She's 5 and Fabulous!

Yes, my baby has turned 5 yrs old. She woke us up bright and early so very excited because she is 5 and wanted the fun to start.Madeline picked out her own outfit (dress of course - and summer dress at that).

She enjoyed a special birthday breakfast made by Daddy - heart shaped pancakes and "juicy" bacon (our girl doesn't like it crisp) there was some playing and movie watching until it was time to get ready to go to her very first every birthday party with friends!

We held it at her gymnastics place and she picked out her favorite leotard (the one with the hearts!)

I do have to say I was getting a little worried when at the start time only Rae and her boys where there (Hi Rae!) all of the others came in soon after that though and they had a blast.

The foam pit was a huge hit - here they are having a race across. I don't think I'd be able to do it heh


Walking on the balance beam, trampoline, bars, rope, rings, parachute play, you name it, they did it!

Now, here is where Mommy messed up *grin* The gym for a party, that was good, but I chose poorly when it came to the cake. Madeline didn't like it one bit. The only thing she liked was that Silvermist (a fairy) was on the cake. Oh well..

Come to think of it...she also asked for ear muffs for her birthday and we didn't get them for her either - heh. What I did do, was break down and I bought her some dolls of the Barbie variety. What caused me to turn away from my anti-barbie stance. Besides the fact that she had asked for them before, it happened one night when Madeline had gathered up toothbrushes and started playing with them like dolls. All the poor child wanted was some dolls to play with and due to my own barbie issues she was resorting to toothbrushes! So, we did not get her ear muffs, but she did get 3 diverse barbie dolls and various outfits to change them into.

All in all she said she had a good Birthday and that's all I could hope for in the first place.