Madison's Sixth Birthday

Madison turned six on May 1st (a date she had been counting down to since Christmas). We actually got to spend her birthday this year in Pocatello, and she had a great time. We had a tea-party, complete with tiny cookies, tiny cakes, pink juice...and an obnoxiously pink cake that I'm not exactly the most proud I've ever been of a cake. The original plan for the cake sort of fell through when our girly day (we got our hair and nails done and went out to lunch with just the girls) went a little longer than expected. Actually, we barely made it to the party in enough time to through it all together....but it was still really fun. We had lots of family come to celebrate with us, and all the little girls and boys were dressed up (some of the adults weren't as cooperative with the whole fancy dress up part of the party....you know who you are!)

Madison has made us very proud this year. She went from a very shaky first day of school (biting a kid on the finger and getting scissors confiscated) to graduating with top marks (not sure what this means for Kindy's, but...whatever) and really growing up into a beautiful little girl. She helps with Ben so much that I sometimes have to ask her to stop helping with Ben. She is smart and funny and just a lot of fun around here. We love our Madison!

A note about the first picture...no, it isn't misplaced. We drove down to Pocatello with clear skies and roads, and woke up on Madison's birthday to a foot of snow on the ground. Idaho. Ugh.