Though she was sad about changing plans, Jessica was nice enough to let us rearrange her birthday party. So on Friday we had a family party (not wanting to get anyone else sick) and had pizza and made our own ice cream shakes while we watched "High School Musical." Then she opened her presents!
She got a Generation Girl Doll, Eva, which was her favorite present!
She loves her new umbrella and danced in the rain with it the next day.
She even got a jewelry box from Germany that Dave brought home from his last trip.
Since we had ice cream shakes on her birthday, we didn't make the cake until the next day. Jessica helped design and decorate her own cake. She decided to build a castle out of candy so using Kit Kats, a graham cracker, Rolos, Whoppers, a Ding Dong and lots of frosting, we constructed her castle! Looks good Jess! She even got the lucky penny!
She had to wait a whole week but we finally even got to go to Chuck E Cheese to finish celebrating her birthday. She had the choice to bring one friend with her and she chose to bring her cousin, Megan. We actually brought the whole Baird family and we were lucky enough to have Ben and Jenn extend their vacation in D.C. (after returning from England and Scotland) so their family was there, too. We celebrated Ben's birthday at Chuck E Cheese that day, too!
We all had a great time and even though it was spread over a week, we got all the birthday party plans in! Happy Birthday, Jessica!
