Happy Birthday Shay!

 Shay

It's technically a week late because her actual birthday is the 1st, but we celebrated as a family with cupcakes and presents after I finished my post last week, and her party was yesterday. She is now 7 years old, and I hope she felt super special because we did our best to make it a full week of her deciding meals, helping me plan the party, and having the birthday banner up. On her birthday, I made cupcakes, and she was supposed to help me decorate them, but she ended up napping and waking up to the surprise of the rainbow she asked for. They were vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for both her birthday and the party, and she said they were beautiful both times, even though I was self-conscious that they looked messy...I'm just not practiced with frosting...

Roller Party

We had 17 kids at the roller skating party! Most parents stayed, and a few even skated, so it was fun, but keeping track of Adrian and the party favors I brought meant I didn't get a chance to talk to many of them. The place was busy because it is a public place, and there was another party at the same time, but right after us in the party room. They give us the whole 3ish hours of public skate time to skate, and a certain amount of time in the party room for eating, singing, presents, and all that stuff. Shay helped me find all the kids that were invited because I didn't know what some of her classmates looked like, and all but one kid got a party bag before they left.

 

The Other Birthday

We also had another birthday this past week, Buttercup! She didn't get a party, although it would be fun to get some dogs together to play. She did get a new bone; I couldn't find one as big as the one from Christmas, but she liked this one. It took her a while to understand it was hers because she kept licking it and letting it sit next to her and looking at me. It was kinda funny, but eventually she started in on it and finished it before the end of the day! We also had time to go to a park this week, given how warm it was, my toes got cold because I was in flip flops, but Adrian didn't even need his coat. I am getting excited about spring and didn't even remember Daylight Saving Time at all today! We were almost late for church, but we still made it, and Adrian did some balance practice when waiting for his sisters to come outside afterward.