The celebration for Mimi's birthday was small but still lots of fun for the birthday girl. The Smith family (friends from church) was invited for dinner on Friday night. Since Mimi's actual birthday was on Sunday, I decided that we would make Friday evening an impromptu party for Mimi. The Smiths have 3 boys, so the girls had enough action to keep them busy. The cake was baked and decorated the night before. Annie assisted Mike with the decorating part. I did let each of the girls take turns stirring the batter, too.

Grandma Minnesota's presents arrived just in time for the event. So her presents were opened along with the others. Mike had insisted that I not shower here with too many gifts. It was decided that we would get her a couple of DVD movies and a squishy chair to accompany the loveley Care Bear chair that the girls fight over so often. I did give in and buy Mimi a large present that I knew would make Mike when he saw it. However, it was actually a training potty for Mimi. I thought it would to wrap it up.