Saturday morning she came in our room and requested to watch "Bob." We turned on PBS and what do ya know - there was Bob the Builder. I knew this was going to be HER day! We headed downstairs and I asked her if she was ready for some birthday pancakes. She started to panic and cried "No! No birthday blow!" I had put candles in her cupcake the day before and she did not want ANYTHING to do with them. So, there were no candles all day for her birthday. I considered torturing her out of tradition, but then I realized that today she was the queen and if she didn't want candles, then there would be no candles.
She made us some yummy pancakes and sampled strawberries while they cooked. She'd take a big bite and say "Ummm....that's some good strawberry!"
She loved opening presents and being the center of attention. She wanted to play with/wear everything as soon as it came out of the bag. Everything, that is, except...
...the tutu I made her. It scares her and she won't have much to do with it. She did like the other dress up skirt I made her two days ago when she found it, but I think my dramatic reaction when I saw her putting it on and saying "Ooooh! Pretty!" scared her away from it, too.
Her two favorite presents, by far, were her baby stroller and the bag of candy that Isaac gave her. We even had to take the stroller to the soccer games that day.
We had planned to go to the zoo, but it was a really windy day and everyone was pretty worn out after the soccer games. Instead, Nana and I took Ashlyn shopping for a birthday present from Nana and Papa and then watched a movie and relaxed. Ashlyn was pretty funny picking out her shoes and a new outfit. One second, everything was "So cute!" and the next second it was "Go home!" I had made a birthday dessert, but only the adults enjoyed it.
Nothing in the world could have made Ashlyn happier than her birthday sucker.
Happy Birthday, Ashlyn!
1 comment:
Ashlyn is so stinking cute! How do you stand it? Seriously. How do you?
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