Sadly, with Arabelle's birthday coming so soon after Christmas, we kind of seem to wind up doing the bare minimum as far as festivities and presents go. I have vowed that next year I will actually do something with a couple of little friends or at least cousins. Fortunately Bonnie and Mark drove down for our little get together which made it feel more like a real party.
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| John picked out this Spiderman balloon, which is just the sort of thing Arabelle likes. |
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| Jeffrey got a Lightning McQueen balloon. |
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| Present from Bonnie and Mark. |
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| Mini Furreal pet that Arabelle wants every time we go to Wal-Mart, but really hasn't played with yet. |
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| Each kid got a pirate ship. Jeffrey was quite excited about his. It reminded him of the ship in Horatio Hornblower and even had a cannon, so he remembered to yell, "Fire!" in a deep voice before setting off the cannon. I was impressed that he remembered all this since it has been over 6 months since he saw that movie. |
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| Usually I do some sort of fruit trifle for the kids' birthdays because they really enjoy eating those, but this time I went for enjoyment of preparation. They really liked making the cupcakes, putting out the cupcake wrappers and filling them up . They also insisted on putting one candle in each cupcake. Right before eating they decorated with sprinkles. |
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| Since Jeffrey and Arabelle's birthdays are six months to the day apart, we have always celebrated a half-birthday at the same time. |
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| Arabelle did get 2 candles to distinguish her as the birthday girl. |
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| I think we lit all the candles a couple of times. |
Arabelle sure looks like the Birthday Girl in her party dress! Obviously, fun was had by all
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