Happy 6th Birthday Addilyn!

     So somehow my little sassy, diva, bright eyed, 1000 question asking, flipping through the house, sweet little girl just turned SIX!!  If I could ask one question I believe it would be to Father Time and ask him "WHY?" why does the time go so fast?  Why does their babyness, toddler time and now childhood fly by like a bat outta hell??

 

But regardless of how fast the time goes, I'm loving (almost) every minute!  Of course in high school I didn't even wanna think about having kids.(why would I??) And even in college, it wasn't at the top of my priorties.  But then, in 2003 when I met Josh and I pretty much fell in love pretty quick, things and my outlooks changed.  Now, I wouldn't trade being a mommy for anything!  And I often find myself thinking that this was God's plan for me all along.  I was meant to be a mommy! :)  And I am so so so thankful, grateful and blessed that God placed Addilyn Dale in my life 6 years ago.  She has been the greatest blessing, has kept me on my toes and has made my heart so full of love. 

 

Addilyn and I talked about her party for months leading up to the big day.  We tossed around a few ideas and then finally settled on an Ice Cream Sundae party.  And boy did we have fun with it! But before I get into that let me take you through her actual birthday. 

 

I love to make my kiddos feel super duper special on their special day!  I try to make it all about them as much as possible and make it a day they look forward to all year!  So the night before Addi's birthday I blew up a package of balloons and placed them in the floor of her room and leading out into the hallway from her room.  I also hung ribbon from her doorway for her to walk out of in the morning.  The morning of her birthday, her daddy, Reid and I woke her up singing "Happy Birthday to You".  This was a morning she actually woke up with a smile on her face and no complaints of getting up too early!

 

That morning her eyes got big when she saw all the balloons and she walked repeatedly through her doorway :)  Three days later I finally had to take them down!

 

She requested her birthday breakfast of scrambled eggs, french toast and chocolate milk.

 

 

She finishes getting ready for school and gets to wear her special birthday girl shirt and poses with Reid for a picture!

it's 6:45am and Reid is in his boots!

 

Once Addi got home from school she was soon met by a cute little neighbor boy who gave her a balloon and (eeeeppp!) her first flowers!

 

 

We told Addi she could pick where to have her birthday dinner.  We had Reid taken care of so we could let the dinner be all about Addi and Daddy and I could enjoy dinner too.  My noodle and rice lovin girl chose Kansai! (woohoo for sushi for mommy and daddy)

We treated her to Baskin Robbins after dinner

 

By the end of her special day we had one very tired little girl!  But by now she was on the countdown to her birthday party that weekend!

 

 

 

Because we were doing an ice cream sundae party I bought $1 aprons from the Dollar Tree and my mother in law was great at putting the kids names on them.  I thought they might come in handy since the kids were probably going to make a mess making and eating their sundaes.

 

We split her party into 2 days.  Saturday for friends and Sunday for family.  I just knew it would be too crazy and too many people to do it in one day. 

The birthday girl getting ready to make her masterpiece!

 

 

This is by far my favorite picture.  It really shows the excitement that she felt and the fun she was having!

 

 



Our ice cream sundae bar!

Chocolate and Vanilla ice cream

warm brownies

bananas and strawberries

rainbow sprinkles, nerds, gummy worms, chocolate chips, Reese cups and Oreos

Chocolate, Caramel and Strawberry syrup

hot fudge and strawberry preserves

whipped cream and cherries

 

YUMMO!!!

 

We got so much great feedback that I'm ready to do it all over again!

 

 

With the friend party we had several fun games of Twister

 

 

and there was one game that Daddy even joined in!  He quickly found out he wasn't flexible enough or young enough!!

 

We then did some pretty intense rounds of Musical Chairs

 

Each kid went home with a winning sucker!

All (or most) of the kids from her friend party Saturday!  She sure is one blessd little girl!

 

 

She really loaded up on Saturday with arts and crafts, toys, pajamas and the new Taylor Swift cd!

 

Sunday was a whole new wardrobe day!  And for a 6 year old that's exactly what she wanted.  SERIOUSLY, it's all she asked for.  More pajamas, clothes to get the spring season started off just right and SIX pairs of shoes!  Addi loves shoes, so this was right up her alley! 

 

This was her present from Mommy and Daddy!

 

She was able to read the paper herself which I think made it even better and her face was priceless! At first she was in shock but is now saying it's the best present ever! Which is perfect since she said it was the best birthday party ever! Now I just have to bear hearing "how many more days until the concert" (which is in May!) I may lose my sanity by then!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADDILYN!!