Thursday, November 6, 2008

Madison's Birthday Party - otherwise known as "Complete Chaos"

Madison wanted a gymnastics birthday party this year for her 6th birthday. We had been to a couple and she had such a great time. Don and I decided that we could do that, but then came the decision of who to invite. The rule for school (as it should be) is that if you are sending the invites to school to be handed out, you either invite the entire class or no one. This wouldn't be that big of a deal, except we haven't received the school directory yet (so we have no addresses for anyone!) and Madison REALLY wanted to invite some friends from school. Don and I talked about it and just did it - we invited the entire class. So, last Sunday we had 22 kids at her party. You only have 1 1/2 hours without having to pay extra. One hour is for the kids to play on all the equipment and do fun stuff with the instructors. The next half hour you are supposed to serve cake, eat cake and open all the gifts. This is virtually impossible! We just had cupcakes for all the kids - so no serving and we flew through the gifts so fast I hardly knew what she opened, let alone who each gift was from. BUT, the important thing is that she had a blast! Here are a few pictures from the party...



Just some of the kids...


Madison in the big foam pit...



Madison doing a flip on the bar - she was so proud of this!


Madison right before blowing out her candles - notice the beautiful Barbie cake Grandma made!


Happy Birthday Madison!! Mommy can't believe my baby girl is 6 years old.

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