I always make breakfast in bed for the birthday girl/boy. Maddie LOVES this! She also gets to open presents from Mom & Dad and grandparents on the morning of her birthday. She loves this even more. :)
The day of Maddie's birthday was a big day. Her gym was performing before the Gym Dogs (The University of Georgia's gymnastics team)meet. Maddie invited all the girls in her class to come over before the meet for dinner, cake and ice cream. My mom made the cake. (Amazing, huh?) Then we took the girls to Stegman Coliseum for the big event.
(So this post is about Maddie, but I couldn't resist throwing this one in there!)
That's my girl--excited about the CASH!!
Maddie's friends at the meet.
Right before Maddie goes in with the team to perform.(Yes, Maddie's chest looks unusually large in this picture. Even though she's had boobies since she was born, the leotard amplifies the situation. And the six hours of gymnastics practice every week have really toned Maddie up. The girl has crazy upper-body strength.)
Here's a random picture of Maddie's room after she's cleaned it. She SWORE she would keep her room clean if I let her keep all of her stuffed animals on her bed just like this. Uh, it lasted until it was time to make her bed the next morning.
