Sofia's Birthday

Wow, it's been almost 5 months since her birthday, and I am just NOW posting about it. Must get better about blogging!

Sofia on her birthday helping me make her special breakfast. Notice her special birthday crown, too :)

 We made pink pancakes because she loves pink, of course!

 Getting ready to blow out her breakfast candle. Love this picture!

 She loves strawberries and whipped cream (just like her Mommy).

 Steven wanted to get in on the fun, too.

 Two (now three) of Sofia's cousins were born the day after she was (and the third cousin was born within a week of her birth day), so we decided to do a triple birthday party this year. I volunteered to make the cakes. Here they are lined up waiting to be decorated.

 The finished products. Nothing too fancy, but very tasty. I am pretty picky about frosting, so I'd rather have a cake that may look simple but tastes better than have a cake with a frosting that I won't eat. It was fun making these, though!

 The bouncehouse we rented for the party

 The three birthday kids

 She just dug right in

 Enjoying her ice cream. It was so funny to watch her lick her ice cream cone. She did it very slowly and thoroughly (as the next pictures show)

Bringing her tongue back into her mouth slowly

 

Just a cute picture



 

The cupcakes I made for the adults

The finished product. Not super fancy looking but they were good! The pink frosting is a fluffy strawberry one and then it's dipped in chocolate. So good!

The original recipe for cupcakes (and much better pictures) can be found here. This blog is my go-to blog now if I'm looking for a good recipe. Everything I've made off of there has been great and many of the recipes have now become staples at our house.

Easter

This year for Holidays I have been trying to make them more special. Some attempts are more successful than others. Here are pictures from the week or so before Easter.

Every year our condo association puts on a Easter egg hunt. It's pretty fun for the kids. The eggs are empty inside but everyone gets a bag of candy and a toy at the end. Like last year, it was pretty cold this year, but still fun.

Steven, Sofia & I in front of the blow-up bunny.

 

The next few pictures are from ideas that I got off of Pinterest (yes, I AM addicted to that website, just like everyone else ;) )

This is of an Easter egg hunt that we did for Family Home Evening one night. There were 12 eggs (I think) and each had something inside that represented something about the meaning behind Easter (the Atonement, Resurrection, etc.). I don't think the kids really got much out of it, but it'll definitely be a repeat for us.

I only have this picture, none of the stuff inside the eggs.

Another day we did an Easter egg hunt for the kids lunches. I thought it was a really cute idea and the kids really enjoyed finding all the eggs. Plus, their lunches are never this "extravagant" so that was fun for them, too.

Steven looking for his eggs

Sofia finding her eggs

Checking out what's inside

Ahh! She's getting so big! When did this happen??

Another thing we did was color some Easter eggs to put on our door

Not shown here: the Easter egg hunt we did at my in-laws. I don't know why I didn't get any pictures, but they had a blast at that one, too! :)