Our little girl celebrated her 7th birthday...it doesn't seem quite possible at times, and then other times it seems as if she's been acting 7 for quite a while now. She had quite a special birthday this year, and it all really started when I messed up on last year's birthday cake.
Last year, Leah requested a strawberry shortcake for her dessert, so I was happy to make Paula Deen's strawberry shortcake trifle, which our family has had before. However, after all of the singing and blowing out of candles, Leah told me that what she really wanted was a "Strawberry Shortcake" Cake. Oh dear--fast forward to this year...
With a little help from Leah, this Strawberry Shortcake-Cake turned into a Strawberry Shortcake Party. Leah made the list of who to invite and what activities she wanted to do at her party.
It must be mentioned that I joined Pinterest because of this party-not sure if that's a good or bad thing yet. But I found so many ideas there that it certainly helped me for the day!
The decorated table-lots of pink, red and green. It was a combination of Strawberry Shortcake the character, and just lots of strawberries.
We played strawberry bean bag toss into bushel baskets.
We played a game of "Catch the Purple Pie Man". Eric volunteered for this job-though he wouldn't admit it at the time, the prospect of a horde of little girls running after him could not be resisted!
I made each of the girls a simple little apron and we made strawberry freezer jam for them to take home as favors. I learned from this endeavor that it is advisable to only use fresh-picked strawberries for making jam, not the grocery store ones. They took FOREVER to crush!
And we played musical balloons-red balloons to look like strawberries with black seeds drawn on them with a sharpie. The girls loved this game!
Leah, who is quickly growing into herself...
...lover of animals-of the stuffed variety
...loser of only 2 baby teeth so far
...helper in the kitchen, but not so much for setting the table
...not so keen on keeping her room clean
...memory better than any elephant
...sweet card and note-maker
...never afraid to try something new
...adorer of her brother, Bay
...reader extraordinaire
...eater of Ramen noodles everyday for lunch
...beautiful girl
Happy Birthday Leah Rose!
