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.
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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.
It is here on the eve of the first day of school and wee Apple’s first birthday that I get to post a photo of my J with a missing tooth. His tooth had been wiggly for a while and when he woke up on Saturday morning he said, “My tooth has gone crazy!”. It was sticking straight out. About an hour later after he played with it for a while it gently fell out into his hands. I for one was very happy the way this played out because I have memories of tying a string to a tooth and slamming the door and blood pouring out of my mouth for hours. But, not for J. He put it in a container and waited until bedtime for the Tooth Fairy. And is now waiting for it to rain.
Hubby and I told him since he just got a lot of fun stuff for his birthday to put his money away for a rainy day. Every morning this past week he has woken up and said, “Oh Man, it’s sunny again”. So if it rains tomorrow, I see a trip to the toy store for us.
This past Labour Day weekend was the perfect way to round off our summer. We had beautiful, no gorgeous sunny and hot weather, something that was lacking for a good part of the summer. We cleaned up the pool and went in instead of our usual shutting it down for the summer. We lazed around and had a dinner party for my Mom’s birthday and attended the annual street party, meeting our two new neighbours one directly beside us (with a boy the same age as J) and another directly across from us. We are thrilled with them both as we have not had the best luck with neighbours in the past but it would appear that our turn has finally come. All in all it was the best way to say good-bye yet again to summer.
Tonight, J is anxiously awaiting his first day of school. And although I just found out that I had thought he had had a different teacher than he does, I decided to let it go even though I do not like the one he is getting. She is pretty close to retirement and I don’t exactly enjoy the way she talks to the kids. All the more reason to volunteer this year and keep a close eye on her. That and the fact that J’s best friend is in another class was a little tough but, it might be good for them to be apart for a bit at school, it will make it all the more fun when they play outside of school.
And little Miss Apple. Well, it is hard to believe that a year ago, I was not convinced she was going to arrive at all and the next day was as asking you all for prayers that she would be born soon. Here we are loving every minute of her being with us. J has adapted to his big brother roll well and she is not giving him a break. She is walking, running and climbing. Her words are coming in along with her teeth. She surprises us every day and we are so thankful that she was given to us. I am sure I will have some fun photos to share of her first birthday as well as some first day of school ones, tomorrow.
