The Festivities Have Finished.

Thank heavens.

Jooj (in another amazing Vintage April outfit) took cupcakes and "Googie Bags" to preschool today. I asked her how she liked the cupcakes (I used a pirated "Sprinkles" recipe from online) and she replied "Well, We threw them over the fence because the birdies will like to eat them."

So then I went and just bought a cake.

We opened presents after school, and she panted by the window for four hours until her party guests arrived.

Side note: I decided that our new birthday party tradition would be that whatever day your birthday lands on is the day that you get to celebrate. So if your birthday is on a Saturday, then you get to have a party! If it is on a school night or the Sabbath, then you can invite a friend over and have a nice dinner. No more of this family party, kid party, school party week-long nonsense. That is reserved for Mamis.

She chose to invite the missionaries over, and her friend, Joey and his family. We ate chicken adobo a la Fig, and some peaches and cake. Then one of the missionaries showed the kids how to make bubbles in the sink.

Now she is in bed. I am beat. Happy birthday, Jooj! I love you more now than I did four years ago, mostly because I only had known you eixisted for two days at that point. But I bet I will love you even more as time goes on!