Happy Seventh Birthday!

Our little girl turned seven years old today, and to celebrate the occasion there was a small stack of presents on the kitchen table, along a lot of cupcakes - one with a candle in it, burning bright at the top. Mommy and Daddy sang "Happy Birthday" to Madison as she entered the kitchen, and it did surprise her.  She blew out the candle, and then the big decision had to be made:  eat a cupcake first, or open presents?  The cupcake ruled the day - actually Daddy felt that way too.  Mommy made some tasty cupcakes last night.  But the presents were nice too:  Madison opened them up fairly quickly, and was excited to get a good assortment of video games, movies and books.

But we didn't have much time to use them at home.  Today was all about setting up for tomorrow's church service - which has a "Ducky Dynasty" theme.  This is the popular show of our time right now, so the powers that be wanted a skit written for the main sanctuary with the grown-ups, and have it with that theme.  So Daddy went to work writing, and Mommy has been hard at work assembling props and costumes for the skit.  Here's just a sample of Daddy's costume:

Yep, it's Madison and her Duck Commander.  Oddly enough, those are the same initials as Daddy's, so that will work out just fine for a day or so.  Tomorrow, four of us will grace the stage with redneck jokes and so forth - at one point actually shooting a rubber ducky from the rafters of the church way above.

Madison had a great time - lots of giggling today - with everyone in the office.  We're still cleaning up quite a bit from Summer Xtreme, as well as getting things geared up for tomorrow's service.  After church, we'll head over to Ye-Ye and Nana's house for a bit of celebration - both Father's Day, and a celebration of Madison's birthday.  It's going to be a good time, and the party doesn't end there.  We'll have another party to celebrate her birthday soon enough.  Today was just a bit too busy for that.  Already, it's 8:00, and Mommy is still working away on costumes and so forth.

Maybe Monday or so we'll get that rest...!