Ava’s birthday started just as she had ordered, that is her sleeping and the rest of us dragging our tired bums out of bed to sing to her and bring her presents and grapes in bed. She did say that if we didn’t have grapes Cheerios were accepted as a substitute as well. Linus and I got up at 7am to wrap her gift that I had forgotten to wrap until then, but that worked out well since then Linus got to help with the task. I lit a candle on a tray together with some grapes and a cup of fruit and berry smoothie and in we went singing “Happy Birthday”. She bounded up and quickly opened her gifts. She received a Julia Donaldson book “Monkey Puzzle” which Linus wanted me to add a disclaimer on “t-t-tell Ava it is my book too” (Yes, Linus has a stutter, sometimes really badly so, we are hoping it will go away with time). She also received a Bindeeze pack which she enjoyed using later in the day.

We finished the cake in the morning after having breakfast. Ava and Linus mostly licked the frosting off the beater.

Then Ava and I, Linus wanted to help but he has the sneezes and forgets to cover his mouth so I banned him from decorating the cake, frosted the cake with white buttercream icing, then into the freezer it went for the icing to set before next layer. Ava took some time to try out her new crafty art studio. A Bindeeze that has pearls that you lay in a pattern to form images, and then to bind the pearls you just have to spray the pearly constellation with some plain water. She finished the bird below. It was quite tricky with picking up and placing the pearls, but I guess she has smaller fingers than I do. Then we finished decorating the cake by placing a white layer of marzipan over the butterfly and then using a fresh paint brush and some food colouring to paint the butterfly and then decorated further with some fancy sprinkles/100s & 1000’s. After that we had some carb free egg pancakes that Dave whipped up in the pan together with some shaved ham. It was really nice to have just like that.

Ava thoroughly enjoyed her birthday party and birthday in all I believe, even though you could clearly see the day had taken it’s toll on both kids, and their blood sugar together with their patience and mood plummeted just before dinner time. We ended the day with heading over to my parent’s place for dinner. Blood palt (or regular potato palt for those who couldn’t quite stommach the blood variety) served with fried bacon, butter and home made lingonberry jam.