The second cupcake

We went over to Mr. Matt and Miss Brittany's house for a barbecue this afternoon. Miss Britt put out the dessert and Gillian was super excited to hear that there was cupcakes. "I like cupcakes!" John and Gillian both picked out one cupcake each. They sat next to Uncle T and enjoyed their cupcakes. Before I realized it, Gillian was done with her cupcake and Uncle T was convincing her to go get him a cupcake. She got up and went back to the dessert table. She found a blue cupcake with yellow M&Ms on it. Uncle T assumed they were going to share the cupcake. Well that didn't work out too well for Uncle T. He would ask for a bite and she would turn away from him. She inched farther and farther away from him. She ate every bite of the cupcake along with licking the plate. 

Pizza Party

One of Gillian's friends had a birthday pizza party at school today. When I picked her up tonight, she immediately said "Nicholas give me something and I got a party hat!" I saw that Nicholas gave everyone a goodie bag. Gillian insisted "I carry to the car!" In the car I asked her what she had at the party. She said "Pizza! I eat two pieces! And munchkins! I eat two chocolate ones." I asked her if there was any cupcakes. She said "No cupcakes. Nicholas' mommy needs to make some. And then you can have one. Or you could have a bite of mine!" I should not have asked. Poor Nicholas. You know on Monday she is going to ask him for a cupcake. 

The Birthday Girl

Gillian's birthday was Saturday, so we celebrated at school on Friday.  I brought in pizza, cupcakes, cookies and goodie bags for her class to celebrate.  Gillian consistently asked Daddy and I, "Johnny come to my party?"  We made sure that John was included too.  When I arrived, Gillian was already wearing her birthday crown that her teachers made her.  The kids ate all their pizza quickly.  I think they were just excited to get their hands on the cupcakes.  John and Miss Margaret walked around and handed out the cupcakes.  The kids sang Happy Birthday to Gillian.  It was perfect.  They are at the stage where they yell more than they sing.  But it was perfect.  The kids ate all the icing off the top of the cupcakes and only a few of them actually ate the cake.  I snuck out while Gillian was distracted washing her hands. 

 

Daddy picked up the kids from school and Gillian was still wearing her birthday crown.  In the car on the way home, Gillian was singing "Happy Birthday." Daddy assumed that she was just singing "happy birthday to me." But when he turned around he noticed that she had placed her birthday crown on her knee.  She was singing, "Happy Birthday to knee."  Next she moved the crown to her foot and sang it "Happy Birthday" too. 

Saturday was her birthday, and I woke up early and put her presents on the kitchen table.  I was downstairs working on the computer and I could hear someone up and walking around the house.  I assumed that it was John (he is my early riser), but soon I heard two sets of footsteps walking down the basement stairs.  Gillian and John were on the stairs.  I hugged my little 3 year old.  I noticed that she had two new My Little Ponies in her hand.  I asked her if she just woke up by herself.  John said "No.  I woke her up.  I was real gentle."  My sweet little man woke up his sister to give her the presents he picked out.       

Being 6 Rocks!

My little man turned six today!

First thing this morning, Gillian went running into his room saying "It's your birthday Johnny!" Once the kids were dressed and Gillian brought John his birthday present. She was so excited. John took the box gave it a quick shake and said "It's Legos!" He was right. He was still excited about the new Legos and gave Gillian a hug and kiss. In the kitchen he found a new book bag on his chair. He assumed that the book bag was his whole gift. He checked out the inside and found some more Legos. He was super excited. He didn't have any of these new Legos. He decided that he needed to bring his new book bag to school along with his collection of "If you give a mouse a cookie" books. 

When we arrived at school everyone said "Happy birthday!" And he got tons of compliments on his birthday shirt. Gillian told anyone that would listen, "I go to Johnny's party!" I left the kids at school and came back with pizza and cupcakes. Gillian was already hanging out in John's class with all the big kids. Lunch was pretty uneventful. Next it was time to sing. The kids did the typical rendition of Happy Birthday complete with the "cha cha ca" after every verse. The kids loved the cupcakes. Gillian licked most of the icing off of her cupcake, and then dropped it. We gave her a new cupcake and she ended up with an icing mustache. John then handed out his goodie bags. The kids were so happy with their goodies. And Gillian was excited that she got a goodie bag too.  

Overall a great 6th birthday!

Cake

Gillian is clearly my daughter. She loves cake and chocolate. Here are a few of her cake stories. 

A month ago, we were at Daddy's cousin's baptism. While sitting at the table and talking Gillian pointed and screamed "Cake!" Yes, the cake was being served, but she didn't need to announce it to the entire room. 

On Sunday, we had dinner at Aunt Missy and Uncle T's house. I asked Gillian what she wanted to eat. She had a few options, hot dog, cheeseburger or chicken. Gillian pointed at the counter and said "I have that!" I didn't know what she was pointing at. I named a few things. She shook her head and repeated "I have that!" We finally realized that she was pointing at the pan of uncooked brownies. She ended up eating a cheeseburger and when dessert was served she gobbled up her brownie. While her mouth was full of brownie, she asked for more!

Today was Dorlisa's birthday. For her birthday, Dorlisa was having a pizza party for Gillian'a class. On our way to school I was talking to Gillian about the pizza party. Gillian wasn't too excited about the pizza. But she did say "I wanna pink cupacake!" I told her that Dorlisa may not have pink cupcakes, but all she did was argue with me about it. When I picked her up today, I asked about the party. She said "I have five pizzas! I have brown cupacake! It was delicious." So glad she enjoyed the cupcake and wasn't disappointed that it wasn't pink!  

Cupcakes

We had a barbecue today to celebrate the kids birthdays. I made cupcakes for the celebration, a dozen pink and a dozen chocolate. Gillian had a pink cupcake. She loved it. She ate all the icing off the top. And then she ate the cake too. She finished the entire cupcake and leaned across the table toward the plate of cupcakes. Of course she wanted another cupcake. She decided to have a chocolate one next. That was our mistake. She was covered in chocolate. She had it everywhere and she made it worse my deciding to take a walk while her hands were covered in icing. We got her cleaned up and moved onto opening presents.

After everyone left, the kids were playing outside. I joined them and eat a cupcake while I watched them play. Gillian went into the house and came out with a chocolate cupcake. It was her party if she wanted another cupcake she could have one. Big mistake Mommy. She make a huge mess. Not only did she have icing all over her hands but she took those hands and pushed back her hair. I took her immediately upstairs and put her in the bath. As I was changing her after the bath I found icing on my elbow. It's a good thing she's so cute.