Our Sampson Family: Grace's Birthday

A certain little two year old got to celebrate her birthday several times over the past few days! Grace shares her birthday with her great aunt Mary-Anne (she calls them both lucky Sagittarrians). Mary-Anna came over to spend the night on Wednesday and spend the day with Grace on their birthday on Thursday. Uncle Johnny joined us for a lovely birthday breakfast of pancakes (some with blueberries and some with chocolate chips), ham, eggs and watermelon. Grace, of course, didn't eat any eggs. She did try a bite but spit it out. Mary-Anne took Grace to the playground for a while, then they came back for lunch. We sang Happy Birthday to Grace and Mary-Anne and had some cake. Grace loved blowing out the candles and talked about it a few times later that day and the next. Perhaps the cake contributed to the fact that she didn't nap that day... I asked Grace what she wanted for supper and I wasn't surprised when she asked for noodles. Brian was working late so Grace and I had spaghetti. She was tired out and went to sleep without a peep!

Birthday Breakfast

On Friday we had a house full of visitors! Uncle Robbie and Auntie Sharla, Great Aunt Irene and Great Uncle Daryl, and cousins Alicia and Victoria. Grace loved playing with the girls and kept dragging them to her playroom. "Come on, girls!" If only one came she would call out to the living room "Come on, other one!" even though she knows both of their names. She was also really happy to see her Uncle Wobbie! We had a nice supper and Grace had some cake, much to her delight.

Anytime Grace sees someone putting on lip gloss, she says "I have some?"

We had Grace's birthday party on Sunday. We decided before Anna was born that we would just do a family party. With her birthday close to Christmas and not knowing how I would recover from my c section we chose not to organize a party for her little friends. She still had a great time! We had over 20 people at the house and Grace loved all the excitement. I think she was glad there was one other kid there; she and Maddox had a blast together. Great Auntie Lorraine ~~took over~~ assisted with the gift opening. It was a great afternoon/evening spent with family. And, my lasagna and cake actually turned out pretty good!