Happy Birthday to Mylee

Mylee's Birthday

What a fun week we have had celebrating Mylee's 5th birthday. We started off the week with Mylee's birthday party at McDonald's Play Place. We had about 22 kiddos show up (including all the little ones with the families) and about 15 parents or so. The kids were able to play in the play area, as well as games and a pinata. All the kids received a Happy Meal and the adults received a small fry and a small coke. Mylee also chose to have a Hello Kitty cake and all were served a piece of that. One of the new customs we have learned is that the Birthday girl (or boy) gets to have the first bite. So they are supposed to just dig right in with a big mouthful of the cake. Well, Mylee was just fine with a finger full. It was pretty funny. The other funny thing that happened was the night before, I went to fill the goodie bags and opened up the package that was supposed to have 12 units turned out to only be 6 units. Rememeber I had about 17 bags that I needed to prepare. So I ended up taking some freezer bags and filling those for the boys. Oh well you live and learn. The other common thing here is to not open the birthday presents at the party in front of everyone. So we brought the gifts home and opened all the gifts. I would have to admit I like this way alot better. It wasn't craziness with tons of kids around and I wasn't standing back hoping Mylee was going to be nice and polite as each gift was opened. So while Aaron went and watched the Superbowl up at the school the girls and my friend and her two daughters came back to the house with us for the gift opening. It was a very fun day!

At the party, when they served the cake they cut around the middle first and left the picture with Feliz Cumpleanos Mylee, written on it for us to take home. So for her real birthday we sent that to school with her to share with her friends. It was so thoughtful. She was also given about 4 more gifts for her real birthday from us!

Below is the link of the pictures from the birthday party and when we went back to the Children's Museum on our day off, Friday. We had a lot of fun as a family. We all also received hair cuts this weekend and those pictures are included also. We took pictures because I think this was Evie's first hair cut. I wasn't going to cut her hair but she wanted to be like her sister, so we cut all her beautiful little baby curls off. It was so sad but I knew I was going to have to cut them at some point. You can see her long hair in the early pictures. Thank you for praying for Mylee this past week and look forward to seeing you back here next week. Have a blessed one!