Madelyn's Turning 7!!

Saturday came all too quickly, and we got up early to go to a step class at the club in Frisco. It was the first time we went to this particular class, and we really liked it. Tina kept up great and April and I fell into step pretty easily. We hurried home to shower and get ready to head to the Glazer's to get ready for Madelyn's birthday party. She was so excited about her swimming party, I don't think she could stand it! We took the first set of supplies, food, etc. by the house and headed to Sams to get the cupcakes, hamburger buns, fresh veggies and other misc. things that hadn't been gotten yet. Although April and I (mostly April) had been in and out of grocery stores about 10 times in the last week (no exaggeration), there were still a few things that we needed. Jackie, Dani, and Gina helped hang streamers; Trey and Allan went and had the Scooby Doo balloons filled with helium, April, Mom, Tina, and I got all of the food ready, and then it was time to party!



The kids swam, Trey grilled stuffed jalapenos (so good) and hamburgers (delicious), and we all hung out visiting and celebrating what a big girl Madelyn has become! The kids were so excited about the pinata. And speaking of the pinata, here is a funny story... the pinata was not a "beat with a bat" kind, but had a bunch of strings hanging below. Only one opened the trap door. Each kid is supposed to pull a string until the one to open the door is randomly selected. I found which one was THE one and tied it up to be sure that every kid got a chance before the door was opened. Well, Madelyn was so excited that she came up the pinata as we were getting ready, grabbed ahold of the entire bunch of strings and pulled the entire bunch off!!! BUT, since I had tied up the magical one, it was the only one still attached. So we had to resort instead to the traditional beat the pinata until it bursts!



Next came time for cupcakes and Mindy's famous chocolate mousse. Madelyn was surprised and thrilled that Mindy made mousse just for her birthday. It was a big hit, and there were Scooby Doo cupcakes galore to make it a party filled with Madelyn's favorite thing - dessert!



All that was left was presents - and there were plenty to go around! Madelyn got a Barbie real working laptop with games and challenges, an awesome colorful dress with matching BLING necklace, a potholder kit (that I was looking at and want to do myself!), Hannah Montana PJs and dolls, clothes, clothes, and more clothes, Barbie accessories, Doll accessories, Cabbage Patch Kids stuff, DVDs, Webkins, Easy Bake Oven, and the list goes on and on! She was one happy camper and couldn't wait (and didn't wait) to start tearing open all her new goodies.



We're so lucky to have such wonderful family and friends that made her 7th birthday so much fun!