Daphne is One!

Wow, what a weekend. Our Luau was rained out of the park, so at the last minute we had to scramble to find an indoor space for sweet Daphne's one year celebration. We rented a room at the local mall, then slogged all of our Hawaiian gear through an absolute deluge to make a party.

But in the end, darling Daphne turned one after all. We made the best of a strange situation and celebrated our baby girl. Not quite walking yet, she was still the life of the party.

Mommy made a cake:

Nandhi helped a lot:

We had plenty of food:

Daddy was on birthday girl duty:

We played some fun games:

Daphne chose her fate:

Mommy showed her all of the offerings:

She chose pink sticky notes and a calculator:

Sissy helped sing and play games:

Daphne likes to... shake things!

Party outfit:

It's my party and, well, you know.

Mommy made cupcakes (pineapple whip filling with banana creme topping):

Festive decor for the cupcakes:

Daphne's year in review:

Dress up

Violet has such an imagination. She is great at entertaining herself and Daphne, though it can be very messy. One if her favorite pastimes is dress up as the photo suggests. She gathers an outfit and gets herself together then comes and proudly shows me her new look. I think she was pretending to be a teacher, or possibly a mommy, here. Lovely lively child! She is so full of play, she is so messy, and she is a delight.

New iPhones!

Erik and I bought iPhones today- thank you honey! I'm so excited to have a phone that works, I'm blogging about it! From my iPhone!