Heather turned 7!
She had to make her way through the laser beam maze:
Then cross the pit of lava without touching:
And solve math problems to know which squares were safe to step on:
After her 3 trials she uncovered her treasure, a new bike!
I made a yellow sour-cream--butter cake with American caramel frosting.
My birthday happened to fall on Saturday this year which is always nice. I "helped" Heather and Corinne assemble birdhouse kits in the morning. Which is to say I built a birdhouse for Corinne and helped Heather build hers.
After lunch we went over the library where they were having engineering projects for kids.
Heather got to play with a hammer (turns out all you really need for "engineering" to entertain kids is hammers, nails, and blocks of wood), played with some large blocks, built a maze, and worked on a raft.
Corinne, on the other hand, tripped on the sidewalk as soon as we got there and badly skinned up her knees. She spent the time there in pain and crying. So we ended up leaving earlier than planned and going home to open presents. They both enjoy helping unwrap gifts.
We went out to dinner at a local Mexican restaurant and then home again for cake. We didn't have enough candles, so I had Jess use a binary format to describe my age. What you can't see well in this pictures is the holes poked in the cake between the candles to represent the zeros in 100001.
And if you want to talk on the phone in our house this is how it's going to happen:
Playing catch up on blog posts. Here are some pictures from Corinne's 3rd birthday.
Always need more ponies.
Pink cake with pink frosting, as requested.
Heather had a birthday party this weekend, so now we can comprehensively capture the entirety of her 6th birthday.
Her birthday was on a Saturday this year so we had the whole day to celebrate. Heather wanted something special for birthday breakfast, like muffins, so we started the morning with muffins (and donuts).
After lunch Heather engaged in the requisite treasure hunt. When all the clues were found, she had to assemble a map found on their backs.
Which led her to a trove of presents.
Back inside to open presents:
And after dinner at Heather's pick of the 1st Street Ale House, it was back home for cake.
This weekend she had a party with painting, a pinata, donuts-on-a-string, cupcake decorating, and general lunacy.
This is Corinne's "camera face." If she sees you trying to take a picture, this is the face you're going to get.