Activities #1 and #2 - Circus Vargas and going out to dinner with mom, dad and Lexi
So for Olivia's 8th Birthday she got the idea from her cousin that she wanted to do 8 things for her birthday instead of having a party with friends. At the beginning I thought that this would be a great trade, but by the end I think it turned out to be twice as expensive! I think we will definitely be having a party with friends next year for sure :) But it was still a lot of fun!
There weren't a ton of people at the circus, as you can see, so it was even more fun - we had great seats!! (more people did show up later - we just got there really early too:)) I had forgotten just how much fun the circus can be and the girls loved it!
Then Mimi came into town and we had 3 more days of birthday fun and activities. Activities #3,4,and 5 - shopping (new outfits and books), homemade pizzas and spa night (Jed was out of town) - Mimi gave Livvy a manicure and pedicure and Lunch at Panera (Olivia's favorite) before the movie!! Can you say SPOILED!!!!!!
Activity #6 ? (we kind of lost count, we were having so much fun) We went to Gnomeo and Juliet with Mimi before she had to go back home. We discovered that it really pays to go to the first showing of the day - it's almost half price!! My two cute girls are getting so big and becoming best friends :)
You can see what Lexi was doing while we were eating pizza and having cake (Activity #8) - she really slept through the whole thing - singing and all!! She was done after all of the fun that we had been having for days, plus she was a little sick too :( This was after Activity #7 - Bowling with her friend Rachael.
Olivia requested her favorite, rainbow chip cake with rainbow chip frosting! (turns out that this is one of my husband's favorites too and I didn't even know) Jed and and Olivia are really so much alike, it's scary sometimes! All in all, I'd say she had a pretty memorable 8th birthday!! I know I won't forget it :) Love you Olivia!
Olivia and her great-grandparents - Grandpa Doug and Grandma Betty Gines :)
Olivia with her parents and both sets of grandparents. We are so blessed to have such a wonderfully supportive family!!
Olivia and my cousin Christina's girls Jaycee and Kylee
2 comments:
So fun. Wish we could have been there too!!! Love you Liv.
What a cute post!! I just love Olivia...what a sweet girl. I also wanted to let you know that Rainbow Chip is also one of our favorites. Cody asks for it almost every year and the kids LOVE it! How funny....we love your family!
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