Birthday!!

Happy Birthday G!
Wonderful day.   We started with pancakes for breakfast.  I suddenly realized I was making "cakes" (albeit pan-cakes), so I decided to make lots of birthday pancakes (a total of about 30!), then stacked them and added a couple candles for our first birthday celebration at breakfast. 

So we had fun at breakfast and then we had breakfast (she shared with all and there were plenty to go around. 

Then the fun really began, finishing the "big" birthday cake...

 She designed the cake, then decorated with two kinds of icing, then continued to develop the cake...

Wow, a work of art!

 With help from some friends who showed up at this stage, further decorations were added (skittles) to complete the design...

Then, blow out the candles and let's eat!  (Polka dot theme was pretty lively...)  We had lots of fun at the party!  Of course games and gifts, cake and ice cream, but also some pretty sophisticated crafts, basically baked clayware...

 Constructed, baked, then painted and sealed...  Quite a variety of artwork...  Our dear
Aunt and cousins called at this point...  and we had even more fun...

Lots of fun making stuff.  We finished the birthday by cleaning up and then went out for dinner at our favorite local restaurant, Logan's, where we could make a mess with peanuts on the floor, watch the grillers cook the food and just relax and enjoy.  Now off to bed...  Happy Birthday!