Birthday Girl

We celebrated Mary's birthday with the family today - it was wonderful! Mary really loves penguins, which she calls "ducks", and so a (very loose) theme was born. Emily gave me this idea - olives stuffed with cream cheese~
They were a hit - but a lot of work (Scott and I spent an hour making these early this morning). We had chili, and cornbread for dinner, and finally, cake!

It's a quadruple layer butter pound cake with fresh strawberry puree and whipped cream frosting. 100% homemade! The igloo is molded from Rice Krispie Treats and the penguins are assembled from gumdrops and Reeses Pieces~

I love Mary's tongue sticking out~

The dress was in a bag of hand-me-downs and fit perfectly~

Two is a great birthday - they finally "get it" at this age and really enjoy their parties~

I am very proud of this cake~

And this little girl~

Pleasure is spread through the earth

In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.

~William Wordsworth