The Birthday Girl and her Cake

Note to self (and anyone with pre-schoolers)- figure out what day the party is going to be, and that is the day of their birthday, at least until they are old enough to know the dates/calendar without help.

I made the mistake of telling Isabele her birthday was Sunday. Then realized Brian had to be in Texas over the weekend. We decided to have her birthday party on Friday evening. I didn't tell her. I didn't manage to get the cake decorated the night before, when she was asleep. So, when the kids asked what the cake was for, I told them it was Havoc's birthday (the dog), and that I was going to put the cake in her food bowl. They didn't quite believe me, but they weren't exactly sure I would do it.

So, this first picture is Isabele when we told her that Bia, Grandpa, Great Grandma Bolinger, Nana and Grandpa were here for her birthday part. Micah and Chuma (Kimber) also were there.


Here's the cake - made from 2 round cakepans. Found the idea online. And the funky shaped sparkles are gumdrops rolled with the rolling pin. She didn't see the finished product until she was presented with candles to extinguish.
3 years old! However, when asked, after someone saying that she was three now, she said, "No, I'm not 3, I'm still only 2." We couldn't convince her otherwise. So she had her 3 year old birthday cake when she was only 2.












She needed some encouragement to open her presents - at least at the begining.

Now she's got the hang of it.












After the cake and ice cream and upstairs gifts we headed downstairs to put her stuff away in her new room - that she hadn't seen. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of her looking at her new room. She certainly appeared to like it, though.

So - successful party - 50 minutes start to finish.

We had a normal Saturday...Brian went to Texas. I got the kids up Sunday morning and in getting ready for church, Isabele said, "it's my birthday! Are you going to make me a cake?" I tried to explain that we already had her birthday party and cake on Friday. She said, "yes, but I was only 2 then. Now I am three." So I suggested that maybe we could eat lunch at Bia's and make some desert over there. She was happy with that plan. So, after church, we had lunch, followed by mini brownie muffins with chocolate chip frosting (melted chocolate chips). Isabele got 3, and 3 candles to blow out - and some icecream.

And now, she is really 3.