Isabella’s birthday (in pictures)

We started Isabella's birthday with cherry buttermilk waffles. She wore her birthday hat all day!
We started Isabella’s birthday with cherry buttermilk waffles. She wore her birthday hat all day!
Then we went to the mall to get her ears pierced. She was so brave!
Then we went to the mall to get her ears pierced. She was so brave!
Fascination.
Fascination.

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Looking beautiful with her new earrings.
Looking beautiful with her new earrings.

In between this and dinner, we squeezed in assembling her cake and another shopping outing. We are having a very hard time finding some of the things on Isabella’s list, but we made incremental headway.

Isabella chose to go to her favorite restaurant, Golden Corral, for dinner.
Isabella chose to go to her favorite restaurant, Golden Corral, for dinner.

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Mary ate two entire cotton candies for dessert.
Mary ate two entire cotton candies for dessert.
She asked for a third, and although there were those at the table who were curious to know if she could finish a third, Abe put a stop to the hedonism.
She asked for a third, and although there were those at the table who were curious to know if she could finish a third, Abe put a stop to the hedonism.
Isabella and I went to Les Miserables at the Hale Theater afterward. This is Isabella during intermission right before we left. It was an amazing production, but Isabella had a cold (noooo!) and we were both feeling tired.
Isabella and I went to Les Miserables at the Hale Theater afterward. This is Isabella during intermission right before we left. It was an amazing production, but Isabella had a cold (noooo!) and we were both feeling tired.

IMG_0045https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNmapBY26W8 is a link of everyone singing Happy Birthday (off key) to Isabella.

We went home for cake and ice cream. I have a video of us singing Happy Birthday to Isabella, but I think it's on a phone downstairs and I will upload it tomorrow.
We went home for cake and ice cream. 

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Good thing Mary only got two cotton candies. Two hours later she was chowing down on cherry cake and sherbet.
Good thing Mary only got two cotton candies. Two hours later she was chowing down on cherry cake and sherbet.

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