Family Night

So tonight we decided to go to Party Outlet to pick out Mia's birthday invitations/theme.  It was a little overwhelming at first!  There were so many cute ideas!  There was a generic, colorful "Happy Birthday" theme w/ primary colors, there was "Abby Cadabby" which I thought was perfect considering Mia wants to be her for Halloween!  "Hello Kitty" is always a cute idea, and we did "Strawberry Shortcake" last year!  But then Brandon and I were thinking we really can't do anything TOO girly b/c all her friends are BOYS!!!!  Where are the girls?!?!?  

So as Mia walked around I asked her what kind of party she wanted and she said "Dora the Explorer!"  We thought it was a good idea b/c the girls can have Dora stuff and then the boys can get "Diego" stuff!  Perfect!!!!  

After Party Outlet, we walked over to Sports Authority where Mia got a Dora baseball glove and baseball.  Cameron is having his birthday party this weekend at the park and we are all playing in a family softball game!!  

Now, on to the BEST part of the night!!  We then went to Carrabba's for dinner.  I'm not really crazy about the restaurant but I've had a gift card for almost a year now so it seemed like a good idea to use it.  So we sat down and we had the best family dinner in a long time!  The food was good, but what made it awesome was that MIA ACTUALLY ATE!  She had (drum roll, please)....

Calamari for an appetizer

3 slices of bread

and a whole plate of linguini with white clam sauce!

Oh yea, and a glass of pink lemonade

AND....we didn't have to yell at her once!  What a wonderful night!