The Best Birthday Ever!

Today was La-La's 6th birthday and according to her it was the best birthday ever! She has been counting down to this day for months and was often frustrated that she had to be last in our family for the year. Daddy didn't have to work due to it being Labor Day so we had an awesome family day! It started with La-La waking up to the usual Birthday Fairies decorations. We let her open her gifts first thing and she was so happy about everything but especially her new scooter, stuffed panda, and lip gloss. She didn't get a chance to play with anything because we had to hurry to get ready for a Labor Day parade in a neighboring community. We met up with our friends from across the street at the parade. I don't know if the kids even noticed the floats and marchers in the parade because they were too busy gathering tons of candy. After the parade we went to a small fair/festival and wasted money on silly games but the kids had fun so I guess it was worth it! Then we took a short drive to California and visited the Redwood National Forest. At first the kids were bored with all the driving but as soon as we got out of the van and saw how huge the trees were everyone had a ball! Care Bear loved trying to keep up with La-La who will climb anything possible. Even Jaco did pretty good and seemed to have fun! We found an empty creek bed to explore. When Care Bear heard us say it was a "bed" she wanted to get her pillow, binky, and Na-Nee so she could go to bed. It was so cute! Then we found a creek bed with water in it and of course the girls got wet. They decided it would be better to play in the water naked or almost, so that is what they did. When we got home we had meatloaf and sour cream potatos for La-La's birthday dinner and then we finished the best birthday ever with cake and ice-cream. La-La picked out this princess castle and I am quite proud of how it turned out! I tried using fondant for the first time as the "icing" and I love the way it looks. No more crumb filled icing for me! I actually made my own fondant and was surprised at how inexpensive and easy it was to make. All you use is marshmellows and pwd sugar with a little corn starch and crisco. It was a little messy but worth it. Here is the link to the recipe I used to make the fondant and if I can make it, anyone can! http://whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/Fondant.htm
We love having La-La in our family! She keeps us all sane with her loving, peacemaking personality. Happy Birthday La-La, we love you and loved sharing your best birthday ever with you!