Cady turns 6!

Two weeks ago, Cady turned the big S-I-X!! Woo Hoo!! Her "party" this year was to take a friend to the Build-a-Bear Workshop, so the Saturday before the big day I traveled with two very excited little girls down to Greenville (the closest Workshop). Neither Cady nor I had had the Build-a-Bear experience before so it was new and so so fun!!

First, the girls debated and debated with animal to choose: bunny or bear or cat? They decided on cats and started down the assembly line of stuffing, "bathing" and choosing outfits. Their kitties matched in every way, down to their identical kitty iPods.

"What do you think of THIS outfit?"

I was there too, and actually made it into a picture for once!

The Ever-popular Darth Vader

Lately it seems that Maddy is quite interested in Darth Vader. She wants to be Darth Vader for Halloween this year and has assigned all the rest of us Star Wars related roles. Luckily, since I'm the mom, I get to be Queen Amidala and Cady claimed the Princess Leia role without any argument.

And this was tonight's conversation ...

Maddy: Mommy, I know where I want to go for my birthday this year (probably brought on by the fact that we are taking Cady to Build-a-Bear Workshop for HER birthday tomorrow).

Me: Where, honey?

Maddy: Disney World!

Me: Uh, that's an interesting idea.

Maddy: Because I want to see where Darth Vader lives!

I didn't have the heart to tell her that he doesn't live in Disney World.