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| (Back when the hat was a bit big and her fingers tasted good.) |
Adele's 12th birthday fell on Thanksgiving this year which would have been very special...
IF
she and I hadn't been feeling poorly the day before. Out of an abundance of precaution, we decided to forfeit the fun plans of going to Nanny and Poppy's house (where Nanny had ordered a SPECIAL birthday ice cream cake just for Adele' with her favorite ice cream flavors and where there would surely be a big birthday hubbub) and just stay home instead.
So my girl didn't get a Mama-decorated cake this year. She didn't get a requested birthday meal on her birthday (she got a impromptu, improvised Thanksgiving feast). And she didn't get to spend her birthday at Nanny and Poppy's house hangin' with the cousins.
But she DID get balloons!
And she DID get Papa home for her birthday!
And she DIDN'T have to wait to open presents until the evening when Papa got off work!
She DID get the Very Special Storebought Ice Cream Cake!
And a BANNER!
Because after hosting a Thanksgiving feast at home, when any ordinary person would want to put her feet up, the very extraordinary Nanny drove an hour to do a birthday banner drive by and cake drop off!
What started out as a bummer birthday turned out to be one in which my girl got to feel even more special than usual.
The following is a series of pictures where Adele' was laughing so hard because the cake was so heavy and I was taking too long (to take what turned out to be blurry pictures anyway) and her arms were getting tired and I kept telling her to "STOP LAUGHING OR YOU'LL DROP THE CAKE!"
I gave up and let her blow the candles out before she dropped it entirely.
Right when the weather was beginning to turn cold, Adele' was admiring an old American girl doll catalog and mentioned how cozy and sweet the flannel nightgown set was and how she would pick that over everything else in the magazine. I tucked that information inside, determining to make her a set for her birthday.
It won't be long before these fleeting 'a girl and her doll' days are gone, after all.
May the good Lord guide and direct those barefooted steps all the days of your life and may your good-natured and contented spirit grow with you, my girl!
2 comments:
Brings a tear to my eye...my daughter turned 11 in October and it seems that her 'a girl and her doll' days ended about that time, as well. Makes me sad. :(
I know Stacey! Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!
Of course, 'a girl and her doll" DOES eventually turn into "a girl and her baby" so I guess ought to remember that! :-)
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