L's birthday

I snuck into L’s room Monday morning, surprising her awake with a gift bag.  She excitedly opened the present to find a new outfit and immediately donned it for her birthday.  We got ready for school, including a piece of carrot cake with a birthday candle and yogurt for breakfast.  And she was thrilled with the giant bag of suckers daddy had bought for her to take to school and share with friends as her birthday treat.

Mondays are L’s busiest day, so as usual, she had to hurry from school to dance to piano and back to dance.  But she was eager to take treats to her friends and show off baby Z at piano lessons.  (It’s a group lesson so I attend with her as her coach.)  After her lessons were over, Husband and I picked her up from the dance studio and we took her out for a birthday dinner date.  We went to a local restaurant to celebrate.  She ambitiously ordered a full rack of ribs (to share) and thoroughly enjoyed making a mess of them.  She opened two more gifts from us (a new lego set and her new scriptures) and a gift from Grammy (an outfit and a watch).  She was so excited about the presents and especially pleased with her new scriptures.  We spent some time turning through them and admiring them.  She loved the case we picked out for her and almost squealed in delight when she found her name engraved on the scriptures and mini hymn book.

We finished dinner and debating over gelato flavors, eventually ordering three flavors to share (so delicious).  And then returned home for a late night cuddle and bedtime, excited to continue celebrating at her baptism in two weeks!