New Year's Birthday

I celebrated my 31st birthday on the New Year and had a lovely day with my family. We weren't sure whether restaurants would be open on the 1st, so we first went out to dinner on New Year's Eve at a nice Italian restaurant.

The next day, Justin and I played a game of mini golf while the girls tagged along to play in the trees and waterfalls. This is the first time that we have tried to play without a baby-sitter watching the girls. They did pretty well; they pretended that they were a part of Peter Pan and that the crocodile was going to get them. They also tried to play putt-putt with us for a hole, but after Taelyn almost took Kaelia out with her club, they went back to their pirate adventures. I would love to report that I won the game, but sadly Justin beat me by two strokes.

Later on, Taelyn helped me make birthday cupcakes while Kaelia was taking a nap. Taelyn actually picked out the box mix a few days in advance when we were grocery shopping together. It was a Barney cupcake mix with green cake and purple frosting just like the dinosaur. She thought they were pretty special.

To top off the day, we all went out to an Irish pub for some drinks and for the birthday cupcakes. This was definitely Taelyn's favorite part because she loves the idea of singing Happy Birthday and blowing out candles. She doesn't mind eating the cake too much either! After we went through the whole routine with my birthday cupcake, Taelyn put the candle in her own cupcake and asked us to light so she could sing to herself and blow out the candle. This happened several times.

I had such a wonderful day, and I am so thankful to have spent it with my husband and my girls!

Happy New Year everyone!