{"id":4001,"date":"2013-05-14T07:43:27","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T12:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/2013\/05\/14\/mikaylas-4th-birthday\/"},"modified":"2013-05-14T07:43:27","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T12:43:27","slug":"mikaylas-4th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/2013\/05\/14\/mikaylas-4th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikayla’s 4th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Ben’s parents were here we had Mikayla’s official birthday party, but still wanted to do something on her special day.  Like in years past, we had a week long countdown to her birthday filled with fun activities to do as a family or small gifts.  She was so excited each day to open her countdown and I think it really helped her realize just how special a birthday should be!  Her countdowns this year included the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. Some special princess stickers and a sticker book. <\/li>\n
  2. Spa day complete with bubble bath and painting her nails. <\/li>\n
  3. Campfire with marshmallows and hotdogs. <\/li>\n
  4. Popcorn and a movie.  She had been saving for Toy Story 2 and we surprised her with it for this countdown day.\"Easter, <\/li>\n
  5. Some bubbles and chap stick. <\/li>\n
  6. Family pizza night where she rolled out and made her very own pizza.  We also watched a movie (Mulan) on this night while eating. <\/li>\n
  7. Making special birthday cupcakes and decorating them with pink frosting and sprinkles! <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Easter,<\/p>\n

    \"Easter,<\/p>\n

    On her actual birthday (the 28th) we started the morning with balloons, streamers, homemade donuts and gifts.  Then we headed to Big Bend Country Club for lunch and some time on their fun playground.  Afterwards we headed home and prepared for a special birthday dinner with Joe of spaghetti!  And finally ended the day with a special birthday cake.  <\/p>\n

    \"Easter,<\/p>\n

    Enjoying her balloons and streamers!<\/em><\/p>\n

    \"Easter,<\/p>\n

    Opening gifts.<\/em><\/p>\n

    \"Easter,<\/p>\n

    More gifts!<\/em><\/p>\n

    \"Easter,<\/p>\n

    Backstory on this picture \u2013 A couple of weeks before her birthday she decided that she wanted to make a paper bike.  After we worked on it as a family (I had to enlist Ben’s help because I was drawing a blank), she decided she wanted to wrap it up and save it for her birthday gift.  So she decorated a box and put it inside and promised to forget about it.  This worked out perfect for us because we had already been planning on buying her a bike.  So when it came time to open our gift she opened the paper bike.  And was super excited!  We went out side to "ride" it and had her real bike on the porch waiting.  She did not see the bike at first, but when she did was very excited and forgot all about her paper one!<\/em><\/p>\n

    \"Easter,<\/p>\n

    She is still a little timid with the bike and has not figured out how to pedal yet.  But then again she has never had any sort of riding toy so this is brand new territory for her.<\/em><\/p>\n

    \"Easter,<\/p>\n

    Her cupcakes and cake she decorated all on her own!  She knew she was four, so she picked out four candles!!<\/em><\/p>\n

    \"Easter,<\/p>\n

    \"Easter,<\/p>\n

    I just love this picture and the effort she is using to blow out her four chosen candles!!<\/em><\/p>\n

    All in all it was a great birthday week.  Thanks to everyone who called, sent gifts and cards or sent messages on her special day.  She was excited about them all!  And for the record, is already talking about when she turns five!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    When Ben’s parents were here we had Mikayla’s official birthday party, but still wanted to do something on her special day.  Like in years past, we had a week long countdown to her birthday filled with fun activities to do as a family or small gifts.  She was so excited each day to open her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[65,7],"class_list":["post-4001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-parenting","tag-birthday","tag-mikayla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}