Happy Birthday Lila!!!

      Lila is *8* and as usual the party went on for days.  Her actual birthday went as follows: go to school, have treats brought in by mom.  I chose chocolate & pumpkin loaf because  it seems healthier than cupcakes, but is basically cake w/out frosting so therefore only slightly better.  Get picked up from school in the crazy bday minivan (pics to follow) with an iced vanilla frappachino waiting as apparently that is the new bday tradition.  Cousin Adelys turned them on to this yummy concoction and now every time we pass a Starbucks I hear about it.
     Birthday dinner (baked potatoes and yams with all the fixings.  My mom brought the crumbled bacon that Lila didn't eat because p.s., she's all of a sudden a vegetarian)  Red Velvet cake that Lila requested and Ethan helped me make.  Of course the one time I make a red velvet cake and he is wearing a white T-shirt, par for the course.

 Gifts are opened.  A comfy cozy blanket from mom and dad, pajamas from Grandma and Grandpa, and a barbie swimming pool from Kylee.  Too bad we sold all the barbie paraphernalia at a garage sale.  I guess all the Pollys and pet shops will inherit the pool.

Every bday girl needs 2 cakes of course.

Now moving on to the friends portion of the birthday.  Pretty much the same deal as last year.  A trip to the mall and dinner at Soup Plantation.  

Ears were pierced!!!!!

 

 

Makeup applied

 Lots of fun was had by all.  I heard some of the girls say it was the best birthday party ever.  

Birthday story to end the night.  Love you Lila, Happy Birthday.  And yes that is a life vest, totally normal.