Friday, December 9, 2011

She’s Six!

Jill's Journal: After months of anticipation, our precious Madelyn turned six today. She woke up with the biggest grin on her face and it stayed there all day long.

Her birthday checklist of requests was so simple that it was impossible not to meet them all:

*Day off from school to play with presents. Check.
*Climb the “mountain” next to our campsite. Check.
*Go to two separate parks with playgrounds. Check.
*Pancakes covered in a funny face for dinner. Check.
*No cake, but candles in a bowl of birthday ice cream instead. Check.
*Go to bed wearing tomorrow’s clothes instead of wearing pajamas. Check.

Funny, funny girl. And actually, as I think about it, that’s a pretty fantastic list. If we were all so easy to please, the world would be a far more contented place, wouldn’t it?

Happy birthday to a very special little girl.

4 comments:

Andrea Kanelopoulos - Anam Nostos House said...

How CUTE is she!!! I think we should all make checklists as FUN as hers!! Just love it...my goal is to have them grow up loving their birthday as much as they did as a child and never dreading the most amazing years that come....Happy Birthday!!!!

Anonymous said...

Madelyn-

That looked like a fantastic day. I'm so glad you enjoyed your birthday.

Love you,
Aunt Wendi

Jill said...

Thanks ladies! She tells us she had a GREAT day. :)

gretchenhs said...

Happy Belated Birthday to one of our favorite little girls!
You made such a cool list that Liz says she'll have to make a fun one next year too!
I'm glad it was great and I hope your year is full of fun and surprises!!