After our blueberry picking expedition, we and our friends headed to a picnic shelter at a state park for lunch, cupcakes and presents. None of the kids ate much lunch (I wonder why!). After lunch, and some playtime, we decorated cupcakes.
Can I pick up the whole plate and put it to my mouth?
More sprinkles, please! (I'm not sure how many of the kids actually ate a whole cupcake--Esther didn't--but they sure enjoyed decorating them!)
"Happy Birthday, dear Esther!" Despite having blown out candles like a pro at several recent celebrations, at her "real" party Esther acted like she had never seen a candle before. She kept sticking her face and hands up to the flame and saying "hot!" but she wouldn't blow them out for anything. Mommy finally got impatient and did it for her!
Apparently, pulling candles out is more fun than blowing them out.
Esther and the other kids had fun banging with sticks on the metal railing. In fact, we had a hard time enticing her away from her sticks to open presents!
This particular gift rated immediate wearing.
And then she went back to her sticks.
After the party, we took a quick family walk. Esther was very interested in a large millipede that we found. I tried to show her how it would roll up into a ball if prodded with a stick, but all it did was turn around and start crawling towards her. She jumped up with a slightly alarmed expression, declared, "space!" and backed up several feet so the millipede had plenty of room to navigate. Esther also enjoyed watching a couple of horses that we met on the trail.
All partied out, on the drive home.
