Monday, 30 September 2013

Mary Turned 8!

My baby Mary has just turned 8 years old!  I think she is gorgeous in every way. Her two front teeth are missing, her hair is nearly down to her waist and she has started to mellow down when it comes to loosing her temper (Aaahhhhhh).

This year for her birthday she wanted a baby bunny party. All her friends adore our fuzzy dwarf lop eared bunny Chloe, so Mary could think of nothing better than MORE bunnies. I found a little place that brings baby pets to parties, wraps the animals in little tea towels and the kids get to pet them and snuggle them. There were bunnies, guinea pigs, chicks and ducklings. Here are some pictures. It was lovely.
 Mary & her BFF Natalie
 Elara (our neighbor and friend from church)
 Maddy (Olivia's friend) got a baby chick to fall asleep in her hand
 Paige and Kaitlyn
 The host of the animal farm was very good with the kids
 Mary and Roary
Millie and Mary.

 Mary has the easiest group of friends. They are so polite and low key. After an hour with the baby animals we broke open a butterfly pinata, had some pizza followed by cake and ice cream!
 Happy birthday Mary
 Blowing out the candles!
 
 And opening presents. In Australia you do not open gifts until after the guest leave (this goes for baby showers too, bridal showers everything!)
 Mary chose to have one friend sleep over (millie) so she got to see what Mary got.
 On Mary's actual birthday we surprised her with breakfast in bed....
 Then we took her to the mall to get her ears pierced. We make the girls wait until 8 years old to get their ears pierced, Mary had been wanting them done for a couple years now, but I wanted to wait until she could take care of them. 
Such a big girl now! 
Happy birthday Mary!

1 comment:

Harry and Suzanne said...

Our Mary is 8 years old already! You are absolutely beautiful Mary! Glad you had such a "fun" day--only wish we were there to help you celebrate.