Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Lindsay! She turned 3 on Saturday. She has been soo excited about her birthday this year. It was fun preparing for it. She wanted an Elmo cake, but then I saw this idea on the internet and "persuaded" her that she wanted a Barbie cake. Here's the cake scoop. If you don't care about details of how she was made, skip to the next picture...
I borrowed the Papmered Chef mixing bowl from Marie. Made the cake. I was told to amputate Barbie at the waist and did so. She was way too wobbly! I frosted and decorated, then put her in the fridge to set. Checked on her and she had crashed! Ruined her dress and all. Jeramy laughed and laughed about it. So I got creative. I went down and got Maddie's 12 Dancing Princess Doll that is a little smaller than a normal Barbie. I left her intact AND added a cupcake on top of the cake to make it taller. Then re-frosted. Wala! Here she is. It was so much fun to make! I'm so glad I have 3 girls so the odds of making this cake again are pretty good! Maddie was pretty ticked about me using her barbie, but got over it when we let her lick it clean. YUCK! (She was saran-wrapped, so it really wasn't the gross, just a little odd to watch).

Lindsay chose to go to the Mayan. Oh man, I hate the Mayan. I'm glad we made the "birthday rule" so I only have to go twice a year!

You know when you get the PERFECT present and you are so excited to give it to your kid??? Sigh. This is how my perfect present turned out. She wanted the Cinderella doll like Maddie's. I didn't want 2 of the same doll, so I called every mall in Utah to find the same STYLE of doll, but a different princess. We drove all the way to PROVO (need I remind you guys of my fear of that place??) I was so excited about it. We prepped by watching Sleeping Beauty all week, we told her she would get a doll like Maddies, but a different color. She was excited, too! Then she opened it. "Mom, this isn't like Maddie's." And back in the bag it went. We will be exchanging it today for the SAME as Maddie's that they had at South Towne. Grrrrr..

She loved her cake and would squeal with delight when she saw it. It made me so happy! I love my Lindsay so much! She is so thoughtful and loving. She is my cuddler and I love that! It has been fun in the past few months to really see her personality come out more. She gets upset when someone cries and it makes her cry. She always thinks about us and worries about us and how we are feeling. Jeramy gets a lot of caffiene headaches and so she is constantly asking, "Dad are you feeling better?" Even if he hasn't said anything about having a headache. We love you, Lindsay!