Seriously, this girl got SO MANY PRESENTS this week. What a score!
What's really funny is that almost all her birthday presents were games. This one was from Greena and Par--The Ladybug Game! We played it that evening and it was really fun. (Though Mommy won, so it wasn't *quite* as fun as Abby hoped. Next time!)
Shocker--a picture where she's a) facing the camera, b) not trying to hide her face, and c) actually sort of smiling. (Unlike ALL the pictures I took while she opened her presents.) She definitely looks like a big kid!
That night we had some ice cream for dessert and put Abby's "4" candle in it. I love this shot of Penny Jane:
Abby admiring her candle:
Abby being sung to. Note to self: NEVER let waiters serenade her for her birthday--she'd probably hide under the table...
Blow out the candle!
Earlier in the day when we went to Baskin-Robbins we let PJ have a little sample-spoon sized bite of Abby's rainbow sherbet. It was a hit! I wasn't sure what she'd think of the cold, but apparently she wasn't phased. So when she saw the ice cream being dished out, she wanted some, too. It's funny how many "bad" foods I've let PJ have in the name of just trying to get her to eat *anything*--I don't think Abby had ice cream until this past January!
Fun day for sure!
Interestingly enough, most nights when Abby reminds/asks me to pray before our meal, she then proceeds to hide under the table during the blessing. That is, except for the few times when she declares before dinner, "Tonight I am not going to hide when we pray!" Either way is fine by me. Sometimes a girl needs her own quiet space to talk to God.
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