Your Birthday

Miss Elsie Mac, you had a pretty fun 4th birthday today! 

You were so excited last night that you could hardly go to sleep!  You were ready to go bright and early this morning, which was a good thing because we had lots to do!  We made a trip to Publix to pick up your cakes and accessories for your Happy Apple parties (Red today, Purple tomorrow).  You wanted two cakes, one pink and purple and one red and purple.

At Happy Apple, Mrs. Galluccio gave you a birthday crown, which you wore all day!

You got to be the line leader and the entire school sang "Happy Birthday" to you at your assembly.  You even got to dress the frog for the day.  The weather was bright and sunny but a little cool with a high of 62 so you wisely chose pants and sunglasses for him.

I enjoyed spending time with your sweet Red Apple class.

I left you for a little bit to sign Mary Grace out of school for a few minutes so that she could join your class for cake.

Your Daddy joined us, too, and everyone enjoyed your two cakes!

After Happy Apple, we went to tea at the Mad Hatter Tea Room just down the street from school.  They treated you to your own tea pot of pink lemonade.  They even put a candle in your scone!

Every older woman in there (and there were a ton of them!) said how sweet and you were and wished you a happy birthday!

We finished almost 30 Valentine treats for your friends at Happy Apple and Miss Julie's before we went to pick Mary Grace back up from school.  Then the two of you enjoyed an hour at the waterfront park.

You pretended to be groundhogs.

You ran.

And you put on a show at the waterfront stage.

We came back home and you and Mary Grace rode your bikes and big wheels for awhile until we took Mary Grace to choir practice at church.  Before we left, Blake brought over a present for you: a princess lunch box. 

After we picked up Mary Grace from church, we met your daddy at Papa Luigi's for supper.  It's become your favorite birthday pick!  And you informed me that, now that you are 4, you don't have to stand on your tiptoes to reach the bathroom sink there anymore!

Then we came home and finished off the cake.  We only had one piece left but we managed to fit all 13 "H-A-P-P-Y  B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y" candles on there!  What fun!

Then you opened your presents: a Mickey Mouse lunch box filled with candy and some modeling clay! 

It didn't seem like much but you were not disappointed!  You were so thankful for the simple gifts.  You told all of us thank you!  And when you went to bed tonight you said, "Thank you for my birthday, Mommy!"