Maggie celebrated her 8th birthday last Thursday! We didn't get to have the sleepover party Maggie wanted, and she was convinced that this birthday would be totally boring. We worked really hard to give her a special day, and I think we succeeded!
Happy 8th Birthday, Maggie! (she selected her "most fabulous" outfit)
We started the day eating chocolate chip pancakes with sausage, and opening some presents. The girls "went to school" at the table and thankfully cranked through their work during the morning. We had pepperoni pizza for lunch and once Daddy was done teaching, we started an elaborate treasure hunt. Maggie loves to solve clues, so we created clues that led to her family and best friends all over town. In the end, it took about five hours and we were pretty exhausted!
Maggie solved a word puzzle that led us to Andy and Katie's!
She unscrambled letters to learn the "Nora" was our next stop
They put up this awesome homemade sign for Maggie (and probably more for Nora, whose birthday was 2 days later)
Maggie solved a math riddle to take us to 7-11 for slurpees, then found a clue in our trunk which took us to the school's playground
Maggie broke a number/letter code to take us to Tim Horton's for tim-bits, and then we found our way to "Tiny Diamond's" biggest fan
The opposite of "Small" and "Girl" led us to Big Boy. Aunt Amy brought the crew to meet us!
This was the best of like 20 photos...
A little limerick led us to Jordyn's house
Had to make a stop at one of our family faves - Yates!
Maggie solved a tricky word-search with leftover letters directing us to "Luke's House"
Next clue led to the "oldest two in the family" (pretty sure I meant to write "wisest", oops)
Love
Maggie received our garage door opener which led us to our extremely cluttered and cold garage!
Maggie requested an Iron Man cake this year
I was especially proud of Evie throughout the day. She was bummed a couple times that it wasn't her birthday, but she mostly supported and helped Maggie, and was happy to make her day special.
Making brownie's with Mama
Life is going well around here, just trying to get ready for whatever kind of Christmas we'll have this year! The kids keep us running in circles, so there's not much time to dwell on anything! The girls went back to school today, and I am so grateful. It was super stressful and difficult to keep them on track with school while doing our own jobs at home; a little space is good for everyone!
Ben is such a funny guy, he makes me laugh so often! I love his little phrases, he is becoming a really good communicator. My favorite is the way he says "hello" when pretending to talk on the phone:
Maggie got a microscope from Grammer and Pops, and she is psyched. I need to find some new stuff for her to look at.
Here's some other stuff:
This toy was always under our Christmas tree growing up, one of my favorites to play with
Maggie's friend Katie had a virtual movie screening on Zoom for her birthday, dropped off cupcakes and favors ahead of time!
Spreading out the fake branches
This tree does a lot of heavy lifting
Our Fisher Price nativity still gets a lot of attention - 8 years strong!
Evie likes to sleep in braids for wavy hair
Time for a haircut to make it all one length!
Maggie opted to go a bit short this time, and the stylist gave her waves which just tickled her
Why can't I go to a stylist?
We had a small but lovely Thanksgiving gathering at my parents (missed the rest of our families though)
Pops made Christmas Milk for us to toast
Evie's art assignment on monochromatism (shades/tints of green)
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