SEVEN

From our earliest days together,
Vic caught on quickly that birthdays are a really big deal to me.
The girls have also happily jumped on the bandwagon.
And so, this weekend we continued to celebrate "7"!

Alexis and Ava paid a visit to a cute little salon
called Sweet and Sassy for a "candy lovers makeover".
They were treated to manicures,
a little eyeshadow and glitter lip gloss,
temporary tattoos and a girly girl updo.
We rounded out the visit by creating their own bath gel and body scrub
(all topped with glitter, of course).
It was seven year old heaven.

The next day, thanks to Aunt Wendy,
Alexis and our neighbor got their arts and crafts on
at Sunshine Glaze.
They enjoyed making holiday mosaics and also painting
some pottery pieces for their bedrooms and Christmas trees.
It was also an adorable little shop.

Monday the 16th was her actual birthday,
and Ryleigh and I were invited into school to help the class
sing "Happy Birthday" and to join all the kiddos for some
cookie cake.
Mrs. Sickler has a tradition where the birthday girl/boy
stands up on the birthday chair while the whole class sings,
Lexi ate it up.

That night, we capped off the celebrating with an ice cream
cake topped with a sparkler.
Needless to say, it was a wonderful day for our newly minted 7 year old.
Happy Birthday, Alexis Rose!