The 1st of 3 Birthday Parties

Cairn went to the doctor today for her 8 year old check-up.  She is 4 feet and 4 3/4 inches tall (95%ile) and 63 pounds and 9 ounces (74%ile).  We talked about her sleep patterns - she needs more sleep which we are working on.  We also talked about hormones and puberty.  no signs yet.

After her doctors appointment we went home to get ready for her first of 3 parties this week.  

Cairn loves Red Robin so of course that is where she wanted to go.  What does she like there?  The milkshakes.  So since I know that isn't anything else she will eat I made pizza beforehand for the kids and myself.  They also had some quiet time before so they were slowed down a little before heading into the noisy, smelly and very stimulating restaurant.

We got to the restaurant and met up with our guests.

Aunt Trish

Grandma Bonnie

Skylar came with us of course.

Dad and Andrew

After eating, we had our cupcakes that I brought from home.  I made vanilla cupcakes with lemon frosting.  I put the cupcakes into the shape of an 8 and put an 8 candle in the middle.  Cairn helped frost and decorate her cupcakes.

 After cupcakes we opened a present from Grandma, a new charm bracelet inside a pretty hat box,

 and a couple cards.

It was a nice party and the kids were great.  Feeding them beforehand at their regular meal time and having some quiet time helped squash some negative behaviors.  We left before anyone lost and everyone left happy.