A few days before her birthday, we had a family (both sides) party here for her. We had Max's parents, his local brother and his family and my two local brothers and their families here to celebrate with us. I made the chocolate and cherry chip cupcakes with almond frosting that we had for dessert. I didn't realize until my sister-in-law pointed out later in the evening that by chance, Claire chose to put on a purple and pink outfit for the shindig that almost perfectly matched the purple and pink frostings that I had made. Between her clothes, the cupcakes and the balloons, we had a serious color coordination thing going on!
Her actual birthday was pretty laid back. We ran a few errands and had a fairly normal day until the evening. The kids and I went out to dinner at The Olive Garden (her choice - hubby had to work late and couldn't join us) followed by a little shopping trip at Carter's where Claire picked out a couple of things and a stop at Maggie Moo's to get a couple of custom packed quarts of tasty goodness to take home to accompany Claire's birthday cake. Max was home when we got there so we all enjoyed Claire's birthday cake and ice cream and watched her open a few gifts.
It's hard to believe that my baby girl is really five years old.
In other news, I turned 35 a few days after Claire's birthday. I got to spend more money than I wanted to on having my the screen on my iPhone 4 replaced. (I may or may not have dropped it and caused serious damage way back in June. Thank goodness for a really strong screen protector that held it in place all this time.) When Max got home from work that evening, he brought this with him:
Chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting with chocolate draped over the top. I did not complain. Not even once. Happy Birthday to me!
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