As is our tradition, we decorated the kitchen last night for her. This year she chose Kung Fu Panda, which has become a favorite in this house. Last time we were at Jill and Adam's, she was teaching Ty the correct way to bow to one another before fighting. It's serious stuff!
Typically we let the kids pick a restaurant to eat out at. But, we actually went out to eat on Sat, because we were already in town, we were hungry, and Madie was game about eating out then. She picked Jardines which is a delicious mexican restaurant right in the downtown area. We love to sit by the windows and watch the people and cars go by. On Saturday the weather was awful, so there weren't a lot of people, but we got to watch the cars. :-)
One of their favorites there is the strawberry daiquiri. Virgin, of course. They were very excited to get one of those! Livie drank half of it herself. We had a great meal!
This is Madie this morning after she saw all the decorations. She loved the big poster hanging behind her. The headband she's wearing, she got from my best friends Michelle and Teresa and their families for her birthday. You'll see what else she got from them in a minute, but Michelle and Ricardo got that headband for her when they were in Venezuela and Madie thought that was the coolest thing ever!
Part of the agreement on going to Jardines on Sat was that we would take her out for ice cream at the newly reopened Triple Js. They've got great ice cream there! We let them pick anything they wanted. Madie got a waffle cone that was dipped in chocolate and m&ms. YUM!! Noah and Livie got cones with sprinkles.
Livie also got a blue slushie. She split them both with Pete. Blue slushies are the best!
Here we are! Madie with her ice cream face and me with my hot fudge sundae smile. :-) Really can't go wrong with ice cream on our birthdays, can we?
This is the other thing that Michelle and Teresa got her. This super-cute Dankin outfit. It was a little big, so we took it back and got a smaller size and it fits her perfectly. It's so comfy she wanted to wear it the rest of the day. Have a feeling it's going to become a favorite. Madie likes to dress up from time to time, but she's all about comfort. She's like me that way. So this was perfect!
After we got home from our trip to the ice cream store, it was time for presents. Got a shot of the kids together. Why Noah and Livie act like weirdos the minute I snap the picture, I just don't know. Certainly that's not a Drexler trait. ;-)
We didn't get Madie anything major, because her present was going to see Hairspray a couple weeks ago, but we did get her a few small things. She got an Obi-Wan and Count Dooku figurine - that's what she's opening above.
And, we got her an outfit. Complete with this awesome hat! How cute is that?!! Noah was especially excited, because it has a mod monkey (aka modern version of the sock monkey) tag on the side of it.
While Madie was busy changing her outfits, Noah decided to show his sock monkey the hat. He REALLY likes it! Noah that is. Not the sock monkey. I didn't ask the sock monkey for his opinion.
The present from Nana and Papa T came today and she got this adorable outfit and some shoes for her dolls and some geniune FL sea glass. Her grandma collects sea glass and all the kids love looking at her collection. Now Madie has some pieces of her very own! :-)
Because we opted to have ice cream instead of a cake, I decided we should just stick her candles in her sandwich! She wanted "Make-your-own-sandwiches" as her bday dinner, so a bday sandwich it is!! We got a little nervous, because candles do not stick up very well in bread, but we quickly sang her bday song and had her blow them out before anything caught on fire. That would be our luck, ya know. It's been a fun day for her and we loved celebrating with our beautiful little 9 yr old girl!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADIE!
This is the other thing that Michelle and Teresa got her. This super-cute Dankin outfit. It was a little big, so we took it back and got a smaller size and it fits her perfectly. It's so comfy she wanted to wear it the rest of the day. Have a feeling it's going to become a favorite. Madie likes to dress up from time to time, but she's all about comfort. She's like me that way. So this was perfect!
After we got home from our trip to the ice cream store, it was time for presents. Got a shot of the kids together. Why Noah and Livie act like weirdos the minute I snap the picture, I just don't know. Certainly that's not a Drexler trait. ;-)
We didn't get Madie anything major, because her present was going to see Hairspray a couple weeks ago, but we did get her a few small things. She got an Obi-Wan and Count Dooku figurine - that's what she's opening above.
And, we got her an outfit. Complete with this awesome hat! How cute is that?!! Noah was especially excited, because it has a mod monkey (aka modern version of the sock monkey) tag on the side of it.
Here she is sporting the outfit we got her. She's so cute!
While Madie was busy changing her outfits, Noah decided to show his sock monkey the hat. He REALLY likes it! Noah that is. Not the sock monkey. I didn't ask the sock monkey for his opinion.
The present from Nana and Papa T came today and she got this adorable outfit and some shoes for her dolls and some geniune FL sea glass. Her grandma collects sea glass and all the kids love looking at her collection. Now Madie has some pieces of her very own! :-)
Because we opted to have ice cream instead of a cake, I decided we should just stick her candles in her sandwich! She wanted "Make-your-own-sandwiches" as her bday dinner, so a bday sandwich it is!! We got a little nervous, because candles do not stick up very well in bread, but we quickly sang her bday song and had her blow them out before anything caught on fire. That would be our luck, ya know. It's been a fun day for her and we loved celebrating with our beautiful little 9 yr old girl!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADIE!
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