Birthday Surprise

To this day, I still remember an awesome surprise birthday my parents gave me when I was in elementary school.  I remember going to my neighbor's house and she walking me back to my house with something in a paper bag (turns out it was a birthday present for me).  When I came inside I was shocked to find friends from school and just felt so loved.  So I wanted to pass that feeling along to my dear daughter.

There was actually 2 surprises.  The whole week previous Cloudburst had not been allowed in her room while I painted and redecorated.  I had wanted to get my little bookworm some bookshelves.  We told her she could see her room on Saturday morning.  But we added in a few other surprises too!

After the big reveal, we headed downstairs to eat pizza and decorate cupcakes and aprons.  It was a whirlwind week getting everything ready, but so worth it.  Cloudburst was buzzed the whole day, talking about how surprised she was when she opened the door.  She is now 9 years old and I can't believe how the time has passed so quickly.  Cloudburst is almost finished with 3rd grade.  She's been doing very well in math and reading and is starting to like volleyball.  She is still the biggest dare devil in the family.

And here are a few before/after pictures.  I just painted over all those flowers and the wall has a cool texture now.