Taylor's a big ole' 8!!!

My baby girl turned 8 this year! Again, I ask, "How can this possibly be?!" She still loves animals, actually playing animals is one of her favorite recess past times, which explains the ruined shoes and muddy knees! This girl is silly and quirky and super sweet with a big heart, love her with her dirty knees and all.

Blake and I decorated for her the night before...it was soooo difficult for Bandit to NOT attack the paper balls AND the streamers AND the tablecloth AND pretty much everything! As you can see he was so upset that we wouldn't allow him on the table! lol!

Taylor woke up to a fun decorated dining room with presents and a donut with candle. She got to open a couple gifts and even Baby Allison got some goodies!

Her bff Evie had a present waiting for her at the bus stop that morning too! How sweet! It was a marble creation painting craft, she made all kinds of art with it!

After school, we let her go ahead and open her Bitty Baby Bella. Then Aunt Susi, Aunt Sissy and Uncle Danny came by to celebrate with us. We had the taco bake that Taylor requested and of course sheet cake too. They gave her a whole $50 bill! She feels rich! We ended the night by playing Headbandz and scratching some winning lottery tickets..lol! 

We let her have 3 friends over from her class to celebrate too. We kept it very simple, set up a tent in the front room for a camping movie night. They got to have McDonalds Happy meals, had popcorn with the movie and chocolate fondue for dessert! Since one of Tay's favorite things to do is song to her fave tunes, we set up karaoke. We downloaded all her fave songs with lyrics via YouTube, the girls put them up on the big screen and jammed out-singing and dancing! We loved hearing those girls sing, so cute! It was a fun night :)