Charlotte’s Birthday and Party
Charlotte’s birthday started off with the Ward Breakfast. I didn’t bring my camera, but they had a set-up where you could dress up as the Nativity and have your picture taken, so I have a few pictures from that:
Charlotte invited friends over for a baking party. As her friends were arriving we gave them paper hats and aprons and had them pick a mini cake to start decorating:
I had imagined them taking their time to make patterns with the candies and sprinkles, but they went overboard with sprinkles before I had a chance to encourage them to be neat and creative:
Once everyone was here, we started cooking. First we made “chicken bobs” only instead of chicken we used pork, so I guess they were pork bobs. The kids had fun crushing some chips for the outside and then rolling them into balls and covering them with crushed chips:
We made big soft pretzels and a gingerbread man who disappeared and was found at the end of a scavenger hunt. We also chopped berries for ice cream which didn’t set up quite right till after the party:
At some point we took a break for presents :
After her friends went home we got dinner at Panda Express and then had presents and cake with family:
She was very pleased with her day and reported that it was her best birthday yet!