8th Birthday

When you woke up on your birthday, you discovered that your room was full of purple balloons! When you opened the door to your bedroom, you found a curtain of purple streamers. Then upstairs you saw a mountain of presents on the coffee table to torture you for 12 hours.

Your birthday was also "Nerd Day" at school so you wore an FBI t-shirt, a baseball cap, and nerdy play glasses (you designed the outfit all by yourself). The night before we spent a couple of hours making playdough cookies that you took to share with your class.

I didn't make you do your homework when you got home from school cuz I'm cool like that. We went to dinner with Grammy and Grandpa at Red Robin (your choice) and you proceeded to order macaroni and cheese (big surprise) and freckled lemonade. Mommy got the A1 Peppercorn Burger and loved it. Daddy and Grandpa had 2 rootbeer floats EACH. Since it was your birthday, you got a free ice cream sundae with fudge and sprinkles.

Once we got home it was on to opening presents. Nani and Bapa had sent you a pretty shirt and a sparkly coin purse (with $3 in it!):

But your favorite gift from them was definitely your doll, Elsa, and her cute clothes:

She's blonde with blue eyes and a sprinkle of freckles, just like you. Mommy doesn't like her short skirt...but we'll let it slide this time.

Mommy and Daddy got you lots o' stuff like Beverly Cleary books, a pretty dress with matching glitter shoes, etc., but your favorite gift from us were these Legos:

They are finally making good Legos for girls!

Grammy and Grandpa got you lots and lots of scrapbooking and cardmaking supplies:

Grammy also plans to help you make some new clothes for Elsa. You were so excited to get this salon chair:

You have already styled Elsa's hair!

Since we had a cake on order for your party on Saturday, we just did ice cream sundaes for those who could stomach them after all that dinner. So we stuck a candle in your ice cream:

I works. Overall, you had a great day and were seriously pooped once you got to bed.

And, no, you were not able to finish your SECOND sundae.

Happy 8th Birthday, sweet girl!