Hailey's 8th Birthday!

Today was a "no school" Friday so it was the perfect day to celebrate Hailey's 8th Birthday.

She started her day with an early morning "happy birthday song" and surprise candle stuck in her french toast.

Then it was time to leave for a date with mom for the morning. This date had been planned for more than a month and she was super excited. The date was shopping for a new outfit and then... getting her ears pierced (something the girls in our family can choose to do when they turn 8). Part of the fun of this is shopping for and getting to pick out their new earrings. Sad story though... Hailey has had a really bad ear infection all week. She's been on antibiotics for a few days now and is starting to feel better but her ear is still really swollen and very painful when touched. So we were only able to do half of our date today. We bought a few new outfits and picked out earrings and an earring holder but we'll have to come back next week to actually get them pierced.

At noon Hailey and I met Dan, the kids and a few of her friends at Chuck E Cheese for a little lunch birthday party.

Her big surprise this year, from the family, was a new bike, which we wheeled in behind her without her even noticing.

It was funny to see her face when she finally turned around and noticed the bike.

All the kids had a great time and lots of fun with Chuck E today!

Happy Birthday Hailey!