But no longer a baby.
Kyndra had her official, not a baby anymore, birthday this weekend and MAN did she get spoiled. It's a lot less stress planning little events for the birthday girl instead of throwing a party for her. The money saved from not having a party, went to giving her the little treats she's wanted throughout the year, IE, SPOILED. hehe.
She started her day with me by driving wayyyy out to Knapps Corners to a special kids hair cut salon called, Snip It's. Now, the original plan was a morning of manicures (with special little hello kitties decals put on her nails) and pedicures, hair cut and styled, dress up and some other cool little girl stuff, but when we got there all she wanted was her hair cut and put into piggy tails so her ears were showing. That was a little disappointing, but it was her day so what the hay? hehe. Then we drove wayyyy back to town to our mall, where we arrived at Claire's for her main birthday present, getting her ears pierced. This whole year she's been so good at keeping up with her responsibilities, that I felt comfortable
enough in allowing her little ears to get the pokes. She was very scared and nervous about it and even began to cry once they did it, but once it was done she was so happy to see two little sparkly, hello kitties staring back at her in the mirror, that she broke out in giggles. That's my girl! :) After
that, she got to have her favorite mall food, Wetzel Pretzels, a giant pizza pretzel and one of their blue freeze smoothies for lunch. To my amazement, she ate that entire thing and drank almost that whole drink to herself. Like I said, this is one of her favorite things to do at this mall. hehe. Then, she needed a new dress for her and her daddy's date that was planned for the same night so we headed over to Gymboree where she picked out this really pretty velvet green one. That ended Mommy-Daughter portion of the day....
Marc got all dressed up then, Kyndra got all dressed up and they both headed out for dinner and a movie for their Daddy/Daughter date. They went out to the Ada Lowell movie theater where Kyndra's Uncle Matts sister, Sarah works. They watched the new Repunzle movie, Tangled. She told me this movie was SUPER DUPER AWESOME so this sounded to me like it was a successful little date. Hehe. Marc then took her to Chuck E Cheeses for dinner after that so she could enjoy the best thing on the Chuck E Cheese menu, the salad bar. She ended up winning a ton of tickets and bringing home a ton of Chuck E Cheeses style prizes. With a full tummy of yummy salad and a bag full of little game prizes, that concluded the Daddy, Daughter date.
The day came to a close with Grandpa and Grandma Holwerda showing up for a special cake surprise for Kyndra and some blue moon ice cream, oh, and presents too. We can't forget the presents. hehe. Kyndra ADORED her cake surprise from her Aunt Apryl. (Not to mention how YUMMY it was!) in which she said with much excitement "It's so much prettier than I ever imagined". So, in all her special not a baby anymore, birthday was a success....
The next day was spent out, buying her a new coat, gloves and those darn skechers she's been waiting SO long for the stores to carry in her size and style. Even though we originally went there to get her new boots, the shoes she's been drooling over for about 6 months now were sitting there on display, all sparkly and glittery and ON SALE! Half off and they had one last pair in her size. They were totally meant to be an extra special birthday surprise for her. :) Oh yeah, Granny and Pop-pop sent her 5 dollars for her birthday so she went into Meijer with her money and came out with a new barbie doll and a new Ariel polly pocket. hehe.
Yes, she was spoiled and yes, it will most likely take us a month to undue what we just did, but it was worth it. With her excellent progress at school. All of her shining stars she comes home with daily and her straight 2's(a's) on her report card, she deserved every little bit of it. :)
She started her day with me by driving wayyyy out to Knapps Corners to a special kids hair cut salon called, Snip It's. Now, the original plan was a morning of manicures (with special little hello kitties decals put on her nails) and pedicures, hair cut and styled, dress up and some other cool little girl stuff, but when we got there all she wanted was her hair cut and put into piggy tails so her ears were showing. That was a little disappointing, but it was her day so what the hay? hehe. Then we drove wayyyy back to town to our mall, where we arrived at Claire's for her main birthday present, getting her ears pierced. This whole year she's been so good at keeping up with her responsibilities, that I felt comfortable
enough in allowing her little ears to get the pokes. She was very scared and nervous about it and even began to cry once they did it, but once it was done she was so happy to see two little sparkly, hello kitties staring back at her in the mirror, that she broke out in giggles. That's my girl! :) After
that, she got to have her favorite mall food, Wetzel Pretzels, a giant pizza pretzel and one of their blue freeze smoothies for lunch. To my amazement, she ate that entire thing and drank almost that whole drink to herself. Like I said, this is one of her favorite things to do at this mall. hehe. Then, she needed a new dress for her and her daddy's date that was planned for the same night so we headed over to Gymboree where she picked out this really pretty velvet green one. That ended Mommy-Daughter portion of the day....
The day came to a close with Grandpa and Grandma Holwerda showing up for a special cake surprise for Kyndra and some blue moon ice cream, oh, and presents too. We can't forget the presents. hehe. Kyndra ADORED her cake surprise from her Aunt Apryl. (Not to mention how YUMMY it was!) in which she said with much excitement "It's so much prettier than I ever imagined". So, in all her special not a baby anymore, birthday was a success....
