Birthday Mania!!!!

Maddy turned 6 last Wednesday and it has definately been birthday mania around here! On Maddy's birthday, we went over to Backyard Adventures with most of her cousins and aunts and uncles (that live in town) as it was Spring Break here and most everyone was around. The kids had a good time playing and we had pizza and a cookie cake.

On Saturday night, Maddy invited a few friends from school over and we had a Hawaiian themed party -- It was a lot of fun and made us feel like we actually went somewhere tropical like the rest of West Des Moines last week! Ha! It was pretty much like a ghost town around here last week. Everyone was out of town for break and it did feel a lot different not having all of the neighbors out and about.

I still can't believe Maddy is 6 and is almost done with her 1st year of school! She has grown-up a lot this year and is all about her friends and school! She is growing up way too fast!!

Here are a few pics from the parties!


Eating pizza and cake at Backyard Adventures:


Maddy, Katie and baby James:


Maddy's palm tree cookie cake:


Maddy and Cara:


Maddy, Jordyn, Ben and RJ:


Family photo:


Jeremy explaining the rules to Limbo at Maddy's "friend party" (Jeremy doesn't like to be involved in the planning of the parties, but once they're here, he's all about it! The kids loved him!)


Sack race!


Eating pizza, cupcakes and fancy tropical drinks from the blender!