Birthday Week

Birthday week for Madilyn last week. She turned 6 years old and according to her she's the youngest in her kindergarten class except for one boy so she's really glad to turn 6.

Here's a picture of the cupcakes Celeste and I made for her to take to class. (Picture complements of Celeste since my computer is a pile.)

Here's the masterpiece that Celeste decorated forMadilyn's birthday party.

Ok now the story of the birthday week. We couldn't actually celebrate her birthday on the day because Celeste, Jeremy, and I had to be somewhere nor could we do it the next day because her grandpa had a commitment so we celebrated it the next day. BUT she got a present and took cupcakes to class on all the days she wasn't celebrating her birthday. AND the day after the party she got to take Peter, Celeste's rabbit, for show and tell. THEN on Saturday we took her and three friends to see How to Train Your Dragon. (Good show, a little intense for kiddies, Emma won't be seeing it.)

That's the birthday week in a nutshell. I think she liked it all.

A word about Madilyn. She's a special girl. She loves all things girlie - sparkles, glitter, butterflies, hearts, dresses, skirts, flowers, dancing, singing (not that those two are exclusively girlie). She likes to dig and play with worms...until they fall apart. Her laugh at its loudest (trust me its loud we don't call her foghorn for nothing) turns into an infectious cackle. She has an intensity about life that is all her own. Her happy highs keep her bouncing off the walls and her saddest lows are heartbreakers. She talks enough to make even the most attentive person call for back up. Her creativity and imagination make our lives exciting and unpredictable.

We are so blessed to have this sweet, creative girl in our family. We love you!