Isla's actual birthday fell on a Sunday and Graham was leading worship at church so us girls went on a girls-only breakfast date to Urban Coffee Lounge before church. We got to meet up with our dear friend Olona and have a little mini celebration at the coffee shop (she couldn't make it to the big party). Then Isla got to go to the 4 year old classroom at church for the first time which she thought was pretty exciting (though she still came out of there saying she didn't feel 4...) Next up was the rooftop of the Greenlake Starbucks for a picnic lunch I packed. Then remember those jelly sticks she requested? I guess you could say I made her wildest dreams come true by making my own rendition. She walked me through what to do step by step - vanilla ice cream, fresh strawberries then more vanilla ice cream in a popsicle mold. Ironically enough, there's actually no jelly involved though you can't say I didn't try! :)
We stuck a candle in the jelly stick and called it her birthday dessert!
We were going to go to the park but then Isla caught wind that there would be presents and our agenda quickly changed.
This year she got new sunglasses, Woody and Buzz bandaids and some new headbands.
Oh and did I mention we gave the girls a joint gift of a Playmobile pirate ship? Long story but let's just say it was the first time I was ever a grand prize winner in a drawing! We debated whether to give it to them or not and finally decided to go for it and see how they reacted. I'm not sure why we ever hesitated. They LOVED it! Their mother might just have confiscated and disappeared the rifles and guns but at least she let them keep the cannon!
Isla requested over a month ago that we go to Red Robin for her birthday (she's a smart one and caught on to the singing and free ice cream quickly!) So we obliged. She's so much like her mama - not a meal at home her whole birthday. She sported her lovely 3-sizes-too-big blue dress that she insisted was her Cinderella dress since Cinderella wore blue and had a blue sparkly headband.
Happy girl after a very happy birthday!
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