1 Down 2 to go.... Happy Birthday Emily!

This year we will be in Vancouver at the US consulate for Emily's Birthday. (She is receiving her US citizenship for her birthday.) Because of this we have had to move around the birthday celebrations. Tonight she had her annual birthday party at the swimming pool with all of her friends. For journaling sake the following attended her party: Grandma and Grandpa Hull, Uncle Steve, Uncle Matt, Aunt Ashley, Sariah, Ethan, Robyn Scoville and Lucien Ervington, Sophia, Leif, Nicki, Megan, and Karissa Potesta, Mike, Maria and Hailey Essex, Theresa, Kalvin, Joshua, and Ellie Jensen, Pablo, plus our little family. (Emmy's friends are in bold, the rest are the accompanying adults.) It was so much fun. Everyone (minus me) swan for an hour and a half. I sat up the room and got all the food ready. Emily was so excited to have most of her friends there. The girls all got wings and crowns, while the boys just got crowns. The food was delicious but Emily was impatient to eat her cake.

** I interupt this to talk a little about the troublesome cake. I had this great "simple" idea to do for Emily's cake. I was going to make one like Tinkerbell's ship using fondant. Yeah than reality hit. I didn't get home Friday night until 9 pm and I had visiting teaching until 11 am on the day of the birthday party. So my mom came to rescue. Made cupcakes, a rice crispie three tier cake, and fondant. All I had to do was put fondant on and decorate. Yeah wasn't able to get it to work. So I iced the cake, purchased little figurines from all the shows Emily loves. Made coloured sugar and put some fun circles and starts on the cake. Emily asked if she could put the toys on. I made a W to represent Wonder Pets, a toodles to represent Mickey Mouse Club, wrote Dora and George to represent the four missing shows. Forgot about Blues Clues until right now... Emily loved it. Martha Stewart it and I am not but my daughter kept clapping her hands, giggling and saying, "Tank you mommy, tank you." So I am satisfied.**

We lit the candles and sang Happy Birthday. My dad forgot to video tape it so we did it over again. (Emily watches her birthday song all year long.) We cut up the rice crispies and handed out cupcakes. Emily sat in a rocking chair and opened her gifts. She was so cute because she would hand out the gifts to her friends so they could open gifts too. Then she went around the room giving each of her friends a hug, saying Thank-you and giving them a goodie bag. Everyone played for a little while longer and then headed home. My parents and my family went out for Chinese Food and now Emily is happily tucked into bed. Life is good!
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