Maria's birthday

Maria turned 7 on Monday (I can't believe she's 7 already - where did all that time go?).
She had a wonderful birthday. In school, instead of journaling, all her classmates made her birthday cards. She even got a new book and pencil from her teacher (they are so nice!) She brought cookies for snack time and was able to pass them out to all her friends. Since there were extra's so got to pass them out to other teachers around the school. During lunchtime, everyone sang 'Happy Birthday' to her (and 3 other birthday celebrators).
That evening, we had the Hull's over for pizza, cake and ice cream.
We got her tickets to the Nutcracker ballet that is performing in a few weeks along with tickets to the Land of Sweets Tea Party with the characters. She loved it and is really excited to get dressed up and go!!
Happy Birthday sweetheart. We love you more than we can ever express! (Afterall, you are the reason Mom and Dad are a mom and dad.)

P.S. Happy 7th anniversary of parenting Dave. You are an awesome dad. There's no one else I'd rather share this experience with!