She is choosing to walk almost all the time now. She had gone through what I called her meercat phase. She would stand up in the middle of the room, look around and then go back down and crawl where she wanted to go. Now she walks. It’s a good thing – crawling in a party dress is very hard.
The theme of her party was “Under the sea.” There were two colors of blue balloons with long blue streamers, blue table cloths, little fish hung around and of course the cake.
Jef had baked a delicious 4 layer chocolate mint cake with blue frosting and then Alec decorated it. (Who knew that all those years of painting tiny figures and building models would be put to this use?) The island in the center formed the one; there was a shark with jagged teeth coming out of the side (his fin came out of the top), a whale’s tail, the treasure chest, a scroll, and a ship. The candle was the mast of the ship.
Branwen and I had a good time looking at everything.
When it came time to blow out the candle, Calder was glad to help. Notice his sea themed shirt and next to his hand was the craft for his friends. They made aquariums.
A change of clothes was necessary before diving into the cake and inspecting the turtle.
The classic 1st birthday face. She was very excited to have her own home made ice cream. She knows that she likes ice cream and had never had her very own portion before.
She collapsed and had a little nap on Pop-Pop. This was nice for both of them, since we won’t be seeing her for a long time.
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