Happy (late) birthday

Dear K,

You turned 8 this year and I can hardly believe that you are 8.  Wow.  The time has certainly flown by.

We celebrated your special day at home on October 28th.  I was able to take you out for a special breakfast and then you planned the rest of our meals.  Yes, that means we had mac and cheese for lunch and dinner that day. 

 

Your daddy brought home beautiful roses for you that evening.

We didn’t have your birthday party with friends and extended family until November because of your leg casts.  We wanted to wait until they came off, and I am so glad that we did.

 

You wanted a Pajama Party, so we had one.  We just had it in the middle of the afternoon.

First we decorated pillowcases with fabric markers.

Then we had a few relay races involving sleeping bags and the stuffed animals everyone was asked to bring.

Next it was “Spin the Bottle” with nail polish bottles.  Each person would spin the nail polish bottle and then the girl it was pointing toward had to paint a nail that color.  We used blue, black, pink, red and purple nail polish!

Note to self:  Eight year olds are still too young to paint their own nails. 

Yes, it was a little crazy…

 

But it was a lot of fun…

 

Then it was time to eat ice cream cake and celebrate!  You don’t like cake, so we gave up on the old fashion traditional cake.  Ice cream cake is the best choice, though harder for daddy to decorate.  He did add your name and a few pajamas on the bottom of this cake.

You have a wonderful group of friends.  The only unfortunate part was that your sister was sick and had to go to Grandma’s for the day.  You were both bummed that she wasn’t there.

Happy Birthday my wonderful daughter.  You are growing up so fast.  And while I miss that little girl, I am truly enjoying the beautiful young lady you are becoming.  I can’t wait to continue to watch as God’s plan for your life unfolds. 

Love,

Mommy