Well hello there. I promise I'm still here. My plate just seems to be quite full lately. You know, the to-do list that is never-ending. It's challenging enough to survive each day hoping I get the necessities done. I love blogging, and I miss it. But it never makes it to the top of the list. And as it approaches the top of the list as I get closer to catching up with life, then it quickly moves back down.
But I made some time today to record another big day in our house.
Today our sweet girl is 8.
We had a big weekend of celebrating!
It was the first party for us without a theme. She couldn't think of one, so we decided we didn't need one. I have loved putting parties together for my kids...decorations, party favors, cakes, every last detail. They love it and I love it. But let's be honest here, it's a lot of work. And for a mama who tends to do things at the last minute, there's usually some stress involved too. Although each year gets easier, I've figured out when I need to start, how much time cakes tend to take, etc. But this year was a nice treat. Just simple balloon and streamer decorations, no party table. Just a cake. And I know that she felt just as special as always! I told them I would make them a cake for as long as they want! That can definitely keep being "our thing". With no theme, we were out to find just a cute girly cake. I found the rosette cake, watched a tutorial and was pretty confident I could pull it off.
We had some friends and family join us for the party. It definitely felt like much more of a "big kid" party than ever before.
She has saved her money up to buy her 2nd American Girl doll. She had almost enough so we finished the rest for her and ordered it to surprise her. She thought she was going to have to wait to get more birthday money and order it after her birthday. She wanted the doll that you can pick all the details to look like her. When I saw the option at the end to add pierced ears to the doll I knew that was the perfect way to surprise her and tell her we were FINALLY letting her get her ears pierced, after asking for nearly 2 years. She noticed right away the ears on her doll were pierced. We acted like it was a mistake and that we either needed to send it back to get the one that was just like her without pierced ears....OR we would just have to get her ears pierced! She knew right away what that meant!
A friend owns the salon I go to, and she offered to come in over the weekend to pierce her ears so Taylor could go to school today, her actual birthday with pierced ears! So we got up early and met her before church. It was quick and easy! Taylor didn't even flinch, she did it like a pro.
She absolutely loves them and can't stop talking about them.
And today we celebrated at school. We all went to eat lunch with her (we left Gavin with grandma), and then celebrated with her class!
After a whole weekend of celebrating... at 11:22am this morning she was finally officially 8.
She's a gift. One that brings joy to our lives every single day.
1 comment:
Such a sweet post. I love the pierced ears and sounds like she's had a fabulous birthday. Such a special little lady. I'm super impressed you watched a video and did the cake-Go You!!
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