Claire's 7th Birthday

Claire turned 7! She chose cinnamon rolls for breakfast and her favorite - spaghetti, bread sticks, and watermelon for dinner. For her birthday "activity" we had gone swimming at the Provo Rec Center the day before. Some of her cousins were able to come and swim with her and we all had a blast. She's been reading the Harry Potter books with daddy and wanted to watch the first movie that evening. She opened presents which included a flip sequin shirt she asked for (that we went through great lengths to find) and a little pet hedgehog that she really wanted. Since we were having family come over the next day, we were waiting to have her birthday cake til then. But we still sang to her and celebrated with small birthday milkshakes the day of. I think she was pretty happy with her special day.

The next day we made Claire's birthday cake. She wanted a "sky" cake. And since we were making two for all the family coming to celebrate with her, one was the sky and one was the sun. She had fun decorating them though with clouds, birds, and a rainbow. Claire was invited to multiple birthday parties over the school year and asked to have her own birthday party this year. I'm not great at planning parties, but we did invite both our families over and she had a lot of fun playing with cousins, eating cake and opening presents. Scott even set up the projector so the kids could watch a movie while the adults talked. It was a fun evening.