HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARITY!!

She had her big day!  It was a nice one!  This was her first year of having life interfere with her day.  It was a good opportunity for a reality check and to kind of push her into real life.  She had to have an early morning choir practice the DAY OF!  So she hurried through her crepes and went to school an hour early.  Kelly and Luke decorated her locker with balloons and sticky notes covered in nice things said by family and friends.  She had to do a graded run as well.  And had to turn in a pretty big assignment all on her birthday.  It was a good thing she had Pretzelmaker to look forward to.  Right after school we took her, Kelly, Ellison and Levi to get some Prezel Bites.  So yummy.  So fun.  When we got home we had to hurry and get Charity out of the house so that Emily could come decorate her bedroom!  This was cool!  One of the coolest things I've ever seen a friend do for another on their birthday!  It made me so happy to see all the thought and work that went into it!  Charity was pleasantly surprised!  Then we got the kitchen cleaned for YW.

Looking at this cake makes me mad at it all over again.  It was such a naughty cake!  Probably last year when we were trying to help Jack choose something other than a Princess Sophia cake, we came across this cute baby Mikey one and even though Charity doesn't remember it, she asked me if I would make her a baby Mikey cake for her birthday :).  She was probably joking because she likes the ice cream ones better of course (which we did have at Applebee's and I never got a picture of it).  So I don't think she was serious, but I thought it would be fun to make for her anyway.  I even put it in my phone so I wouldn't forget.  I used Rice Krispie treat instead of cake because we are anti-cake right now, also thinking about how easy it would be to make that way and well.... this cake was NOT easy!!  Nothing about it went smoothly or "easy"!!!!  I didn't even have enough frosting- so it's good you can't see the back!  The dumb fondant for Mikey was totally dropping the whole time, no matter how long I left it in the freezer, it still drooped.  The frosting was some weird consistency... just everything! So frustrating!  But anyway.  That's that.  I was happy to attempt to do something to surprise Charity and I think she was pleasantly surprised :).  Confused as to why I made baby Mikey, but pleasantly surprised :). Hahaha.  I tried.

After YW we had Charity's Rice Krispie Treat Baby Mikey cake and then FINALLY opened presents!

Even Luke is surprised by her reaction :)

Our kids love the whole guessing who it is with the disguised voice thing when they open presents.  Super fun :)

She'll love me for this one later.

I'm loving that she used the Victoria's Secret bag

We got a little lazy and just printed off a picture of the Jazz logo... nothing else, so I think Charity wasn't sure what she was getting :)

And then her date with Mom card :).

 It was a lot of fun.  I think she had a good day.  I loved thinking about her all day and remembering all that occurred 14 years ago today.  She really is such a blessing in my life and such a sweet part of our family.  I loved hearing what everyone said about her tonight when we did our "what's special" thing.  Bradley likes that she will play basketball with him.  Jack likes that she opened the present he gave her.  Erika likes that she always comes to her aid when she gets hurt.  Noah pointed out how Charity always wants to say a prayer when we go anywhere.  I cannot remember Luke's.  Kelly likes that Charity's personality stands out.  Nate said that he's proud of how she tries new things.  I pointed out how good she is at changing her mood for the better.  She really does!  So quickly!  I think she felt the love :).  Happy Birthday to my beautiful little lady.  14 years goes by so fast!  3-9-16