It was a birthday party extravaganza for Charlotte! I made penguin cupcakes from the book
"Hello Cupcake" - except of course I could not find many of the original ingredients (not even chocolate frosting) and improvised almost entirely! Mine are made with scones, square(!) mini donuts, Nutella, blanched almonds, Oreo cookies, chocolate chips, white icing and marshmallows! So fun and time consuming (especially the sourcing part).
Matt, Kathy and I surprised Charlotte at school with her penguin cupcakes to celebrate her birthday with her and her classmates. Twelve students - she and another girl have the same birthday and another girl April 12! It was cute- I was reminded why boys are boisterous and I don't understand them. Char did not sit in her seat but I think it was because we were there and she is SO distractable.
At the same time - Sophia woke up from a nap on Thursday unable to walk. We had deduced that her right hip was injured. We took her to the doctor on Friday afternoon and confirmed there was nothing broken. It was so sad to see her unable to walk. Her leg progressively got better the next couple of days and was fine by Monday morning (where I already had a jab scheduled). She must be doing karate kicks in her crib.
Sophia is also enamored with the red wagon! The first time we took her in it to the park she refused to get out of it. So Yaya, Kathy and I are running her around the park. She sat so regally - like she was a queen looking down on her subjects. I let other kids ride - all with Sophia still there. She was so serious riding that day - it was really cute and funny!
Saturday we had a lovely morning party at the park with her neighborhood friends- she wore a cute Auntie Laurie dress and Auntie Laurie shoes. Auntie Sherry, Uncle Larry, and Uncle Neil joined us. We gave her a purple elephant balloon that she walked around the park. Her boyfriend Max (she still calls him her boyfriend) came, and they were so cute! She tried to kiss him and he was shy (or as his mom says - playing hard to get) but Charlotte just laughed it off. It made me very happy - her innocence and her lack of consciousness about it all. Don't learn to be embarrassed Char! I hope that your spirit always shines through!
Char led her party with a resounding rendition of the hokey pokey - Coach sings this at swimming and it is just like audio sunshine.
We fulfilled Char's wish of having fire and candles for her birthday with a Little Einsteins rocket ship and a Barney cake! Kathy brought candles from the US - and the sparkly ones seemed like trick ones!
We came home and opened family presents - Char got a Barney from us (which she loves! We are surprised by all the Barney love) and a suitcase from Grandpa. Char wheeled this suitcase all around the airport the next day during our weekly dim sum run there. She told us she wanted to go to Shanghai. I went to the toilet and Matt indulged her and talked the First Class Check in agent. She told the nice gentleman that she wanted to go to Shanghai. The agent asked for her passport. She opened up her suitcase, pulled out a Dora swimsuit, held it up to him and asked "Is this ok?" The agent smiled and said that he can check her in when she brings her passport. Charlotte asked me if I had her passport in my purse when I got out of the restroom. So cute!
Kathy took Charlotte swimming and sadly left us on Saturday night. Char was really upset on Monday morning (and before) and asked why Grandma wasn't there to get her ready for school!
Matt is in Macau this week - I let Charlotte sleep in my room at night and I sleep much better! Matt does not like this of course as he does not want this to be a habit. Or maybe we just need to invest in a king sized bed...
I have so many pictures to post this week - I am not going to do my normal captions this week. Hope you can follow along!
Though I have not seen the movie- this is what I would suspect could be a deleted scene from "The Notebook":
Channeling Judi Dench here:
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