Another birthday!

Claire turned 8 on Sunday! She designed and helped make and decorate this cake. She chose Littlest Pet Shop as her theme, and squiggly candles that were supposed to sparkle, but didn't. It was our first experience with the spray-on cake coloring. I tried to let Claire do it herself, but I'm a bit of a perfectionist and kept yelling, "Not so close!"



Mia loved getting the gifts on her birthday, but was not too thrilled with Claire getting gifts on hers. Oh, the joys of sibling rivalry...


Ahhh - enjoying the last day of my week off in our little backpacking hammock on the front porch.



Claire's birthday money was burning a hole in her pocket. We went to Wal-mart, and I managed to hold her back to just some gum and some curly straws.

A healthy and nutritious supper of Cheese Puffs. We rarely get them, but they surely are yummy!