Unfortunately we didn’t get to go to Caribou/ Presque Isle for Columbus Day weekend like we usually do, thanks to my temporary lack of pay check. No corn maze for us this year! In a way though it all kind of worked out. We decided to head north for Veteran’s Day weekend and Kaitlyn’s birthday instead.
Saturday night, we had a family birthday party with pizza, cake, ice cream, and presents for Kaitlyn. It was so nice seeing everyone that we don’t get to visit with very often!
Aunt Cassandra was awesome taking pictures of the cake book and then ordering the one that we picked. Kaitlyn has been loving Tinkerbell recently, so we picked the Tinkerbell cake. Added bonus… it was purple!
Successfully blowing out the candle this year!
Kaitlyn and Aubree eating their cake.
Kaitlyn was a bit overwhelmed with everything, so she was a little hesitant to sit by herself and open her presents. I sat with her and became the designated card reader.
Starting to get into this whole present thing…
Worn out by the party!
Kaitlyn was excited to go over to Great Aunt Diane’s house on Sunday to see her chickens, ducks, and puppy.
My city girl was a bit unsure about petting the chicken.
She finally pet it once.
But Jackson was definitely more her speed! She had fun tossing tennis balls for him. Poor puppy was definitely worn out by the time she left!
Birthday Girl on the morning of her birthday. She’s still wearing her princess badge!
We went over to Great Aunt Linda and Marie’s house for brunch before we headed back home.
Kaitlyn loves Aunt Linda’s build-a-bear. She was so excited to change it into it’s holiday outfit!
After arriving back home, we had a late dinner at Red Robin per the birthday girl’s request.
We held back a couple of presents, so she’d have something to open on her actual birthday.
The servers sang her happy birthday and brought her an ice cream sundae.
We then stopped at the store and let her pick out a small cake to celebrate with…
Yummy!
After talking with her teacher, we decided to bring Kaitlyn’s cupcakes in for the Wednesday after her birthday since everyone is there on Wednesday. (Some of the kids in her class only go part time).
Kaitlyn has a princess cookbook which has a bunch of cute cupcakes in it. She’s been telling me for months that she wanted to bring in the Abu monkey cupcakes (from Aladdin) for her birthday.
She didn’t get to see the finished product until right before we left for school that morning.
According to her teacher, they were a big hit. She e-mailed me these photos that she took.
Now that Kaitlyn’s 5 day birthday celebration is over, it’s time to switch gears and start gearing up for Christmas. Thanks to everyone making Kaitlyn’s birthday so special from near and far!
