This year, we went all out for girls time (our 2 and 1/2 weeks in Mio and then a wonderful weekend meeting friends in Chicago) when I started my 4 month leave of absence from work. Our Chicago trip was a birthday celebration for Shelby's friend Jordan and Mike and I chose to treat it as a celebration for Shelby's bday. Therefore, when Shelby's actual birthday came around, we did something on a very small scale. She had 2 friends spend the night and McDonald's delivered to the party. The girls loved it, Shelby loved it, and Amber even had craft time with the girls. (pictures to come later). So even though it was very small scale, the impact was the same, Shelby felt celebrated. We did do a family dinner on the actual day of her bday (pix to come) and that completed her transition into her 12th year. (wiping away tears!)
On a another note, Shelby never went to bed the night of her sleepover, she was so excited, so thrilled, so full of energy, she kept going and going and going, while her friends slept. Needless to say, I was very tired the next day, but the girls picked up early in the morning where they left off the night before. It was a fun time.
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