Tuesday, December 16, 2008

birthday festivities begin the season







it's been one of those mornings that make schedules seem like a bad idea. if i had to actually be anywhere this morning, it wouldn't be a good thing, as amira and i are still not dressed for the day at eleven in the morning. that being the case, we have been somewhat productive, finishing making a christmas ornament and sorting out drawers and doing various little tasks. what was forecast to be a very cold day that was to top out at 15 F must be warming up, because there are drips from our roof as the snow on the roof melts. it is sunny, and that helps in every way for some of us light pigs. the days feel so short...but, only three or four more and the days start getting longer again!
last month we successfully celebrated amira's fourth birthday, that she had been talking about for months. she informed us shortly after her third birthday that the next one was her strawberry shortcake birthday. so, because we used the celebration she wanted so much as incentive for some major and needed milestones, we needed to make good on the reward. the adults enjoyed hanging out, the kids danced and played, we ate cake and amira was abundantly blessed and bestowed with gifts.


i hesitated to tell anybody luna the cat checked out the table for us before anybody arrived....is that bad?

we did make cupcakes for amira's preschool class for her actual birthDAY.



amira and i unpacked our christmas tree once thanksgiving was over.


i love that she enjoys the tree and baking so much. we made cookies, the first of the christmas baking. now begins the sugar fest...

1 comment:

woolydaisy said...

happy birthday amira!!!!!