We ventured out a week before Ceili Rain’s birthday to start off her celebrations. Mark felt we needed to do it then rather than trying to get out on the day of her birthday. Good thoughts considering Malachi and I came home from the hospital on her birthday. And, she’s three, and doesn’t really care when or where we celebrate. The longer the celebrations the better!
They proved to be longer too. She received gifts from Ge & Granddaddy while we were in the hospital and was able to celebrate with Papa and Grandmere on her actual birthday. As far as the cake…which we were informed was very important when singing “Happy Birthday!” Well, that came the day after her birthday. Mom just wasn’t up to snuff to decorate on the day of. She didn’t seem to mind having to wait one more day for her cake though!
So, for her birthday, we took her to Build-a-Bear. We thought, at three, she would surely enjoy making her own decision and decorating a bear to go with it! She did. She was in total heaven!
cake in the shape of a “queen” (that’d be a crown), but then, by no
coercion on my part, decided she wanted a chocolate cake with chocolate
icing and m&ms and a crown. I’m still patting myself on my back
that I remembered to pick up Valentine’s M&M’s in February…and
that I hid them from myself and the kids until her birthday. So, here
is her cake request in all it’s glory!