Ila’s birthday

Ila’s actual birthday was on a Sunday.  I let her open up a present before church.  It was princess dolls with easily changeable dresses:IMG_1971

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She opened more presents after church.  Probably the most memorable gift was the chicken nugget flavored lip balm from her Aunt Laresa.

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Before bedtime, Ila helped me make chocolate ice cream.

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We had chocolate cupcakes. . .

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and Ila caught her hair on fire while blowing out her candles.

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Her burned hair smelled so bad, that I gave her a haircut after the other kids went to bed.  Here is the before picture, but she was too busy looking down for a good after picture.

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