look who's 8 today!

today our sweet aftie turned 8! seriously, wasn't she just born a year or two ago? i think she just gets more wonderful and beautiful and smart with each birthday. i think she had a fun day. she did say "this is the best day of my life!"

ella and i were able to go to her class for a little birthday celebration.








aft wanted a chocolate chip cookie "cake". it turned out to be two gigantic batches of chocolate chip cookie dough baked on a jelly roll pan. the kids loved it!

for dinner, the birthday girl chose her favorite...peanut butter noodles. they are really lettuce wraps, but she calls them peanut butter noodles. although she hid her face for the photo, we had a lovely dinner outside. and then came the most important part of a birthday celebration...

PRESENTS!!!

spoiled rotten, i tell you. new clothes, new books, oil pastels, high school musical everything, and a few other wonderful things! ella and marmee won the "favorite gift" awards with a singing gabrielle (high school musical3) doll and the classic book, heidi.

we ended the day with a trip to cold stone creamery for a fun birthday ice cream.

we love our sweet girl and look forward to more excitement in the coming weeks.