Siesa also woke up earlier than usual for her birthday. Her cake was a princess crown with candy on it. Siesa got the take a snack for preschool she wanted chocolate covered strawberries. After Jensen left for school she dipped her strawberries which was a fun way to start her birthday. She had so much fun at school getting all the attention. Then she spent the whole afternoon decorating hats for her party. My parents came to dinner to help us celebrate her birthday. She chose Mexican rice and jello salad for her dinner I added a few other things, steak and beans to complete the meal. She got a caboodle, makeup, a stick horse, a princess dress, castle and some more polly pockets. She loved having all the attention. After we had sung to her and had cake and ice cream and it was time for bed she said “but we still need to have my party” What? . . . I told her we did she wasn’t so sure. Silly girl she changes her mind a lot.
Instead of having a party this year our kids picked something fun to do so on Saturday we celebrated with them. Jensen chose to go to the movie the Lorax in the theaters. That was this first time and he loved it. Siesa and I went with her cousin Kate and Aunt Diana to Abravanel Hall for a symphony/dance performance. We got all dressed up for the event and had a great time.
Jensen’s birthday began early at 2:30 am. He was so excited about his birthday he couldn’t sleep and kept coming up and asking if he could get up. I let him look at his presents and his cake but he still wouldn’t go back to bed unfortunately. By 5am I threatened him and he stayed in his bed until 6. He said he didn’t go to sleep at all. He was so excited the whole day. His cake was an ice-cream Lego cake with Lego figures on it. Derek's parents came to dinner and we had Jensen’s favorite foods fish tacos, peas, potatoes. For his birthday he got some playmobile stuff, clothes, his own set of scriptures, star wars action figures a remote control car and a Jedi robe and shoes. He was very excited to show everyone at church his scriptures with is name on them and he was very glad he didn’t have to do chores for the whole day. He kept saying things like “I am the king today and I can do whatever I want.” He is already looking forward to next year when he will turn 8.
