Happy Birthday To Maddie

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to Madelyn, Maddie, Cheeto, Choncho, Happy Birthday toooooooo yooooooooou.

So we celebrated Maddie's birthday on December 13th. Despite the weeks events of no power and lots of snow, the power was turned on on Wednesday and the rain followed shortly to wash away the snow, we had a great turn out. There were 64 people at Maddie's party including Joe, Maddie and I and still we were missing a few. It was a packed house, but not too packed. We had soup, sandwiches and salad, plus chips and dips prior to lunch being served.

We had a great time and want to thank everyone for coming to support Maddie. I know that she won't really remember the day, but she had a great day. She didn't take a nap at all that day. She was just going and going. She finally crashed at 9pm that night. She didn't fuss and whine that she was tired either.

As you can see, the birthday theme was ladybugs. Joe got all the decorations about two months before the party. One day while surfing the web he went searching for party decorations for Maddie and found this great website. Check out her birthday sign.......

Her cousin Brianna made her birthday cakes. She had two ladybug cakes and a lot of cupcakes. Bri did a great job. Someday she is going to open up her own bakery just like the Cake Boss show on TLC.

Maddie got lots of gifts and $200 for her 529 college fund. The theme seemed to be cabbage patch kids and tea party sets. She got four of each. We kept one at home and one at daycare. The rest we exchanged for another toy. We opened up all her new toys that night and spread them throughout the theater. That night, despite, her exhaustion, she went from toy to toy to see what was new.

Thanks again everyone for coming to Maddie's party. It was great to see all of you. We had a great time and I know she did too.