Princess Maddie turns 4!!!!!!

Well since it's only been a FEW months since Ive last blogged I thought I'd dust off the old blog spot and try again....

my bad people.. my bad....

any who... today is an important day in the Pratho household... our little baby girl turns 4!!!!!

Chris and I both had the day off so we sent Collin to the nanny's and spent the day doing what ever Maddie wanted!!! here's how it went...

I woke up SUPER early in hopes Maddie would wake up.. but no such luck.. she woke up around normal time 730ish... so this is what we did the night before...

yes that's her sleeping in the bed....

so I hear a little stirring and i run upstairs to make sure it's not Collin waking up Maddie... but it's Maddie... she was SO upset these balloons were on the floor... (the day before her and Chris cleaned her room) she was patting her legs saying " are you serious mom?! I just cleaned my room with my dad... who made this HUGE mess?!?"

after she woke up a bit more she was more okay with the idea that they were for her birthday....

so this is the after photo when she woke up....

I had the idea to just take a photo with this sign but then I thought since we would be doing so many things today (that she all picked) it would be cute to document it all!!!

We headed downstairs and Collin and I started to make a super fab birthday breakfast!!

Reigenbogen pancakes !! (and for you non German speaking folks... that's rainbow...)

this was the best photo I could get....

the we opened a few gifts from Collin

 sorry for the blurry photo...  a barbie mermaid!!

some new princess dress up shoes
and a new Hello Kitty coffee mug (I forgot to take a photo)

then we got dressed (a few hours later) and headed on base for festivities!!  by this time we were hungry and Maddie picked lunch.... PIZZA!!!!

Cheese pizza is Maddie's FAVORITE!!! and on this special day Fanta to drink!!!
Then we headed to the ice cream shop...

and here's the photo...  this photo had Chris and I laughing ALL day... she would NOT sit still or take a break from eating ice cream to take a photo....

then we headed to the park for some swing time fun!!

man was it a perfect day for the park!!! it was HOT which is awesome since lately it's been so rainy!!!

after a few hours at the park we decided to hit the post office up and see if we got any cards!! and we did!!!

Thank you Granny!!! we LOVED the card and STICKERS!!!! so we then headed to the BX to pick up a new present from Granny!!

While shopping Maddie didn't quite understand what "you can pick out 1 toy" was so we finally narrowed it down from 5 to 2 toys... she picked out a vacuum and a travel dress up doll!!
Thanks Granny!!

After such an exciting morning and afternoon we decided to head home and take a rest....  and get ready for our party!!!

We headed to the party at Ms. Heathers house and we took a photo with our friends

These are the kids that go to the there Tagesmutter (day mother/nanny) together... L-R Logan (5) Maddie (4) Collin (2) and Sophia (1) don't mind Logan's mid sneeze shot... do you know how hard it is to get 4 toddlers to sit still for a photo?!  this was the other shot....

Logan again in mid sneeze.... and Collin... oh Collin....

after a few hours at Ms. Heathers we came home and finished presents.... Maddie still had a small jolt of energy in her to open a few more gifts...

Thanks to Uncle Daryl and Aunt Cara (and Declan) Grandma and Grandpa Pratho and Aunt Allison, the Godparents Heidi and Luke and Lexi she had an awesome birthday!!!

I hope you enjoyed this... We are extremely pooped today..