Julia's 5th Birthday

After a lovely lunch for our birthday girl, we headed home to open presents!

 Evelyn had made a special card for her sister, and she read the carefully-written words to Julia.

 This afternoon's restaurant of choice should give you a hint as to what kind of gifts Julia unwrapped.....lots and lots of doll accessories.  Her smile tells you she was over the moon about all the new toys for her Rebecca.

 We grilled hamburgers for supper, and then it time for CAKE!  Julia requested a chocolate cake, decorated as a purple butterfly.

 Here's the birthday girl, carefully placing her five candles along the butterfly's body.

 Ta da!

 Once the candles were lit, we sang "Happy Birthday" to our new five-year-old.

 It took a couple of tries, but Julia blew out all of the candles.

 How was the cake?  In Julia's words, "Good and yummy and chocolate-purple everywhere!"