Flashback to Paige's 12th birthday....May 13, 2010

We started the evening off with her school band concert. Her teacher was nice and let her be excused after the 6th graders played and exited the stage. That meant she did not have to stick around to put chairs away and we could get on with the celebration.
We enjoyed the concert, the kids always wear black and I guess the 8th graders were grumbling about the lack of color so their teacher brought fabric scraps with a different color for each grade. The 6th graders got yellow sashes...it was fun to see how each child wore theirs. The boys mostly made "Rambo" style headbands or arm bands and the girls were a little more creative...with bows in their pony tails, scarves around their necks and belts.

The birthday girl with her gifts. She started with the envelopes then with the California gifts and finally the gifts from Megan, Mike and I.

She received $50. from her Grandma and Grandpa that she is putting towards summer horseback riding lessons and Raj and Suman gave her a dollar for each year.

Megan looking cute and waiting for her sister to open the gifts that she picked out.

It's not an official b.day party until the dogs start helping with the gift wrap!

Mimi made Paige this adorable apron...can you tell by the big smile and pose that she's loving it?!

She also received a set of notebooks and $25. to go towards summer horseback riding lessons.

That's the cute card that my sister made her.

Aunt Shann sent a cute pair of pink plaid shorts and matching top, plus a g.c. for Old Navy...plus she sent a big bag full of glow sticks for Paige's party with her friends.

Megan gave Paige this cute "Tink" t-shirt and some bracelets and a set of "Japanese erasers" that were in the shape of cakes.

Paige was thrilled with the dolphin wind chimes that Megan picked out for her from "Tropical Trends".

This is the b.day card I made her, give it a click for an enlarged view.

We gave her a bunch of t-shirts.. some art supplies and she will be getting a cell phone when Mike decides which one will be best for her.

Oh and I found this cute little metal doggy at Cost Plus ...he reminded me of the way Rebel sits with his legs all cockeyed...plus he had a red collar with a heart dangling from it....just too cute!

May all her wishes come true, as long as they don't involve us buying her a horse! Ha ha :)