The birthdays just keep on a comin'...

January is a big month for birthdays in our family.  We have my aunt Beth, her twin sons, Luke's sister, my brother, his youngest son, my oldest daughter, and my youngest daughter.  It is a popular month, clearly, and (frankly) exhausting, coming so soon after Christmas.

But, January comes, each and every year, and THIS year, my eldest daughter turns 10.

That's right, we're coming up on double digits.

Mom is not happy about that in any way.  

She should still be in diapers, to be quite honest with you.

But, she's not... she's a young lady, and so this weekend, we did what every young lady wants to do for her birthday.

We had us a good old-fashioned sleep over.  Which is a little bit ironic, since my child won't actually SLEEP OVER at anyone else's house.  She doesn't like to sleep away from home, but she was ALL ABOUT other people coming over and sleeping at HER house.  Go figure.  I tried to point out the irony to her, but she saw no issues... oh, well.  

I DID make the child narrow down her invites to just four friends.  (If I hadn't have done that, she would have invited everyone she knows.)  It was tough for her, but she finally did it.

The girls played outside and played inside, and we made some special pillow cases and a special picture frame to commemorate the special day.  Then we ate some pizza.






And then it was time for the cake.  I must say, this might be one of my favorite cakes of all time.  Cute, cute, cute, yet not TOO "little girl-y".  (Because, you know, we're ten and all....)


We sang happy birthday, and then she blew out the candles...
... and then we opened some spectacular presents.  Then it was time for pajamas and popcorn and movies.  I convinced the girls to pose for a group shot before the movie, and then made copies of the photo to put in their special picture frames that they made earlier.  They look very sweet, I think!
But, of course, we had to take a "silly shot", too.  
The party was a great success, I think. At least I know my girls had a great time!  All the girls got along fabulously.  And, there was NO DRAMA, which is a huge accomplishment when you have a group of little girls!

So, my "little girl" doesn't actually turn 10 until Thursday, but the party is HISTORY. (I can check that one off my list and get ready for Grace's party now! ha ha!)