Cupcakes

Well, Olivia is 5! I can't believe it! She had a great birthday! It actually started on Thur. morning when we surprised her with a visit from my mom. Then we got a surprise call from the dentist that they wanted to do Olivia's root canal that morning. So we did that- she did wonderfully. Thank you God. And the dentist even said she wasn't numb last time. We still have to go back for two crowns and she has a suspicious looking place, which may mean two more visits. After she recovered we drove about an hour and a half away to Marmon Valley. A super fun horse ranch. They have pony rides (you lead them yourself- see pics at our picasa site) for 30 min for $5! And you can hold bunnies, see a horse, cow, chickens, a goat, llamas, pigs, kittens, and a sheep in the big barn. My mom and I both like to ride horses, and they had a ton of them ready to go, but it would have been a little hard to leave the girls just standing around for an hour! We drove back and ate at Max and Erma's. The next day we got stuff ready for Olivia's party and the new fondant icing (that actually doesn't taste bad) arrived. So we got to decorate her cake with it. It was really fun!

On Sat. we got up and two of Olivia's friends from dance (Mollie and Emmie) came to our house to go with us to Chuck E. Cheese. Olivia's two other friends, Olivia and Abby, met us there. We played for a while (my mom and Travis won over 700 tickets) and then Trav stopped and picked up the pizza and we came back to our house to play and eat. The girls were all very sweet and had a lot of fun together. We did a pinata and then she opened presents. She got some fun new things and had a good time. After everyone left, she, mom and I went to Hobby Lobby to get a gigantic mirror to put in our living room for her to dance in front of (see picasa for that too!). Then I made her favorite pork and we ate and had cake and more presents. It was like Christmas for her! She had so much fun and was really sweet to let Annika open her presents. Annika was a little confused about why she didn't get presents, but was still very sweet.
It was a very fun day- they were both worn out at the end of it!

On Sun. we got up and ate brunch at the Cheesecake factory. It was really nice so we sat outside. Then we went to Barnes and Noble and then took my mom to the airport. Travis spent the afternoon sealing the deck. And I mean the whole afternoon. We ate leftover pizza and cake and then back to Barnes and Noble.

It was a fun weekend. We have a fun week coming too! My best friend Allison and her family are coming to visit us. I think Trav and John can watch the kids a few days while we go shopping, get massages, go to the movies, have coffee and lunch, etc. don't you? I wish! We do plan to go to the zoo and the cool place in Gahanna. I will post pics after they come! Oh, Annika is going to be Abby Cadabby from Sesame Street for Halloween. Isn't it cute?