Melanie Is In The Double Digits!!

 

Melanie is strutting around as a big 10 year old! Where is the time going? Honestly, I feel like she should be turning 12! She is super responsible and is just as tall as Cameron! The morning of her birthday she woke up to open her presents before school and Dad left to work only to discover she had pink eye! On her birthday! GAHHH! She was heartbroken about it and begged to go to school, to which I replied with a very sad “no”. I was so so sad that she couldn’t hand out her treats to her friends, listen to her name being announced on the speaker to everyone at school that it was her birthday and walk to the principal’s office for a prize. Everyone likes to be recognized on their special day! So when she opened her presents she wasn’t jumping up and down excited! She got her very own sewing machine and a $100 bill shopping money, which she added to her $25 she got from Grandma and Grandpa McGary. She couldn’t wait to go shopping! She ate her special breakfast of sausage and sticky buns, requested by her. I made an appointment with the doctor and made a 2 for one trip! She also got a wart removed that she had removed once before but it came back. We went out to lunch at Magleby’s in Springville and she ordered her favorite meal, chicken alfredo and a side of fries.  Then we headed to the cute quilt shop down the road and she picked out a pattern to sew a bag that holds a coloring book and crayons.  We came home and dug through my scrap fabric and found enough for her to make 3, one for her and one for each of her sisters.  She will use hers for future babysitting!

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Melanie requested for dinner that night Olive Garden soup!  So we had that and french bread.  This year I told her I would eat cake and ice cream on her birthday even though I was eating whole30 for our gym challenge.  Dad held strong and ate eggs and sausage.  The next day we did a 5 hour shopping run!  I was tired by the end!  Melanie found lots of great deals and came home with empty pockets and full arms!  We got home just in time to pick up the other kids at home and head to Hang Time Trampoline for her family birthday party.  It was a fun birthday weekend for a special girl!

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