Sunday, July 22, 2012

Happy Birthday Olivia!

Olivia has been soo excited for her birthday, she has been talking about it since her last birthday. She kept telling me that she wanted a patriotic birthday party. When it was actually time for me to buy some supplies I wanted to get a confirmation that she really did want a patriotic party. I told her she could have any type of party she wanted, and even gave her some fun options, but she confirmed "I want a patriotic birthday, I want to show my appreciation for America!"
One of Olivia's requests was that everyone had to wear red, white and blue. Matt came home from work for a special birthday lunch.
Olivia asked for an American flag cake with soldiers on part of it, she was specific that the soldiers were not to have any guns (or as she refers to it...the soldiers couldn't have any fire coming out.) I was all set to make little soldiers to add to the cake, but I thought Olivia had changed her mind about the soldiers so I didn't add them. It turns out I was wrong and the day after her birthday, Olivia asked why there were no soldiers on her cake.

Olivia was so excited about the gift that Matt and I got her. When the cake was cut and served Olivia was the only one who didn't have any, she wanted to continue playing with her new dolls instead.
 Olivia sure loved that grandmother and grandfather flew out to celebrate her birthday with her and as an added bonus, my cousin (who Olivia just loves) was also able to make it for the party. She had a wonderful birthday!