Madeline turns 4!!

Madeline has had a huge day of celebration for her 4th Birthday.

She started the day with the breakfast of her choice...donuts.  We then moved on to gifts from the grandparents and other family.  She was very excited and got some great gifts.

Listening to Grandpa sing Happy Birthday to her!

She had requested ballerina cupcakes with rainbow frosting and cherries.  She also picked out a pink box of cake mix (which made it really easy on mom!!)  She was pretty happy with how they turned out!

She was big help making the cupcakes

Her wishes delivered....ballerina cupcakes complete with a cupcake and rainbow frosting.

Being 4, we thought she might enjoy Chuck e Cheese for her party.  We were wrong.  We should have known that even though she said that she was going to be excited to see Chuck e, our previous experience with large costumed people has not proven otherwise.  The first half hour there was quite overwhelming, but then she relaxed and had a good time.  She had a great time hanging out with her cousins Ryan and Sarah and friend Sophia, though, and they all had a blast riding the rides and playing the games.  When returning to the party room, she still needed to keep one eye on the animatronic animals!

Olivia was very interested in the animals.  She was more than willing to check them out!

Enjoying the pizza.  Olivia loved being a big girl and ate a ton!

Madeline enjoyed the birthday show from a distance in the safety of daddy's arms

Olivia doesn't yet realize that the animals are scary!  She loved it!

Beautiful Birthday girl!

Our proud 4 year old!!

She was too scared to go in the ticket blaster alone, so mommy got to accompany her.

All engines go!

Making a plan!

It was much harder than you think it would be! :)

We capped of the day with the delivery of her new bike!

It is hard to believe that she is four! She is such a smart, energetic, witty, caring and beautiful little girl.  We are so lucky that she is our daughter!!