After Birthday Playtime

When Daddy was growing up, the day after a big birthday seemed to be reserved for nothing but playtime. It was get-to-know-you time with all the awesome toys you opened on your birthday!

This dates me, but I remember being eleven-years-old and getting a Hoth Imperial Attack Base. It was November, and I was sitting there in my bedroom with snowtroopers and rebels battling it out. Birthdays were always wonderful, and I'm hoping that Madison's was as well!

I still have that toy - although I don't play with it as much as I used to! Anyway, the tradition continues with Madison. Not that she got an Imperial Attack Base for her birthday. No, all she got was a bunch of girly stuff - though Kelly Conard did make sure she at least got another lightsaber!

Seriously, today she had all sorts of toys scattered all over the house. She had her Kai-Lan blocks set up in the kitchen, and brought her Belle doll with her everywhere she went.

First thing in the morning, Daddy heard her get up on her own. With her new bed, she can do that now. So we were listening to her rise. She climbed out of bed and walked across her bedroom. There, she put on her new pull-ups on her own - Daddy heard her shut the cabinet door that had those inside.

Listening carefully, Mommy and Daddy had our ears to the door: what was she doing next? We heard a bit of emotion - she was struggling with something. What was it? Daddy opened the door and went to check on her: there she was, trying on her new outfit. Yesterday, she got a new pretty dress, and Madison had found it on her own and was trying to put it on for us. With Daddy's help, she got it on. Take a look at our little princess!