Back to Viv's Birthday.......

I have to apologize to Vivian....It has been a week since her Birthday, but I just got around to getting the Pictures off the camera to do a post about it. You see, I now have a computer savvy little boy to compete with over computer time.

Let's see.... Viv's actual Birthday was on the 13th - due to hectic schedules, we split up her party into two family parties. We had the first one at the farm at our usual Sunday coffee-and-donuts-catch-up-for-the-week day. We combined her and My father's Birthdays together. His was on the 10th (that was vivian's due date).

Vivian is a pizza and Chocolate lover, so I wanted to get a little creative with her cake. I had seen a recipe for a "pizza cookie" in a parenting magazine a while back, I thought I would try it. It came out cute - One large round cookie (pizza crust), topped with chocolate pudding (the sauce), and Strawberry slices (the pepperoni). I personally thought it tasted good, but by the number of 1/2 eaten slices I threw away, I don't think it was as tasty to the kids.
Make a wish you two!....

Then of course there were presents...

This was the adorable outfit she wore to school on Tuesday - Her ACTUAL Birthday....


A few days later, we celebrated her birthday again at Meme and Poppy's house. Meme made a delicious Turkey dinner, and Then we Had Ice cream cake....

And opened presents....

Meme Got this Princess a "real" Cinderella Dress.


She got a lot of great clothes from everyone (which she needed - she is growing like a weed) including some "very sparkly" jeans from Gramma cindy.
Aunt Gwennie got her this princess oven that "safely" bakes these little tiny cakes with ICE...?... I think I read the directions right - but these little cakes went in looking like dough, and..... came back out looking like dough.????... what did we expect from ICE? - hot cross buns?

all in all this Birthday #4 was a great time. I'm sure the day will come when she starts asking for the big "theme" parties with lots of kids from school (just like her brother started asking for) but for now, she (and I) are quite content with the quiet family gatherings..........Happy Birthday tooooo Yoooouuuuu!