Day 1 was cupcakes to school... but we got there with our beautiful cupcakes just to find out that it was one of her classmates' birthday and he had also brought cupcakes that day. I figured both Mikayla and her classmate deserved to have their "day in the spotlight", so I took those beautiful cupcakes home. Mikayla was only a little disappointed, but I think she understood why.Day 2 was a family dinner at my sister-in-law's new house. We were celebrating Mikayla's birthday, as well as Jan's and his grandmother's. So, we brought with us cakepops (Jan's request) and a cake.
Day 3 was Mikayla's real birthday. No new baking for that day (thank goodness), we had all sorts of left overs to eat up. We woke the birthday girl in the morning singing "Happy Birthday" and bringing her presents in bed. Then off to the mall for a little birthday shopping trip. She is definitely in training for teenagerhood, going to the mall is one of her favourite things to do.
Day 4 was her big party with her friends. Mikayla had requested "Monster High" as the theme for this party. For those of you who haven't heard of Monster High, it's pretty much Barbie Dolls that are the kids of famous monsters. We had this party at a rec centre, the kids got an hour to play in the gym, and then we had an hour for food, cupcakes and presents. The best part about not having the party at our house... no clean up, hurray! I think everyone had a pretty good time, as far as birthday parties go it went pretty smoothly.
Day 5 was actually taking cupcakes to school. Of course, the original cupcakes had been eaten already so it was more baking for me. Don't tell anyone, I used a cake mix, shhhhh. But they turned out quite nice.
Overall, a pretty excellent birthday for a pretty excellent little girl.
... not to mention, a pretty excellent Mum ...
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