Cleft Stories

Okay, I’m not sure when it happened, but at some point I blinked and my little baby turned into an adorable, sweet, wonderfully mischievous 5-year-old. That was yesterday, so this post is a day late.

We celebrated Emily’s birthday pretty much all day. We gave her the first gift before school – these sparkly shoes:

And I baked cupcakes for her class. When she came home she got to open the rest of her gifts (mostly Barbie-doll related) and we took her to eat at her favorite restaurant (the diner). She’s having a big bash with all her friends on the 25th, so I’ll have lots more pictures from the party. I couldn’t resist getting her a cake yesterday though.

I didn’t have the foresight to buy birthday candles – those are tea lights on the cake (ahem). It’s also a red velvet cake which she loved, although I could swear it looked pink in the store. Nothing says Happy Birthday like a bright red cake!

As a fitting tribute to Emily’s 5th birthday, I’ve entered Cleftstories.com into a contest to win a free ticket to the Good Experience Live 2009 conference (GEL) at the end of this month. Check out my entry here:

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Happy Birthday, Emily!