Turning Four!

Madeline celebrated her 4th birthday ALL weekend.

It began with a crown that arrived via Maury.

To that we added Madeline’s eager desire to have cake with Tucker

and voila! Madeline is going door-to-door in the neighborhood inviting folks to cupcake hour at 7:15 on Saturday night and offering them party hats.

We have a great neighborhood family. Most of them even came up with an unexpected gift in the 30 min they had to prepare!

Here she is trying on the black tutu skirt and purple top from Tucker’s family- of course it was the chosen birthday uniform!

Then, Sunday morning Madeline and two friends went to Glen Echo to the Adventure Theatre to see an amazing Children’s Theater performance of Spot’s Birthday Party.

We had cupcakes,

did arts and crafts, played with punch balloons, saw a great show and even rode the carousel thanks to Eliana who bought us all a ticket to ride. Pretty thoughtful for a 4 year old, huh?

We also brought a gift for Spot. The theater collected gifts for children in need, living in a group home, and Madeline was excited to out together a box of fun things (cake mix, frosting, candles, the works, gifts, a book, decorations) and drop it off at the theater. 

We got to meet the cast afterward and the girls were taken with Spot himself.

Home for lunch (Pizza- we discovered a local organic place that does vegan cheese), gifts, play and NAP!

Dinner at her favorite sushi restaurant (we were trying to go for pancakes but they were closed). and out with daddy on a pajama storytime date at school (pics to follow).

So many wonderful gifts, cards and calls. Im sorry she was unable to respond to them all but she will be available all week

Happy birthday to our brave, beautiful, kind and silly 4 year old.