She's Seven!

  

Emily's birthday went off without a hitch on Saturday. She had a very busy day. First thing in the morning, we opened presents from the family. Then, she and I went to swap her 1/16th violin for a 1/8th violin. On the way home, we snagged her cake - Star Wars again this year with blue frosting and a Dearth Vader Mask on it. From there we went home for a quick lunch before heading out to meet her friends at Pump It Up.

She had a great time bouncing and running around with everybody. It had been a pretty wet, rainy day, so an inside party was exactly what we needed. As a result, we had a pretty good turn out in terms of kids.

After the party, we went home to relax a little bit, and to let Emily open the presents from her friends (yes, between family and friends, she ended up with way too much stuff!). The last tradition on birthdays in our house is that the birthday person picks what we have for dinner. Emily wanted sopapillas (basically fried dough) for dessert, but didn't much care what we had for a meal. As a result, we got to choose the dinner location and then just followed up with a stop at a local Tex Mex place for dessert. All in all, it was a successful birthday, and I think she had fun.

Of course, the next day, she remarked that she didn't feel any different as a seven year old than she had as a six year old. Go figure!