Birthday Highlights

Imagine the excitement of being four year's old the first time you celebrate your birthday! Rosie has been so excited about her birthday, and we have had a full month of listening to her sing about it, talk about it, and show us what she likes!

She did have a fantastic day. It started the day before when she helped me to make cupcakes and decorate them with sprinkles.

On Tuesday morning, I heard the boys whispering before their alarm went off. I wondered what they were up to, and several seconds later knew what they were up to, when I heard them sneak into Rosie's room to wake her up by singing "Happy Birthday" to her. We allowed her to open one gift before breakfast, and then she took her cupcakes and treat bags to pre-school for a little party with her classmates.

When I picked her up at the end of the morning, she was very excited to tell us about "Rosie's teacher and class, they sing. Sing Rosie. Sing -Happy Day to you, Happy Day to you, Happy Day to you, Rosie, Happy Day to you". Being sung to by her teachers made a huge impression and I think was the highlight of her morning. Her teachers sent her home with a balloon and a kite, which she was also very proud of.

In the afternoon, she had a lot of fun receiving phone calls from family, which helped to distract from the pile of presents waiting for her.

She loves pizza and boo beer (root beer), so that's what we had for supper.

Here are some photos of the evening:

Birthday Cake

Rosie doesn't like cake. Time may change that, but for this year I was a little stumped about what to do about a birthday cake. Until we went to Marble Slab Creamery. She LOVES ice cream, and when she saw the ice cream cakes she pointed and said, "Happy Birthday to you, Rosie, please Mommy". So, I talked to the guy behind the counter, and we combined her two favorite sweets (strawberries and ice cream) and he made her this fantastic birthday cake.

She was in love! It took everything I had to keep her from poking her fingers in it before Daddy could get home to see it.

Has there ever been a cuter birthday girl? She was so excited about blowing out the candles and told us when it was time to sing "Happy Birthday to you, Rosie".

But, when we did sing, she just got all silly and hid!

Blowing out the candles...

It took her about 4 tries to get the hang of it! Some of us got a bit of extra wax on our cake!

And, finally, enjoying the much anticipated cake! Thank you Marble Slab Creamery! Rosie loves you. I think you have a customer for life. She's already talking about her next cake!