Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Olivia and Gabi, happy birthday to you!!
What a great idea!! Move to Pennsylvania and have a dual birthday party for the girls. It would save the family lots of time by having both their parties on the same day. I mean, heck, all of Tom's family is right here and my family is just hours (3-4 to be exact) away. Ah, yes, this is why we moved to PA, to be closer to family.
NOT!
What a wake up call. After all we had been through with our moving adventure to this new house, I was sure the reason was to be close to family. And just as fast as I thought I had it all figured out, it was just that fast that I was proven wrong. Don't get me wrong, it's great that we are so close to everyone now but it just figures that the first "family" event that I have in my new location, only half the family showed up. It doesn't matter who showed up and who didn't, they all had their valid excuses and there are absolutely NO hard feelings on this end. It just makes me wonder, is there another reason that we are here, in this stuck in the 80's state?? And if there is, what is it??
Anyway, I wanted to share a picture of my darling princesses on their birthday.
I bought those dresses off ebay. Aren't they just adorable?? I also tried my hand at making a birthday cake for them. I had intended on making this cake for Olivia's 5th birthday and because of the events of last October, was lucky she even had a birthday party. So, I hunted all over this area, at every craft store and baking store to find this recipe and "how to" for this castle cake that I had seen over a year ago. Turns out, nobody here had the book I was looking for. I just happened to be going back to Cleveland for a visit with a good friend that next day and I had her take me to the craft store that I had originally seen the recipe at. Sure enough, they had it. Here is a picture of it. Drum roll please . . . .
Thank you, thank you. I think it's gorgeous too!! So, Happy 4th Birthday my little Gabi and Happy 6th Birthday my Princess Olivia!! And no, they weren't born on the same day, Gabi is September 14th and Olivia is October 19th. Just to clarify that.
