She started the day with a new pink outfit which she loved and headed to school with her Valentine's for her class and a special birthday treat to pass out. She came home with so much more...stuffed monkey and book/crayons from teacher, Valentine's from her classmates, birthday balloon, and birthday hat. She was beaming with all her goodies.
After we got everything situated away, we had a special Valentine lunch at Liz's house. She was super cute and creative...heart-shaped pita bread for little pizzas and an array of toppings the kids got to choose from. Then chicken salad sandwiches with crackers and dip for the ladies. Also Melissa made yummy cake pops which were heavenly (I wouldn't mind eating a dozen more of those yummy things.) Then we sang to Ry for her birthday which was so special. She felt so happy everyone cared. As we left she said, "Mom, we have nice friends who love us." I can only totally agree.
After Liz's house, we stopped by my Mom's work to deliver a special Valentine for a special Grandma. The girls were so excited to see her and give her loves (after they recognized her without her "white hair hat"). My Mom even got all her ladies to sing to Ry with the special Birthday Hat. She again was beaming from all the attention. But it was so nice of everyone to sing before they left for the day. We left her work with cupcakes for later and a sad Kenna who just wanted more Grma!
When we finally got home, I was able to get little one to nap while me and Ry built her new Ariel puzzles for hours. When Rhett and J got home we were able to continue with the birthday/Valentine celebration.
We had a gift card to Applebees and Rhett had earned a free kids meal there from school, so we were set for a yummy free meal. We got there just before the Valentine rush...we even snagged their last free table. And boy I was glad because waiting to eat with hungry kids is not fun. We had a wonderful waitress who was so accommodating and got the other waiters to sing Happy Birthday to Ry. They even gave her a free ice cream sundae...which she shared with everyone.
After dinner, we drove over to Chuck E. Cheese because they gave Ry 20 free tokens for her birthday. She said they could all share them which turned out great because it was another free activity for the kids to have fun. Most of the rides and games were broken, so it turned out good we didn't have a lot of tokens to use.
When we got home, we sang to Ry again and let her blow out her candle. Then all the kiddos enjoyed Valentine cupcakes from Grandma...thanks again! Ry opened her present Rhett had got for her. He earned enough Apple Bucks at school to "buy" her some butterfly sunglasses.
We were all so wiped out from our long day. It didn't take long to get everyone ready and into bed. As I tucked Ry into bed, she thanked everyone for being so nice to her. She really had a wonderful birthday, got sang to a lot, and just relished in the love around her. Thank you to everyone for helping make her day so special.
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