Thursday, December 13, 2012

Laura is 11!

Last Thursday was Laura’s 11th birthday, and I think she celebrated in very good fashion. First was our traditional birthday breakfast of presents plus birthday-girl’s meal of choice (carmel rolls). http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8503/8265270715_cd82ac85d3_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8343/8266338940_de59d2deae_z.jpg

This is Esmerelda, Laura’s giant-sized cat. We got her for Laura to cuddle at night since Pippa won’t sleep with anyone other than Deborah… http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8203/8266339120_07b0de2348_z.jpg

Getting ready to enjoy the delicious rolls. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8061/8266339408_6d1caa2a36_z.jpg

Awwwww, Pippa came by to wish Laura a happy birthday too. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8492/8265271649_4d148f18c7_z.jpg

We snuck Laura out of school at lunch time so she could have a nice, relaxing afternoon. Then it was on to her birthday dinner at Pizza Hut. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8361/8266339832_214443e157_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8265272079_33234cd41e_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8213/8266340500_13d008833b_z.jpg

Laura had been planning her birthday party for months: snow tubing at Elm Creek Park Reserve. Unfortunately, we hadn’t had any snow and it was far too warm for snow-making. So we had to improvise…Oma donated a pass to the Water Park of America, and we were back on track.

Laura invited her friends Nina and Destiny. We started out at our home where Laura quickly opened gifts. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8201/8266340692_2f579bd256_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8503/8266340880_21ed51088c_z.jpg

Then it was on to Dairy Queen for lunch and a kitty-cake. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8503/8266341060_fe1f1cd7a7_z.jpg

Karl and I had a little photo-bombing contest. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8210/8266341250_79e638a40b_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8364/8266341424_0246d2753e_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8200/8265273621_d8f9ec42ae_z.jpg

After the cake, we headed down to Bloomington for an afternoon at the water park.

To cap off Laura’s birthday celebrations, Monday was a snow-day — no school! IMG_5002

Happy 11th birthday Laura!

1 comment:

Jason and Angie said...

It looks like it was the purr-fect birthday! Happy Birthday, Laura!