Emily’s 7th Birthday

 

Emily’s birthday is three days after Christmas.  There’s barely enough time to fold up the boxes and tissue paper from Christmas, clean up the family room and bake a cake. Emily had requested her cake and presents at lunchtime and Red Robin for dinner.  To begin her perfect birthday schedule she went with Dad to the grocery store to pick out her cake.  They came home with chocolate cake, chocolate icing, colorful sprinkles and seven white candles.  She and I made it together and then we waited for lunch to arrive.  

Luke was VERY interested in all of Emily’s festivities.  We could tell that he still vividly remembered his November birthday only six weeks earlier.  In fact, when we said, “It’s Emily’s birthday!” he would shake his head and say, “No, Doot’s bir-day!” and point to himself.  Emily was nice enough to let him remain extra close to all the action and be her birthday helper.

Emily singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to herself.   Luke thinking we’re singing to him.
 

Luke overjoyed when Emily blew out all her candles.



When Emily started opening her presents BY HERSELF, Luke was furious to not be included in the action.  He tried to get his arms in there but Emily kept blocking him.
   
From G&G Walton she got four Fairy plaques to go in her room and 7 dollars!  Thank you!
From G&G Johnson she got the Anne of Green Gables movies, a new ‘You Read to Me’ book and a new outfit.  Thank you!
From Aunt Lindsey, Aunt Ashlyn and Aunt Nikole… a Yoga outfit for her American girl doll.  Thank you!
From us Emily got a Lego camper, an American girl sweatshirt for her doll, a Rummikub game (which she wants to play all the time now), new white addidas running shoes, (which she LOVES!) 7 dollars (which she got twice and which is one of the things she asked Santa for but he did not deliver), and a wrapped up piece of paper with three movie options… Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakquel, or A Christmas Carol.  All the kids were so excited with such a fantastic birthday afternoon surprise. Emily picked ‘The Chipmunk movie’ without any hesitation.  The movie times were listed right on her paper which told us the next movie was starting in only ten minutes.  Dad, Ryan, Katie, Emily and Megan rushed out to the movies while I stayed home with the sleeping boys.  Chris said it was torture but Emily absolutely loved it!

Emily’s birthday evening included practicing riding her new bike, dinner at Red Robins’ (spaghetti, fries and chocolate milk), being sung Happy Birthday to by the Red Robin staff, and going home to finally eat cake and ice cream while watching UP.  What a great day!  Happy Birthday big girl.

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