M&M's birthday!

M&M turned 10 yesterday! It was definitely a roller coaster of a day for her. She started out the day with being able to open one gift which was new clothes which she wore that day. The rest of her gifts she had to wait until her dad got home from work. We didn't really have anything planned for the day because she will be having a party on Saturday with friends. Just that morning I found a link through another blog for a recipe for making donuts. It turns out to be a pretty easy recipe and we had all of the ingredients on hand (it even uses mashed potatoes!) so I showed it to M&M and asked her if she would like to help make some that day. So after lunch we tried out the recipe - this was my first time ever making homemade donuts. It made a great mess of the kitchen but we had a lot of fun. :) DH got home from work when we were in the middle of the frying part and he helped get out some powdered sugar for the kids to dip the donuts in. Everyone loved them and made a great mess with the sugar. :) (Next time I need to find some better sizes of circles to cut them out with - they ended up being funny sizes & shapes.)
After the donuts M&M opened her gifts from the family. Unfortunately she knew what a couple of them were because I had her pick them out and then another gift Kitty told her what is was because she saw it being wrapped & was so excited about the gift - we've got to work on keeping secrets in this family. Next we opened up the bike and DH and I started putting it together. It took quite a while to figure everything out and we ended up needing to go to the hardware store to buy a new hex wrench to adjust the brakes on the handlebars. We also discovered that the front tire had a whole in it and we needed a new tube for it. Poor M&M! By this time it was almost 7 p.m. and we still hadn't eaten dinner.
So we ran to a sporting goods store to buy a new tire tube and then we went to McDonald's for dinner (M&M's choice). While we were eating there M&M's stomach started hurting and she wasn't feeling well at all. After the younger kids finished eating and played a little on the playground, M&M was ready to leave. We stopped at the hardware store on the way home to buy a hex wrench & M&M started feeling better (we think it is partly stress that caused it).
We got home around 9 p.m. and DH finished up the bike while M&M opened the gifts from DH's parents on the front porch. Then she was finally able to try out her bike!! Thankfully the day ended on a good note! The bike is definitely a big step up from her old bike (which she got on her 4th birthday). It has handlebar brakes and 18 gears. It is just slightly too big but once she can get on and get it started she can reach the pedals and everything just fine. She rode it this evening after dinner & just kept telling me how much she loves it!

By this time it was close to 10 p.m. We got the kids in pajamas and sent the younger ones to bed. We let M&M stay up and watch Anne of Green Gables - she just finished the book recently. It was fun watching the movie with her.

My parents came over today and gave M&M their gifts. Some of the things she got were Apples to Apples Junior, Croc shoes, new dress, comforter set for her bed, candy, Cinderella polly pocket doll with prince & carriage, balloon kit for making balloon animals and some books.