Busy, busy, busy week

We are just finishing up a very busy and somewhat stressful week celebrating Madison's 10th birthday. Yes, you heard me-- 10th birthday. Man oh man, where has the time gone? She was a little older than Leila when Daniel and I started dating. Now, we are in full blown tween mode.

The week started off with Madison wanting a new haircut. She donated her hair to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths charity back in December, but she had not had it cut since. Not only did she need a new cut, but she desperately needed her hair thinned out and layered. I took her to my fantastic hairdresser, and he did an amazing job with her. I can't believe how grown up she looks now.

Before:After:

Sunday entailed a girls' morning out shopping trip to Claire's Boutique to pick out a bunch of new earrings. I especially liked her choice of cupcake earrings. Monday was spent entertaining her, her friends, and the little ones at the pool.

Tuesday, I decided to throw Madison a surprise Webkinz birthday party for her and two of her neighborhood friends. I made my first birthday cake for this occasion. It was inspired by the Wheel of Wow on the site. I also set up a craft for them to make a Starburst Cloud bed for their Webkinz to sleep on. We bought an outfit for each girl to dress their animal in as their goodie bag. Boy, did that go over well.

Wednesday, Madison spent the afternoon out with Daniel. They went to Candylicious to stock up on her stash. Then, they hit the Astros game where Daniel got club level tickets for them. They actually ran into a friend that was there with his daughter and was moved from the nosebleed section to the awesome leather lazy boy chairs they have on the club level. Apparently, the girls spent most of their time laying out there watching the game on the tv sets they have attached to them. No, she really isn't spoiled at all. LOL

Thursday was her actual birthday. She had spent the night at a friend's house that night, so she came home to her birthday spankings and gifts. Nothing big on gifts this year from us since we had made it a birthday week celebration for her. Now, she did go out with her mother to dinner where she was given a cell phone. Just what every 10 year old needs. *eyes rolling* She is thrilled with it, so I guess that is what matters most. Friday was spent going out to dinner to celebrate with my parents at Red Lobster where Madison had her very own plate of crab legs for the first time.

Overall, it was a great week. We are now in recovery mode from so much activity. Anyone who knows our family understands how very active this is for us. It may take us a few weeks to fully recover.