Very Belated Birthday Post

My mom says that we owe Amelie a 9th birthday party (which honestly, we'd intended to host one for her!) but she did have a small family celebration with one friend sleeping over and loads of presents from Papaw and Grandma Mary.

The gigantic cake was in the shape of a heart (I learned this from Nana Jana!) Conveniently and coincidentally, a whole flock of neighbors came over to play/acclimate the dog and helped us eat the cake.

She was so excited about the presents! Look at that face!

We shipped James off to his grandma's so the girls wouldn't be hampered by a younger brother. 

They played and played with them.

 

As you can see, Leah stayed (and only somewhat wanted to butt in on the action):

The neighbor kids (inspired by Amelie's impressive loot) have also gotten into the game/toy - it's called Bakugan. They showed us that they have a magnet and will stick to the side of the car/fridge/etc.

James has also said that he just wants to have one friend come stay the night for his birthday, so I'm going to call that a double win.