Samantha is 10!

Samantha turned double digits on November 28th!

School is always out for Thanksgiving break on Sam's actual birthday so it's always an early celebration with some sort of turkey treat. 🦃 

Last night as a nine-year-old!

On Sam's actual birthday she wanted to go to Mesa Burger with Rio and Taj. But first, a few gifts. 

Poppy Ron and Cathy give a good check ;) Which is funny because for years Samantha has been collecting them and not cashing them and recently she had to cash them with Grandma because the bank wouldn't take them anymore because they were so old!

Fun wall-hanging from our babysitter and friend, Kate. 

Auntie Holley always gives the best gifts!

And now the kids no longer have to share a Gizmo watch, Sam's got her own now!

All lined up tallest to shortest. 

We are getting good at capturing the kids on the slideshow. 

Super mini Blake and Rio. 

Grandma came up a few days later and we were back at Mesa Burger to celebrate Sam again.

Sam ends up having a month-long birthday!

Dancing Grandma gave the coolest gift and even had the puppet's ears pierced! 

Meet Sally. 

Sam's become a pretty good ventriloquist. 

I really wanted Sam to perform with this in the talent show this year but no dice. 

It's hysterical when she takes it in the car and makes drivers on the road laugh. She's gonna cause an accident. 😬

So, like I said, Sam's birthday just keeps on going and going. Next up, her slime party!

This table might look neat and organized but this was the world's messiest party. 

Mia and Kaya showed up as twins! 👯‍♀️

Sam has so many different girlfriends from sports, school, the neighborhood and ones she's known since birth!

It's always fun to have them altogether.

Even if they do end up making a gigantic mess!

At the end of the party Samantha had all the girls enter their butter slime into a contest to see whose was the most "buttery" 

She took the job very seriously. 

Reese came out on top! And lack of prizes meant grabbing a few bucks from my wallet. 🤷‍♀️

So, this is the aftermath. 

And Thatcher scooped up all the excess slime to create one awful slime ball. 

Somehow the party moved inside and I was breaking out in hives seeing that slime in Sam's bedroom. 

I moved everyone to the front for pick-up!

We survived!