A Few Pictures from R's Birthday

R does not like cake; she requested chocolate chip cookies for her birthday.  After the fact, I thought that I should have tried to make one of those big cookie cakes, maybe next year.  It was T's idea to use icing on the cookies, and I love the way it came out.

Before dessert, we had R's meal of choice - pan seared rib eye steaks, mashed potatoes, and corn.  Originally, she had requested spaghetti with butter, but she changed her mind.  Spaghetti with butter would have cost about $2.00; the steak dinner for all of us cost more than $60.00 - HA!

I put six candles in two scoops of black raspberry ice cream.  This worked well.  R requested black raspberry, Oreo cookie, and cookie dough ice cream.

Grandma, Grandpa, Great Grandma, and Auntie Di came over after dinner to celebrate with us.  I didn't get any pictures of anyone - I have to work on that.

R was very happy with all of her presents.  She got a lot of nice clothes, shoes, and jewelry.

I picked out this Barbie head for her, and she has had a lot of fun with it.  I liked this one because in addition to styling her hair, R can also fix Barbie's nails and make up.

R had a runny nose on her birthday (Tuesday) and that turned into a bad cough with a fever.  She was tested for strep throat and flu yesterday, and the results were negative, so it is just a virus.  Unfortunately, R has been sick during the most beautiful, summer-like weather and it is driving her crazy.  She wants to ride her bike in the worst way.  I expect that she will be fine by the weekend, but the nice weather is not going to hang around.