Today was the big party day! We chose a spa theme this year. I wanted to make this birthday extra special for Madeline as this was her first birthday in Texas and included a whole new set of friends. She has endured a lot these past few months and has handled it all with such grace. I searched all over the internet looking for ideas and came across a great website called birthday celebrations. On this website was something called "party in a box." Basically, it was everything needed to make body glitter, scented lip gloss, and scented body lotion. What could be more perfect as Madeline loves to create things?! It included all the supplies and along with it was manicure/pedicure lotions, facial masks and moist towelettes and nail polish! To make it even better....it also came with the goody bags for the girls to put their "creations" in. That's what I call "one stop shopping!" The girls had such a great time "creating"! The conversations that were occuring were hilarious as you can imagine!
After the girls were done it was time to move on to pedicures. My sister Jennifer painted each girls toenails. Thanks Auntie Jenn for all your help today! Madeline adores you and loves you so much! After the paint dried we put on nail jewels. Each girl got to choose one jewel for each of their big toes. They turned out so cute...and the girls felt so grown up!
Next we moved on to lunch.....we had pepperoni and cheese pizza, pasta salad, cheese cubes, grapes, strawberries and fruit dip! We had some very hungry little girls on our hands!
After lunch we then did our facials! What fun! The girls were so exctied! They had fun laughing at each other .... and how silly they looked!
We ended the day with cupcakes, ice cream and presents. The girls gave each other big hugs as it was time to leave. They kept saying that they couldn't wait to go to school on Monday to show off their "shiny" skin and toenails!
Madeline, Mommy had such a wonderful time with you and your friends. You are such a kind hearted and sweet girl. I hope you always remain that way. You make your Daddy and I so proud. You are such a miracle and blessing to us and we thank the Lord everyday for you. Happy 7th Birthday! We look forward to a wonderful year full of many new memories!
Ryan loves it when it's time to unload the dishwasher! He runs and grabs anything with wheels and turns the dishwasher door into a roadway and garage. He "parks" all the cars into the silverware baskets. What's even funnier are the noises he makes while doing this! He spends easily an hour doing this. Why do we have a playroom full of toys?!
The boys were playing nicely in their tent today so I went to grab my camera to take pictures. When I opened up the tent this is the image I saw....Ryan leaned over to give Kollman a kiss! Such a sweet moment!
Ryan is the most mischievous of our 3 kids! He's the baby so he gets by with quite a bit! When I had gone to change out some laundry he was playing trains....however, when I walked back into my kitchen this was the scene awaiting me. He is quick! I had just opened my new box of Paula Deen pots and pans and he found a piece of styrofoam. This was the end result.... snow all over my kitchen....and lots of smiles and giggles from Ryan.
Today was the big party day! We chose a spa theme this year. I wanted to make this birthday extra special for Madeline as this was her first birthday in Texas and included a whole new set of friends. She has endured a lot these past few months and has handled it all with such grace. I searched all over the internet looking for ideas and came across a great website called birthday celebrations. On this website was something called "party in a box." Basically, it was everything needed to make body glitter, scented lip gloss, and scented body lotion. What could be more perfect as Madeline loves to create things?! It included all the supplies and along with it was manicure/pedicure lotions, facial masks and moist towelettes and nail polish! To make it even better....it also came with the goody bags for the girls to put their "creations" in. That's what I call "one stop shopping!" The girls had such a great time "creating"! The conversations that were occuring were hilarious as you can imagine!
