We did manage to celebrate Molly's birthday finally. We just had Grandma and Popop over - too much else going on to have a big party. We went with a pizza and fish theme - two of Molly's favorite things! The cake turned out really cute because of (or in spite of) my fabulous helpers!
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| my decorating crew |
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| notice the hand sneaking in to catch a fish.... |
Molly had a great time opening presents. The older two had less of a great time. Apparently Molly got amazing presents, even for older kids, and they had a very hard time letting Molly do the opening and be the one to play with the presents. Luckily then the cake was shared with everyone.
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| Molly and her pile-o-presents |
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| her new backpack! |
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| the very popular new baby doll who drinks herself to sleep, complete with a burp |
Molly did much better trying to blow the candles on the cake, as compared with her birthday sundae a couple days ago. She wasn't much more successful, but she did get the concept of puckering up and blowing! We'll work on the wish part next year! And then the eating of the cake was done with great gusto. No hesitation about cake and frosting like when she turned one! She has had a whole year of being introduced to sweets thanks to her baking momma and her two older sisters. If she sees them clamoring for something, no matter what it is, she wants some too!
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| trying to blow out the candles |
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| more fish! |
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| notice the wound above her right eye - hit the bed frame right before the party got started! |
And then the second big moment was this past week when Molly got to go to school for the first time! She was very excited to carry her own school bag, and then dutifully took it into her classroom and stuck it in a cubby (even though she was supposed to hang it up on a hook in the hallway!) She did cry though when she realized I wasn't coming in with her! When I picked her up an hour later, she was a little red eyed, and had 'stolen' a baby doll (she was clutching it so tightly, they said we could bring it back next time!), she did say she had had fun. And she was okay about going on Thursday too. It might take a few more days, but I think she will learn to love school just like her sisters! (By the way, Eliza started too and loves her new class. No problem changing schools and meeting new friends. Yay!)
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| posing while waiting for H's ride to school |
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| silly faces! (M has to check out what in the heck H and E are doing!) |
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| sad faces (H isn't very convincing, but E's lip is impressive!) |
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| my three amazing girls |
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| busting a move |
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| our preschool girls, ready to go! |
1 comment:
Molly was so proud of her fish birthday cake; I think she showed it to me three times as the party was getting started! What a cutie ... just like her older sisters!
Love,
Popop
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