Red C Chronicles: The big 1-1

Happy Birthday to my sweet girl! The day began with a friendly wake up call from the boys. We got ready and headed to breakfast at IHOP.

Liv's teacher had a surprise waiting for her on her desk when she arrived. We have been blessed with amazing teachers again this year! Darin and I went to the school to share some birthday treats in the afternoon along with Darin's traditional gift of flowers for the birthday girl (a tradition I borrowed from my friend Christa). The girls in the class were quite taken with Briggy. They were very sweet with him.

After school Liv had clogging. She was bummed that she had to go on her birthday, but I knew it would work out for the best. When I picked her up we headed out for my present to her...a mother/daughter pedicure! I know it sounds like a selfish gift, but I knew she would enjoy it more with company. She loved it (I did, too!). We decided that mother/daughter pedicures will be our new birthday tradition. Now we will pamper our feet twice a year on each of our birthdays. It was great knowing that she appreciated her gift much more after working hard at clogging.

In the evening we quickly ate dinner, then had cake and ice cream and opened presents. We didn't think ahead enough to organize a party (it's a friend party year), so we quickly called some family that lived close so she would feel like she was celebrated on her birthday. Her friend party is planned for next Saturday, and she is very excited about it.