{"id":13902,"date":"2019-07-02T15:34:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T20:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?p=13902"},"modified":"2019-07-02T15:34:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T20:34:01","slug":"happy-birthday-madison-mae-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/?p=13902","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Madison Mae (4)!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past Thursday was Maddie&#8217;s 4th Birthday!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?attachment_id=13921\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13921\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13921\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/turning-4-R-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/turning-4-R.jpg 680w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/turning-4-R-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?attachment_id=13917\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13917\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13917\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/happy-girl-R-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/happy-girl-R.jpg 680w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/happy-girl-R-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have been counting down with eager expectation for days and days.\u00a0 She came up with a few funny requests for her Birthday this year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>have a pink cake with marshmallows<\/li>\n<li>get a bell for her bike<\/li>\n<li>get a scooter<\/li>\n<li>go to Valleyfair<\/li>\n<li>eat pizza<\/li>\n<li>fly an airplane&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, we did our best to fulfill all of her (reasonable) hopes and dreams.\u00a0 I picked &#8220;pink&#8221; as her theme since we aren&#8217;t having a real party.\u00a0 But party or not, I just couldn&#8217;t resist putting something together for her.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?attachment_id=13920\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13920\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13920\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pink-goodies-R-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"692\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pink-goodies-R.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pink-goodies-R-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pink-goodies-R-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She did get a new scooter, so we made a trip to the park bright and early to try it out and play for a bit. Everyone had a good time.\u00a0 Well, I should say everyone had a good time at the park.\u00a0 Levi was NOT HAPPY that he was not allowed to touch or ride on Maddie&#8217;s new scooter.\u00a0 Not pleased at all.\u00a0 There was a lot of screaming and crying for a bit, but don&#8217;t worry, he did eventually come to terms with it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?attachment_id=13919\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13919\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13919\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/new-scooter-R-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/new-scooter-R.jpg 680w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/new-scooter-R-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>We also filled out our traditional Birthday Question sheet.\u00a0 This proved to be a bit frustrating for me.\u00a0 She&#8217;s at the age where she will say whatever everyone else is saying, or say whatever she is looking at, at that exact moment.\u00a0 We did power through with a bit of guidance and &#8220;shushing&#8221; of the older kids.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?attachment_id=13913\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13913\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13913\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/maddie-birthday-questions-R-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/maddie-birthday-questions-R.jpg 680w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/maddie-birthday-questions-R-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jen made a beautiful Pi\u00f1ata for Maddie as well.\u00a0 It was almost too pretty to smash!\u00a0 And it must have thought so as well&#8230; because it was VERY hard to get open!\u00a0 It eventually tore off of the handle and fell, but even then it took jumping on top of it and eventually we had to tear it open.\u00a0 Ha!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?attachment_id=13923\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13923\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13923\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinata-from-Jen-R-2-563x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinata-from-Jen-R-2.jpg 563w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinata-from-Jen-R-2-165x300.jpg 165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?attachment_id=13924\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13924\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13924\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinata-fun-R-563x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinata-fun-R.jpg 563w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinata-fun-R-165x300.jpg 165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?attachment_id=13925\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13925\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13925\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinata-goodies-R-563x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinata-goodies-R.jpg 563w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinata-goodies-R-165x300.jpg 165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?attachment_id=13926\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13926\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13926\" src=\"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinata-made-by-jen-R-563x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinata-made-by-jen-R.jpg 563w, http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinata-made-by-jen-R-165x300.jpg 165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Thursday was Maddie&#8217;s 4th Birthday! \u00a0 We have been counting down with eager expectation for days and days.\u00a0 She came up with a few funny requests for her Birthday this year: have a pink cake with marshmallows get a bell for her bike get a scooter go to Valleyfair eat pizza fly an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13902"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13902"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13928,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13902\/revisions\/13928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}