A Good Birthday

Sunday was a big day, with three celebrations - Mother's Day, and birthdays for me and my sweet girl.

She was super excited to open her presents:

The things on sticks include a broom and rake for using outside.  She's been really into "dusting" the garage floor just lately.

Her big present was a kitchen.  The kitchen at daycare is a favorite so she was pretty excited about having one of her own.

She did a great job helping Papa put the kitchen together while I made some blueberry pancakes for brunch.

Normally she loves pancakes, but ended up being too excited to actually eat much. :)

She spent most of the day playing with her new kitchen - baking cookies, making soup, and of course making sure to give lots of helpings of each to Mama and Papa.  She even washed the dishes. :)

We also Skyped with Gramma and Grandpa so they could see Ada open her presents from them.

A new dress Gramma made her; perfect for the 4th of July.

And this sweet backpack.  She totally knew what a backpack was and put it on right away.  Looking all grown-up, she headed for the door and told me, "Gotta go now.  Gotta go to school." Woah. Totally not ready for that and nearly brought tears to my eyes.  Please don't grow up quite yet sweet girl.

To top off the day, we blew her mind by introducing her to ice cream cake.  She couldn't wait to eat cake, and she's definitely inherited Mama's love of ice cream.  It was perfect; she loved it.

Don't worry; I had a good time too. :)