On Saturday Jan 12th Caroline, Grace & I headed out in the morning to pick up the special cake from a friend of mine who has a home-based business. We drove the Aunt Sandi's and awaited the decision on where we were to meet the rest of the Ivey gang for lunch. Grandma & Grandpa Ivey were recovering from being sick as well so they weren't going to make it. We played checkers at Aunt Sandi's, I enjoyed some hot coffee and the girls were filled with cheese puffs.
Around lunchtime we met at Orland Patio and had our party there. It was perfect, there was plenty of room, we could be noisy, everyone got to eat what they wanted and I didn't have to clean before and after the party. Even the boy cousins enjoyed themselves. The manager came over and admired the cake as well, it was a cool Monster High cake. As we left Caroline said she wanted to have her birthday party at Patio next year too. AWESOME!
We stopped at home for a rest before the Steele's were going to be home and ready for us. Caroline changed into one of her new outfits from earlier and then we travelled with our half eaten cake to sing Happy Birthday again. This time we had ice cream as a bonus and more presents of course. This is turning out to be quite a birthday.
We wrapped it up at Uncle Jimmy's and finally made it to Grandma & Grandpa Steele's house. I was all caked out but I'm pretty sure the girls crammed a few more bites in.
