The morning of her birthday, when we were supposed to be at the park celebrating in the sunshine...we went to get her a haircut. She loves having short hair like mommy! Her hair grows so fast, it feels like she always needs a haircut.
Then we went out to lunch. Grandpa David was in town, so we had a fun outing. After lunch, we headed to a local bike shop to let her get fitted and pick out a new bike. The little one we got from our neighbors was perfect for her to transition from her balance bike, but she was getting to big for it. Here she is on the rainy day heading in to the bike shop.
After a lot of chasing Kate in the shop and a big tantrum, we left with a beautiful new bike!
That night we had a family birthday dinner with my dad. We made homemade mac n cheese and we made her a dinosaur cake....a test run for the one I was planning to do for her party the next day. She had a lot of fun decorating it with me.
The next day, our church had an event called Taking Church to the Streets...where instead of a traditional service, we do service projects in different neighborhoods. We signed up to help spruce up a preschool in East Palo Alto. it was wonderful to hear about the great work this preschool does, have some community building time, and let the kids do some work and play together. Here we all are...
We were going to do a reschedule of the birthday in the afternoon after church, but alas, the mandoline got the best of Wes' thumb while making lunch, and we had to abort due to a trip to the ER. Emeline was very sad when we broke the news to her after her nap, but she was sympathetic about Papa's thumb and very understanding. The sun ended up coming out and we had some time in the late afternoon for her to take her new bike out for a spin!
Cousin Nicole came over for dinner, brought her some balloons, and we sang to her again and ate more dino cake, so Emeline felt very celebrated.
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