Sisterly Love

Emma's Bear Birthday

We were able to have a little birthday celebration for Miss Emma on Sunday. Between my slow recovery and Jason's week of 12 hour shift work, we were not sure when we were going to celebrate. Luckily she is two and will not remember or know the difference for her birthday but she was very excited to finally get her "green bear cake" that she has been requesting for almost 5 months now. When Jason came home he brought her balloons and she was thrilled. Kept singing Happy Birthday to herself. She was so excited about her cake that she stood on the chair and watched me make the entire thing and kept saying,"Green Bear Cake, for me??" It was so precious! I had to take quite a few breaks to get it done, but it was a success and the smile on her little face was so worth it!! I used this Four Egg Yellow Cake recipe (although I used butter instead of shortening) and this Cream Cheese frosting recipe...both worked well and were yummy. Caitlin and Casey came over along with Audrey and Corky (Casey's parents).....it was a nice get together and fun celebration. Miss Emma got some great toys....ones that she really loves and is having a blast playing with! Angelica also liked to "help" open and play with "our toys" as she calls them. Emma got some great bear gifts to go with her bear birthday cake....a fun three bear puzzle where you dress the bears in different outfits, lots of different bear books, some new Boz the bear items, a tub of colored bears....a fun table and chairs set and a stuffed monkey with a blanket inside...and one of her favorite gifts has been a cleaning set!! She is always wanting to help me sweep and clean so I found this set and both the girls LOVE it and have been "cleaning" like crazy ever since. Hope that trend continues! Thanks to all family members and friends for Emma's birthday wishes, cards and gifts. You made her day very special!!