Happy Birthday Abby!!

I can't believe my baby girl is 8 years old!! Time is going Way too fast!! I love you more than anything in the world Abby! You are such a sweet girl! You are so full of life, so caring, and sweet! You are the best helper with Meili, and your brothers love you too! We are so lucky to have you in our family!

Abby had a super fun birthday party on Friday, April 6, which is her actual b-day. She wanted to have a "Cooking Party, " so cook we did.

Here is the birthday girl early in the morning to find the whole island covered in presents. She still looks a little sleepy.

Our family's b-day & holiday tradition is to have Hostess raspberry-filled donuts for breakfast.
We have so many darling friends in our neighborhood that are Abby's age. For the party, we had all of the girls decorate an apron and chef's hats. They turned out so cute! Abby made a new apron with Grandma Becky for her b-day sleepover with her, so she sported that for the party.
It was a lunch party, so we had the girls make their own pizzas. They were pretty adventurous with their toppings. I was quite impressed.
While the pizza's were baking, the girls made their own fruit salads. They cut up their own fruit, and put whatever they wanted in them.

Time to eat! The funnest part of the party was listening to the girls talk and giggle as they ate their pizza's, fruit salad and lemonade.
After they ate, we had presents, games, decorated cupcakes which they got to take home in a cute box, and had cake and ice cream.

My mom came to the party, mostly as a guest, but she ended up taking care of Meili the whole time. Thanks mom! You're the best! She gave Abby this darling green scarf (that she is in love with), and a fun bag for all of her "stuff."
Riley wanted to be the Soux Chef for the party, so he got this fun mustache to wear.

It was such a fun party! A lot of work having to clean the kitchen between each activity, but the girls LOVED it, and Abby was SO happy with how it all turned out. Birthday party's are always so busy, but I love seeing my kids happy in the end.

Abby wanted to go mini-golfing later with just the family. Then we ended up at McDonald's for dinner. It was the b-day girls' choice. We had a great day celebrating with our baby girl!!

I love you Abby! I hope you had a Happy 8th Birthday!!