Happy Birthday To Miss Mikayla

Well it happened the teens have finally hit our household. We have been preparing for this day for quite a few years now but as they say you can practice all you want but it only prepares you so much for the big game. Mikayla has decided to embrace 13 to its fullest. Eye rolls, a few "mmmmmooooooooommmmmm!" s here and there. A lot of "Get out of my room!" s. All the usual things. Since this is a big birthday I gave in and let Mikayla have a party with all her friends. I figured 13 year olds, you don't really have to worry about them right. You can get some pizza put on a movie and they will all be good right. WRONG! They were noisier then the noisiest day in the nursery. They made a bigger mess then my 2 boys combined and they ate 5 boxes of pizza, tons of drinks and almost all of the Christmas candy I had set out. And then they had cupcakes and ice cream when they were done. I was shocked! Here are a few pictures of the merriment.

I do want to say quickly how wonderful I think Mikayla is. She is a huge help to me and a great person to talk to. I think she is growing into a beautiful young woman and I love her so so much. I am so excited to watch her learn and grow during these what I can only guess will be very fun and interesting years.

This is a picture of Mikayla's family birthday cake. Mikayla getting ready to blow out the candles in all her 13 year old glory. Some of the girls at the party. you can see the craziness starting already!She wanted cup cakes for her friends birthday party. They were polka-dot (for the pj's they were wearing) and film strips (for the movie they watched). What is it you say that all the girls are crowded around looking at? Why that is the latest issue of Tiger Beat! I got Mikayla the magazine so that she could have some pictures of Justin Beiber and Taylor Swift. They loved it!! They all wanted to look at it and read it and I was shocked! I don' t know why I was shocked but I was.