Cady Day!

Happy 8th Birthday, Cadence!

Cady decided the day before her birthday to have all the neighborhood kids over for a party.She got the 14 year old girl, Diana, who lives behind us, to help her invite all the other kids (10 of them in all).

They played Bop Em' and Twister. We introduced them to Jenga and some balloon games. They all brought Cady stuffed animals (her favorite toy!) and enjoyed cake that was made by the mother of one of the girls. Actually, that is a funny story...
We had a few families from the neighborhood over the other day in order to give them their first taste of Mexican/American food. One of the women is a baker at a fancy restaurant downtown. She makes the BEST cakes in all of Russia. She also makes the BIGGEST cakes in all of Russia! So, I couldn't bring myself to make Cady a cake when we had this huge yummy cake left over...

Yes, I served half a birthday cake. I am not proud of it, but you can't say I am not practical!
So, to finish the saga of the cake, it was set a little too close to the edge of the table and our dog licked a full inch of the cream off the back. Brooklyn helped destroy it from above.
The girls have had such a good time getting to know their neighbors. They could not have asked for a nicer bunch of kids to teach them a new culture and language.

We did masks instead of party hats. It added an atmosphere of mystery...