Although Staley got to celebrate her birthday with her friend activity and sleepover last week-end, we still managed to help her turn 8 in style with a week-end full of birthday celebratory fun.
Briggs and I joined Staley at school on Friday. We brought birthday lunch from Subway and ice cream sandwiches to share with her class. Staley loved having us eat lunch, play at recess, and stay for read-aloud time in her classroom. And Briggs relished all the attention from Staley and her friends.
Both sets of grandparents joined us for Staley's birthday dinner. Like every year, Staley chose Daddy cheeseburgers (which involves Zach grilling outside in the cold) and no veggies. Her dessert of choice? Brownies with chocolate frosting and Uncle Bob's oreo overload ice cream.
Staley opened a few gifts, like pajamas, clothes, a running watch, and a CD. However, her most exciting gift was a pair of roller skates.
Her brother and sister spent the rest of the evening helping her practice on her new skates...and then skating around the living room on pieces of wrapping paper.
Despite the winter weather, Staley continued to celebrate her birthday the next day with a cooking lesson from Aunt Jan (yummy crepes and homemade hot fudge), play time in the snow, and family movie night. Staley had been wanting to see 'The Greatest Showman', so her birthday week-end seemed like the perfect time to check that off her list.
We finished off Staley's birthday week-end with a celebration of January birthdays with my family. Happy birthday to Staley, Liam, and Uncle Evan. (We would have celebrated Uncle Ethan's January birthday too, but he didn't make the trek from Chicago for family birthday dinner.)
There was play time with cousins, yummy food, and a few more gifts. You can tell your little girl is growing up when her birthday gifts are CDs, clothes, and an alarm clock...and she is super excited about them all.
And nothing beats Aunt Melissa's homemade cherry pie for birthday dessert!
To top off a wonderfully fun and exciting birthday week-end, Staley woke up this morning to find out that she got cast in the part she wanted for her next Stage Kids play. Talk about the icing on an already great birthday cake.
What a wonderful week-end we had celebrating our 8 year old!!
