Wednesday, May 7, 2008

two down, one to go

three of my four children have birthdays within three weeks. the kickoff starts the last week in april, and ends next week with fritz's birthday.

lily turned four. can you guess which side of the cake she decorated?

lily with her new tin tea set; the perfect gift for a four year old who has gone through at least three tea sets.


pat jokingly suggested this hairstyle for school on the day of gracie's birthday. we both thought it was a good idea and she had crazy hair for the day.

grace with her hastily decorated birthday cake. she wanted a coconut cake with strawberries and chocolate. i did my best, but homemade cakes definitely are not my forte. thanks for the great recipe though, amber!

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6 comments:

natalie said...

I would go crazy having 3 birthdays around the same time! Thanks for piece of birthday cake! It was yummy!

Elizabeth said...

Happy Birthday Grace and Lilly! Those cakes looked delicious. I completely understand about an abundance of birthdays, we have Herb's, Alex's, Max and Henry's in December, Yikes! I loved the crazy hair, and a tea set is a perfect gift for a four year old. To tell the truth, Sophie would still love one.

Tice said...

Looks like fun! I'm glad you finally found a Lily-proof tea set. :)

And, Happy Birthday, Grace! Kylie anxiously awaits your party. And I anxiously await the great day of the hair cut!

laina kay said...

Love the cakes, especially that coconut one, yum! The hair, very pretty, not crazy! And that sweet tin tea set, adorable. I've been eyeing one of those for my girls since they don't get to really play with their porcelain sets. What fun is that?

Three birthdays in quick succession, we've kind of got the same thing here but one is the husband's birthday, so he kind of gets gypped. Poor guy.

It was great seeing you last night. Thanks for catching me to say 'hi.' Sorry for my incoherence, I had a splitting headache and still had to run to the grocery store.

Oi! Hope to see you again soon and actually chat. Will you be at the PW ME picnic this year? I think we will...

Take care!

Stace said...

Love your blog. Wow... 3 birthdays! Those cakes looks awesome. You are so nice to your kids. My kids are lucky if they get decorated cakes. Tea sets are the best!

Kayla said...

yeah, we hear you around here about the birthdays. I'm determined my next child will have a bday other than April. it is a good time to have a baby though.

we have that tea set at Grammys and it is very well loved...

quotables

"is that lily holding baby lily?" -lily's response when i showed her a picture of gracie holding her when lily was a baby.

"drama class is actually a lot of fun." -gracie (this is only humorous in that grace seemed surprised by how much she likes drama class. this from my child who we refer to as "a drama queen" when she is not around.)

"mom, you can go with my teacher and i'll stay home with japie and evan. daddy can go to work, and i'll be the mommy" -lily, in response to learning that she would be going to preschool next year instead of this year.

"mom, if you don't get rid of that smell soon, you're going to have to buy a new car." -gracie when it took me a couple of days to clean out my car after returning from a road trip.

"mommy, they have dress-ups for you!" -lily while walking by the prom dress section at macy's.

"i said the prayer "last"-erday." -lily's replacement word for "yesterday."