The most hysterical part of Emily’s birthday part was the rainbow pinata event. I thought I’d be clever and get one of those pinatas with the pull strings because the ones you hit never break open (particularly when it’s a 4-year-old’s party). Well the strings didn’t work, so my brother-in-law ripped open the ends of the rainbow and candy poured down over the crowd. If you listen closely, you can hear the kids saying “ow!” over my constant stream of conciousness rambling. None of them moved out of the way though. Go figure.

Emily is four today. I’m not really sure if the hardest part is over, but the line “Don’t you know the hardest part is over” from the song “Little Wonders” sticks in my head whenever I let myself think about how far my little wonder has come. She’s beautiful and happy and healthy. I dreamed of this day when I was pregnant with Emily and we had no idea what to expect. Time goes by so fast.

We had a birthday bash for her on Saturday. The weather was absolutely perfect. It’s like the clouds cleared away and the sun came out just for the occasion. All the kids were wearing sleeveless dresses. It had to be about 70 degrees. The very next day it dropped down to 40.

Emily asked for a pink and yellow princess cake. Flavor: strawberry. This cake wasn’t strawberry, but the presentation pleased her. She ate some frosting from her slice and declared she was done after one minute.

Here’s a close up of Emily examining one of her presents. I didn’t get any good pictures of her party (except for the cake). She was very serious about inspecting each gift once opened.

“And i don’t mind, If it’s me you need to turn to
We’ll get by, It’s the heart that really matters in the end.”
–Rob Thomas, Little Wonders

Happy Birthday, Emily!!