Margaret Gray's Birthday Celebrations

Our little girl turned 3 on Monday!

About a week before her birthday, I figured I might as well decided how we were going to celebrate :)

Thank goodness our good friends, Ava, Audrey, and Alice didn't have anything going on Saturday morning and were able to meet us for MG's "Toenail Party". 

MG sweetly asked if she could wear her new "Cinderella" dress....sure, why not. Her friends were excited about dressing up too. Well, Audrey was for a minute, then changed her mind :)

We met at Corner Bakery for a late breakfast.

I love this picture... Audrey must have been telling them something "juicy".

Cousins!

Checking out her crafty gifts from Ava.

She and I had fun decorating the mirror and making a tiara that night. We don't do things like that enough, so thanks Kristen and Ava!

I'm pretty sure that Sweet and Sassy makes you wait a little while before your appointment... giving the girls plenty of time to want everything in their gift shop :)

Margaret Gray was the only one to pick out pink.... Everyone else went with various shades of purple.

I love how proper Audrey looks waiting for her turn.

Zebra stripes- what what! 

The girls had so much fun! 

It was the perfect morning...

... that almost got canceled due to the amount of snot Margaret had been fighting. 

(Thankful for my friends' responses when I told the girls about MG's condition, Kristen- "Snot ain't no thing- Let's do it!" Meagan- "I'll bring the hand sanitizer!")

Well, her congestion got infected in her eyes and woke up looking like this on Sunday morning...

Doc Rock recommended some eye medicine and luckily our family didn't stay away. 

We had a family birthday dinner that night.

MG picked out some napkins and hats from Target (with some guidance).

I'm kinda in love with these cookies.

Leftover birthday banner from Henry's 3rd birthday.

MG picked out the flowers that day from the grocery and the lanterns were on clearance at Target.

Ta-Da- party decorations ready.

MG picked out party favors at the Dollar Tree.

Special Sprite to wash down her shrimp and grits, salad, and bread.... well, minus the shrimp. I could have sworn she liked the stuff.

She requested a pinata.

Simon had flashbacks from his dad beating his polar bear pinata and didn't want anything to do with it.

Stayed safe in PatPat's arms :)

Ella cracked it open for us.

Poor Thomas spent most of the night on the couch... flu.

Presents!

The 1st playdough allowed in our house :) 

Simon was in hog heaven with his sucker.

MG's new special doll from the Woods and Whitesides.

She wants to name it Margaret.... doesn't understand that you can't name ALL your dolls one name.

Time for party favors.

Brent- so excited about his tattoo sleeve!

Henry made sure that Brent got his first, so that he could open his next...

Oh yeah. Matching tattoos. 

Henry was DEVASTATED when he took it off and realized that the ink didn't stay on his arm.

Thomas perked up enough to open his goofy googles.

Margaret was a little nervous about Kate's mask.

PawPaw got bungee cords. PatPat- Disney princess sandwich holder. Ella- ladybug icepack. Alice- Disney princess magic towel and Simon- a football.

Not sure why I feel the need to document that... 

Aunt Kate wanted to try out a new recipe and made Margaret Gray's yummy white cake.

 I was glad to let her do it!

Can I get a little sappy and say how much we are going to miss our family dinners next year??

Time to sleep with her new car pillow.

Her actual birthday!

My sweet thing requested cereal for breakfast and I happily agreed!

She figured out how to balance the candle all by herself.

This girl loves her some babies. 

Henry and Simon got her a new Sleeping beauty set.

I think we're good on the dress up clothes for now ;)

After lunch at Chick fil A, buying her a new carseat (so Simon can have hers), and quick naps, we headed to Dallas to the new Perot Museum.

Our tickets were for 3:30 and the museum closed at 5. 

I was nervous we weren't going to have enough time, but it worked out well.

We got a family pass, so we can go back whenever.

We quickly headed up to the dinosaur bones floor.

Margaret squealed with delight. Good memories from Washington!

Headed to the chidren's area...

They could have done this all day...

... but then discovered the water table.

Simon thought the hand dryer was the best thing there!


the children's area and made a quick run through several other exhibits.

Henry's favorite part of the museum... too bad there were 100000 kids waiting their turn.

Really looking forward to going back!

Our nearby dinner choices were El Fenix or Hooters. We chose El Fenix. :)

Margaret Gray told me it was her best birthday ever! So glad that our sweet girl enjoyed herself. We all had fun celebrating with her!