We had our family party this past Sunday for Apple.  And although it was a little low-key, I had to make her her first birthday cake from scratch.  I did it for J, way back when, before I had a blog.  So, I did one for her.  A simple white cake, with Marshmallow Fluff Icing tinted pink.

We had lots of snacks, My Parents, Sister and her two kids and my Best Girlfriend and her Hubby and kids all joined in for some good eats and good conversation.  That and watching the kids play and have fun is always a blast.  We each have a boy and a girl of similar ages, so the boys took off and were running around the house and the girls stayed where all the food and chatter was.

Overall it was a great day, except for one minor candle incident.  One where say, perhaps, Mom put the cake a little too close to the birthday girl and turned to put a dirty plate on the counter so that there would be no dirty plate in the photo that Dad was taking.  As Mom’s back was turned the birthday girl grabbed a candle and got a little wee burn from the wax.  She is fine, there was only crying for a few minutes, nothing some vanilla ice cream didn’t fix.  But, getting shots of her blowing out the candles and eating her first homemade by Mom cake were not had.  Thankfully, I got a shot before hand to even prove that there was a cake.  And thankfully four days later there is no sign of a burn or any lasting after effects.  Apparently her reach is much farther than I thought…

And last of all, Hubby got a good shot of Apple and I!  This one is a keeper, I may even have to edit out the stuff on the top of the fridge and frame this one up.

 And for the record, it was a cool day outside, but I had to wear a pink dress to match my little girl.  The only pink dress I had was a sundress.  There is always next year.

Today is full of firsts!!  And first of all, I am sure you were all wondering when I wrote about J’s birthday party how I could talk just so little about it.  Well, that is because I had written a long and detailed post for Secret Agent Josephine as a Guest Post.  This is the first time I have written as a Guest and I can’t tell you how many times since I sent it off to her that I wanted to rewrite it and do it over again, but I stayed my course.  When I write here on my blog, I write what comes to mind straight from the heart.  And I did the same when I wrote for her, so it would not have been the same had I rewritten it a few times.   So, be sure to head over and get all the details of the day we had!

Today was J’s first day of school.  I made him wear his ‘nice’ shorts and a golf shirt, so I got a little grief over the not as comfy as his usual shorts, but by the time I offered to trade off the shorts for pants he was a happy camper and ready to go.  The sun was shining when we left (yay, no toy shopping!) and it was already feeling hot.  I could tell that he was very excited and although he met his teacher briefly, he was more excited to go and play with his friends on the play structure.  Exactly what I wanted to see for the first day.  When I picked him up he told me that he liked his classroom more than our house and that his teacher was ‘Awesome’.  I think it is safe to say, at least for now, that all is well in the world of Senior Kindergarten.

 And last of all the firsts, but certainly not the least was Apple’s Birthday!  A very low key day, I didn’t even have time to make my own cupcakes, but we did buy some so she could have a taste of the good stuff.  She went straight for the cake, which is a good thing because J only eats the icing, so now we can let them share a piece.  We are planning a family celebration this weekend so hopefully down the road she won’t feel like she was jilted out of a first birthday party.  She definitely was an Angel today, missed her brother while he was at school and played with him and his friend after school.  All in all a wonderful day of Firsts.

p.s…  Can I admit that I cannot believe that she is a year old!!!!  I just don’t know where the year has gone, it is unbelievable that is for sure.