The Henry Family

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Madeline's 5th birthday and party

My sweet girl, Madeline, turned 5 on September 22. I still can't believe that she is already 5! It sounds a lot older and now, when people ask her how old she is, they also ask if she is in kindergarten. I really feel like time has just flown by and my baby girl will be starting kindergarten next year!
Unfortunately, she woke up the morning of her birthday with a fever, so I stayed home from work with her, thinking it was just one of the 24 hour fever viruses my children are prone to catching.
Luckily, she perked up enough by that evening to open some presents. One of her favorites was a cute pink stroller for her baby dolls that she loves to play with.

I also kept Will home, so he was all smiles about his day off from school and enjoyed the extra "Mommy time." Here he is showing off his very handsome smile. It just melts my heart!

Even though she was going to have a birthday cake at her party the following Saturday, I made her some cupcakes to celebrate the day she was born. This picture, for those who know her well, shows just how poorly she was feeling by this point.

The next morning, her fever got very high and she was diagnosed with swine flu! Later that day, Will started coming down with the same symptoms and was also diagnosed with swine flu. Their daddy kept calling it "Razorback Fever." We were so worried that she would not be well in time for her party with her friends on Saturday but, thanks to Tamaflu, she was back to normal by Saturday.
Her best friend, Haley, happens to have a birthday on the 26th. So, we decided to have their party together since they would be inviting all the same people. We had it at Madeline's gymnastics/dance studio and the kids had a blast. I enjoyed the fact that the staff does all the planning. We just had to show up:)
The trampoline was a big hit! Here is Maddie in the pink and her friend Katelyn. I'm not sure who the little boy is. They also played some games and generally just ran around on the springboard floor and played on all the different equipment.

Haley and Madeline shared a princess cake and had lots of fun opening all the wonderful gifts from friends and family. It was such a nice way to celebrate these special girls! Thank you to all who came and helped us make it such a special time.

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