Today, we celebrated my wonderful daughter's 6th birthday. She begged to open a gift before she left for school, so we allowed her to open one gift and one card. I admit I was a little tickled that both the card and gift she chose were from us.
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| Opening the first present of the day |
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| Genuine joy |
The next portion of her day which involved celebration was cake with her class at school. I brought the cake (and the boys) to her classroom after lunch, and we celebrated together. Her classmates sang to her, and she cut the cake. K wanted the 6, and she gave AJ the 4. The other kids took turns telling her which number they wanted. It was fun to see them enjoying the cake so much, and my birthday girl was thrilled as well.
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| K and her teacher with the cake |
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| Cutting the cake |
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| The pieces looked like they would be insanely large, but she cut them down to a proper size. |
The next part of the celebration involved our neighbors coming over for fika. They brought a late gift for AJ and a present for K, of course. I had made chocolate cupcakes with ganache on top, but I wanted to jazz them up a bit. Short on time, I used leftover icing and made some quick flowers on top. I didn't have the time I would have liked to do a really good job, but K was happy with the outcome. (And who am I to argue with the birthday girl?)
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| The cupcakes for fika |
The final piece of the day revolved around the much-anticipated opening of presents.
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| All three kids were extremely interested in what was in that package. |
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| K with some doll clothes she received. |
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| K with her beautiful butterfly card. |
I would say that K had a wonderful day. We still did not do the family cake, but, after two pieces of cake, K (and her Mommy) was caked-out. Tomorrow, we will probably light the candle on some leftover cake, and she can blow it out then.
