Mikele's Birthday

  Mikele is SEVEN!!! We had a fun filled day on Saturday celebrating Mikele's birthday.  We started the morning with Mikele baking her own cake.  I know that I always say to make your cake in advance then freeze it because it is easier to decorate but frankly I never got the chance.  The night before was our Ward Christmas party and Jason and I were in charge of it.  Needless to say we spent all of Friday decorating, picking up food and putting on the dinner and program with the help of some amazing ward members.  Also, Mikele didn't decide on what kind of cake she wanted until Friday.  She was debating between a cougar which is the mascot for her elementary school and a castle.  She did finally decide on a chocolate cake with a cougar on it.  Oh and yes do you see the cake box. Yeah I really am slipping. I usually make my cakes from scratch.
  Now after that long narrative back to the birthday girl and her day.  Oh well. Mikele did everything including cracking the eggs for her cake.  I just supervised the project.  She did a great job and her cake was yummy.  For breakfast we had German Pancakes.

   After breakfast and the cake was baked, Jason and I took Mikele shopping for a new shirt to go with her black skirt.  She wanted to wear it to the piano recital on Sunday.  She ended up with a few more items then just a top for her skirt. She bought 2 other tops and a jacket.  It is really tough to choose when everything looks so adorable on Mikele.
  When we finished shopping we picked up the other kids and took them to the new Disney Movie Tangled.  It was really cute and I would recommend it. The kids thought the whole movie was pretty funny.  Kassie was funny and during serious or quiet moments in the movie would ask in a loud not theater appropriate voice "when is this movie going to be over."  It wasn't that she didn't like it she just needed a time frame.  After the movie we picked up Allie and headed home for presents.  I think Mikele was going to self com-bust if we didn't open those presents!

I think she was pretty thrilled with everything she received. Thank you Grammy, Grandma and Papa!  After presents we had dinner, Chicken Alfredo, and then cake and ice cream.  I totally forgot to buy ice cream so Jason ran to the store and picked some up while I was decorating the cake. It is not my favorite cake but Mikele loved it and that is what counts.