin-dig should be up first, because lets face it, she is kind of a big deal. She has known that her birthday was on "August 3rd" for quite a while now but never really knew that her birthday was upon us! Once she found out that was all she could talk about, heck, that's all she STILL talks about. We have a lot of weird, conflicting work schedules among our family members so we had to work out a day that would work best for everyone. Because of this, we celebrated more of a week rather than a day. On July 28th we had Madi's family birthday party at our house. We also combined it with Eastyn's blessing, but that will be its own post. Lets not ruin the birthday magic for the princess! Since this was a work day for me it was rather busy and overwhelming to say the least! I got home and fixed up the Madster's hair as best I could with what little time I had. I think it turned out pretty cute if I say so myself! Check it out.....
Almost everyone was able to Make it and Madi couldn't have been any more stoked! She had a ton of fun tearing in to present after present....
I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked of all of her gifts. She was SPOILED though, I assure you! She got a lot of much needed clothes, toys, a digital camera, T-ball set (thanks daddy), lots of puzzles, shoes, jammies, make up and nail polish, AND....
A Barbie Jeep....
She LOVED this thing! So did her cousin Ashley. They played so cute together and they each took turns driving it. Madi was pretending to check the mail every 2 seconds and I think Ashley would have preferred to just drive, but ehhh, they still had a good time.
The cake was an ice-cream cake from Baskin Robbins. It was devils food cake with cookie dough ice cream. Can you say D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S? Yum.....
That weekend Tenille and I went on our Saturday morning walk and decided it would be fun to take Madi to lunch and to the park. Of course we let her choose where to go and it was Arctic Circle (the only "restaurant" in town with a playground). It just so happened to be "Free Fry Day" so we enjoyed some free fries on the house and some corn dogs. Mad's played for a while and then we were off to the park.
We played for a minute but Tenille found out the hard way that the Early August Heat at noon can be brutal on the bare skin! Luckily Madi had the sense not to go down. So we said good bye to the park and headed home.
Bryon's brother Trevor moved in with us back in June of this year. He had to work the night of Madi's birthday party so on her actual birthday we decided to take her to ChuckECheese. Of course Bry had to take Madi to get some Toy Story toys first. Um, does anyone want to venture a guess as to what the stores are charging for these delightful little toys? See dinosaur in Eastyn's chair
and Woody in Madi's.....
She also got a buzz lightyear, but he was at home. All 3 were just a hair under $100. Seriously? I mean, really? Toys were so much cheaper back in my day... Ü Anyway, back to ChuckECheese. I remember that place being so much more fun when I was a kid..... but that's neither here, nor there. Madi didn't know the difference and she loved the heck out of it!
Of course, Eastyn slept through the whole thing....
good baby.....
...a small fortune later, we had full bellies and enough tickets (800) to buy a glittery bouncy ball. Well done.
To see this little face so happy made the whole thing worth it!
Happy birthday Madster!
I gotta say I'm impressed! For the most part, she kept the eye shadow to the eye area. Next stop, eye liner....... Ü
I gotta say I'm impressed! For the most part, she kept the eye shadow to the eye area. Next stop, eye liner....... Ü
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