Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Birthday Celebrations

So, rumor has it there was a birthday and a birthday party for someone at our house. Sometimes rumors are true. As long as I'm spreading them, right?

Birthdays are a big deal around here. Getting older ain't easy, so it must be celebrated when another year is reached. Keep in mind that this pertains to the birthdays of anyone 29 and younger. Once you hit 30, birthdays are dreaded and ignored. Take note.

Meaghan's birthday party consisted of a glow-in-the-dark party at a bouncy house. Close your eyes, if you will, to set the stage, and imagine 24 kids running around in the dark, going from jumpy house to jumpy house, wearing their glow-necklaces, darting in between the laser lights, listening to loud pop music, and squealing at the top of their lungs. Pretty cool if you're a kid. The adults, who were feeling their age (or maybe that was just me), meandered from place to place looking for and bumping into other adults and trying to hold a conversation.

The birthday day and birthday party were a success. Here are those days in pictures and captions (but sorry, my camera works in the dark just about as well as my eyes do, so no glow-in-the-dark pictures):

Daddy with Meaghan at her class celebration on her birthday.
Meaghan's class being silly. Shocking for this age, I know.
Though if you look closely, you'll see someone is much too refined for such shenanigans.
But not too refined to be overly excited for cake. Who wouldn't be?!?
Making birthday wishes.
Opening birthday presents.
She liked her brother's gift. A lot.
Glad she's a grateful child. Well, most of the time, anyway.
Camron got in on the gift action.
A princess castle with all the bells and whistles.
Someone...er...someones really liked it. It had gadgets.
This was the best gift for mom. I love this girl.
All prepped for her glow-in-the-dark party.
And she glowed!
The REAL cake, complete with princesses and castle -
as per her wish for the perfect birthday cake.
Getting the scoop from a friend.
Serious stuff, I tell ya.
Time for snacks and cake. AKA: sugar high.
Still shocked and awed by her gifts.
It never gets old.
She did not waste any time enjoying her gifts.
Her many gifts. Her many awesome gifts.
She wasn't the only one who enjoyed her gifts.
We got to enjoy the entertainment.

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