Londyn's Birthday

Londyn had a very white birthday on the first day of December. It snowed pretty much all day. As you can see the birthday theme was horses. Courtney usually makes birthday cakes and does a great job, but this time she wanted to spend her energy elsewhere. Adam got a little excited to taste the cake and 'accidently' put his hand in it before the party. He's seven and I can't blame him, sugar is a kid's best friend! (And the dentist's too)

Londyn invited about 8 of her closest friends over to the party(that lasted for 5 hours). Did I mention it lasted for 5 hours? She is definitely the social child of the family. The plan was to ride the horse for an hour or so, but the corral turned to snow and mud and the horse smelled like....wet horse, so we skipped that part. There was a horse pinata, and horse presents, pizza and a horse cake, and a non-horse movie Bratz, and some time to play the games that 10 year old girls like to play, and time to build a fort. And time for Adam to have a blast annoying every last one of the girls as much as he possibly could. What else was he supposed to do? At least he didn't dress down as Underwear Boy while they were here so we'll count that as a successful party! Imagine whity-tighties and a large red/black cape and you have now experienced Underwear Boy, except he runs very fast and comes out of nowhere, oddly similar to streaking....and he did not learn that from me! That I know of! Heaven help him!

Thanks to Grandmas and Grandpas for the presents they sent. She'll spend many hours with those gifts. As parents we deprived her of the one present she wanted, a metal detector and opted instead for Courtney to take her shopping. Londyn was still pretty excited about that and I have a feeling the shopping sprees are only going to get more expensive as the years go by. I wonder if that counts as a hardship for a 401k withdrawal?

Londyn had a great day and she was sad to see it end. One day soon birthdays won't be about horses and ponies and dolls and that makes her Dad sad! But for this year she's 10 and 16 will just have to wait!!