Annie's 6th Birthday!

Hard to believe, but Annie is six years old!
Her birthday was on a Monday, but at the last minute we decided to celebrate Sunday night after conference.

Annie was all for this idea- she couldn't have waited another minute to open all those presents!

When I asked Annie what she wanted for a birthday cake that night, she requested a chocolate cake with white frosting and sprinkles, and she wanted to write on it with the frosting pens. Here's the finished product:

The bottom says "Annie". Since Annie knows how to write my name, I got to be on it, too!

The favorite present of the night:

On Monday night, Annie's actual birthday, we went to see "Despicable Me" at the Water Gardens. We had a blast, and the kids ingested many more grams of sugar. Just what we needed.

Finally, Annie had her first friend party! We had to make another cake:

We made puppy ears to wear, learned how to fetch a stick, roll over and sit,

and just generally have lots of fun with good friends.

Those kids put away a whole cake and a half gallon of ice cream. I was impressed!

I am glad the birthday stuff is over, but I'm glad Annie had such a good time, and that she knows we love her!