Birthday

Since G's birthday fell on a Sunday, and Sundays are very full with church, naps and Skyping grandparents, we kicked off the celebrations on Saturday and had two days of birthday fun.

We opened presents through both days. It was fun to open, then play, then open some more, then play some more all day long.

Grace got some awesome presents from Mom and Dad and family. She got a play cake, princess and dragon puppets, a tent and camping gear, bath toys, and so much more. Thanks everyone!

You can see how excited she is about the bath toys above. She lined them all up and told them stories. She also got a bathtime Ariel (see below in the sleeping bag) that she loves to give baths to and wash her hair (pass on the torture of hair-washing to someone else, maybe?) :)

Girlfriend loves her some Rolos. Whenever we're in the checkout line anywhere there are Rolos about, she always tries to convince me to buy them. You can see the happiness on her face that she got a whole thing all to herself to eat. That is until tragedy struck...
Dad threatened to eat some.

Good thing he was just teasing. On with the business of downing them. :)

Grace got to choose what she wanted to do on Saturday, so we played a lot, fed the ducks, ate hamburgers and played on the play place at McDonald's, then came home and ate cake and ice cream.

Feeding ducks

Giving Mom a heart attack and running and chasing


I love birthday cake, but I hate making it. It usually is super stressful and doesn't turn out anything like the amazing image I have in my head.
First attempt at a two-tiered (Barbie) life-size Aurora cake: FAIL.

So we salvaged what we could of the top tier and stuck a mini Aurora on it. While this could be the frosting job I would do on a cake, it's not. Grace saw the cake in the morning and took a swipe at it with her sneaky little fingers.


What a fun weekend to celebrate Grace!