She made it to 12 on a Thursday before a 4 day weekend! Which should have been spectacular, but she was unimpressed with her birthday because she had to go to basketball practice that night. The consequences of growing up – you have things.
While she was gone, Madison and I wrapped her gifts, decorated, and invited the grandparents over for a mini celebration. She was surprised when she got home!
It’s hard to put candles in the ice cream cake, so we just dug right in.
Then, we enjoyed present opening. All she has wanted since Christmas is a Stanley cup (the current rage in water bottle type containers). She didn’t get one at Christmas and planned to use her money to get one. But I wouldn’t let her shop for things until after her birthday was done. So, she was in a holding pattern. Jeremy came up with a great idea of wrapping up his miniature Stanley Cup (the hockey trophy). And then giving her the one she wanted second. It made for a fun gift opening.
On Friday, we headed to Cleveland to look at some slabs of quartz for our kitchen countertop. We talked the girls into joining us by shopping for fun while we were there. And we ate at Wasabi, a hibachi place. They had chosen this as their birthday out meal. Usually, they each pick their own place to go, but decided to team up to go on one night to somewhere a bit more expensive. It was fun to watch the food be cooked and hang out together.
Her last birthday activity was inviting three friends over for a sleepover which got upgraded to a sleepover AND ice skating that day. (Salem has rented the ice rink for the SYF and invited others to join them!) They had fun skating and burned a lot of energy off.
We can home for pizza and brownie sundaes. They hung out, played games, used the Nintendo Switch, and laughed. They were here til late morning.
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