The day before Maggie's birthday, she went to her first Cubs game. Uncle Justin had some tickets so they invited us to go with them. It was pretty cold out, but Maggie and Blake seemed to really enjoy it. We left after the 7th inning, but since we parked at the firehouse, we were blocked in! Of course, the game wasn't over until the 11th inning then we finally got to leave.
Maggie had a wonderful birthday on Thursday. It was raining a lot, but she got a lot of good presents from her mommy and daddy! Some of her favorite presents were the bracelet that she wore all day long, her slides that she could only play with for a few minutes because of the bad weather! Her favorite was her new "Twinkle Toes" shoes that light up in the front AND on the sides. We tried to go to dinner at Chili's, but it was a 45 minute wait, then we tried Buffalo Wild Wings, but it was a 2 hour wait at minimum! We figured it must be because the Bulls and the Blackhawks are both in the playoffs. We finally just ate at Panera, since we know Maggie loves their food and there was no wait. She even got a pumpkin muffin for her birthday treat, which she absolutely loved!!
Maggie's party was on Saturday, which ended up being a pretty nice day. We had a bug theme party. Maggie loves bugs, especially ladybugs and bumblebees, so that's what there were lots of! Chris's aunt Laurie made a beautiful dress for Maggie, which she just loves! Maggie decided not to take a nap until 3, so she wasn't up until after 5 and people were waiting to see her. As soon as she woke up, we got dressed and went downstairs to see everyone. After everyone ate, the kids had a bug hunt in the front yard, which was a lot of fun. Then we sang happy birthday, ate some bee and ant cupcakes, and open a bunch of presents. The rest of the kids were very involved in opening presents too and kept "oohing" and "ahhing" at everything. Maggie was so nice, she went and thanked everyone for their gifts after opening each one.
After everyone left, Maggie rode around the living room on her new tricycle from her Grandma Peggy & Papa Steinmetz and walked around holding her new flashlight from her Grandma Mickey & Grandpa Rich. She even fell asleep with her flashlight. Every present was great and she's been playing with everything. We can't wait for it to be nice and warm out so she can wear her new clothes and play with her outdoor toys!
We are so happy to have such an amazing, beautiful, fun daughter!
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We love the Brookfield Zoo. We have been going a couple times a month. Every time we go, we see something new. For our most recent trip, we went to 3 new exhibits that we hadn't seen before. We also stopped by the butterfly house on the way out. There were so many butterflies! It is really beautiful. Maggie and Ethan just wanted to stand in one place and stare at the butterflies. We will definitely be going back several times this summer.
On Sunday, we went to Maggie's cousin Emma's first birthday party! We had so much fun playing outside and in Emma's new sand and water table. Maggie, Ethan, and Blake were cracking each other up! Unfortunately, it was pretty cold and started to rain, which is pretty unusual for May 1st!
Aunt Dani made these adorable hats for the little girls at the party. Maggie just loves wearing hats and says this one is so cute!
After Maggie's party, I was in cupcake mode, so I volunteered to make these super cute (and easy) flowers for the party. They ended up looking very cute :)
The day before Maggie's birthday, she went to her first Cubs game. Uncle Justin had some tickets so they invited us to go with them. It was pretty cold out, but Maggie and Blake seemed to really enjoy it. We left after the 7th inning, but since we parked at the firehouse, we were blocked in! Of course, the game wasn't over until the 11th inning then we finally got to leave.
