We did it, we did it

Well, we did it. We made it through one more birthday sleepover/party. The party goers came in slowly and steady from 5:30 - 7:00, even though the party started at 6:30. It took my parents 2 hours to get here from Nashville, because as everybody knows, we don't know how to drive in the snow here in the South. My Mother-in-law, Joyce came early so as not to get stranded by the weather and my brother, Brennan and his wife, Pam didn't get to come at all because of the weather and all the 'crazies' on the road.

Maggie was not daunted by all this. We had one of her favorite meals, spaghetti w/ garlic bread. After dinner we opened gifts and then had cake (chocolate with whipped icing). Wal-Mart did an excellent job of duplicating the napkin on her cake. Maggie got lots of girly things like purses, hair stuff, money, gift cards. You know, all the essentials. But she also got a new 'ride'. She got a new 'purple' bike - they didn't have orange. Even Lincoln got a present, a Curious George book.

The adults left and the girls began the real party. They played games and watched a movie while eating popcorn. They went to bed about 2am. We all got up this morning for donuts and then shortly after went to Chuck E. Cheese. We atie pizza, played games and then when they ran out of tokens, they played hide-and-seek in the tunnels.

Needless to say, Maggie is already in the bed at 9:30. Her actual birthday is next weekend and we have something special in store for her then too. I love it when I know something that she doesn't.

We ended the special day by going to dinner with our very special friends, Nathan, Tammy and Leanna Batson. Leanna proudly distributed her Valentine cards and she had a birthday card for Maggie. What a surprise. We had a great time. Too often we go too long without being with the really special friends in our lives.