Happy Birthday!

Lorelei celebrated her 7th birthday this weekend and celebrated for the whole weekend.  On Friday night she got to pick dinner (McDonald's of course) and she and I watched a movie together.  On Saturday her uncle came to visit and she got to start early with her present opening.  She saved Ethan's present for the last "because he's the best"...I'm guessing from her reaction that she thought he gave the best present too.  ;)

She then had a Skype conversation with Omi as she opened her presents from Germany.  She put the Playmobil sets together right away and has played with them just about daily! 

Never one to leave the other child out, Omi sent a couple thing for Ethan to open too.  He took longer to open them, tossed the maraca but played with the truck for a little bit which I was able to capture on film.

Lorelei rounded out her evening with a tiny cake and a night in the tent with Daddy.  But the air mattress deflated through the night and they were in the house before 6 am the next morning.  Neither Ethan nor I noticed them returning to the house as we slept in our beds.

(The plates are dessert plates not dinner plates!)

The next day she had her party with friends.  The party was smaller this year and I think it was the perfect size for her to interact with everyone.  From what we saw, they all really enjoyed themselves!  It was a great success and Lorelei was thrilled to open her presents at home later in the day.  Her friends were very generous and she loved every present!