Party!

The night before we went to Sam's Club, which our family considers quite the outing.

When we came home we saw these five deer across the street. They use our yard often (you can tell by the beaten path) but it's the first time all winter we actually got to see them. We spent a long time waiting for them to brave the back yard. Then they went on their way. You'd think we lived in the country.

Then it's party day.

Maren woke from her afternoon nap asking if her guests had arrived. We got ready while she watched out the front window waiting.

Gramma and Grampa arrived first to help (thank goodness, no matter how much you plan and prep the last minute things always seem to overwhelm). The most helpful is entertaining Maren and holding Lilly. Gramma and Grampa are experts at that.

She asked for chocolate cake. We made her marble - everyone likes marble. She wanted a grey horse on her cake, like Dawn. Gramma obliged.

 Gramma also let Maren pick out exactly what part of the cake she wanted to eat. Maren picked the horse head with the mane. It must have been the part with the most frosting.

 On to presents. She was very intense.

 After the guests left it was playtime. This is the farm we got her from IKEA. Lilly likes it too.