It’s great to be 8! I can’t believe it was 8 years ago that our Millie was born. Her birthday fell on the first day back at school after Christmas break, so we celebrated beforehand too. Gigi and Poppy took the kids to Bounce Bounce and they had so much fun! I took zero pictures of them actually bouncing, but they sure loved it. Slurpees at the end cooled them off nicely.
We went to Willie’s for lunch and came back to Gigi and Poppy’s for cupcakes and playing. It was a beautiful day.
And then Monday was the actual day! She had been grumbling a little bit in the days beforehand about having to go to school on her birthday, but when it came down to it she was excited. It was a foggy morning and one of my gifts to her was not forcing a hairdo on her! Love this birthday girl. Gigi dropped off donuts for breakfast too, which was so sweet!
The little kids and I took lunch to Millie. She invited her friend Rachel to join us and it was fun to hear them talk. Sweet friends.
Millie wore her “Eight is great” shirt (which she has worn so much over the last year that it is now missing the E so it says “ight is great”) and Hazel loved the sparkles.
Millie was thrilled with her cake, which was so sweet. Making it was a little like the good fairies making Aurora’s cake on Sleeping Beauty.
Monka and Umpa came over for dinner and cake, and Millie opened presents.
The most exciting part of turning 8 is that Millie is now able to be baptized! That will happen at the end of the month. We are all very much looking forward to it. Gigi and Poppy gave her a beautiful book to record her baptism memories and Monka and Umpa gave her a dress for the big day. A few days later we went over to the temple and took some pictures of her in her dress. She looks so grown up and beautiful! I’ll break these up with some facts about Millie at 8 years old.
- Millie is such a helpful big sister, especially with Hazel lately. She has helped change diapers and outfits a couple of times and loves to hold her and carry her around. Since Hazel sleeps in a pack ‘n’ play Millie can even get her out of bed!
- Millie has gotten very into cheerleading lately. She has some friends who do it on teams and they all cheer together at recess, and Millie has come home with some fun little cheers.
- She often lives life at a frantic pace. She runs so fast everywhere she goes, reads quickly, eats quickly, etc.
(Plus a little behind-the-scenes of taking pictures with the other kids in tow. They were all really SO good, but occasionally we had a hard time keeping Harvey out of the shot haha)
- Millie loves to read and write and create, but has decided recently that her favorite subject in school is science.
- She has a very unique sense of style. I try to pretty much keep my mouth shut and let her wear what she wants, and I love seeing what she comes up with!
- She wants so much to be good and do what is right. She loves reading scriptures with her dad at night and is developing her own testimony.
We love Millie Mae! Happy 8th birthday!
