Golden Girl

Sophie, Sophie, Sophie.  So much personality housed in such a small little body.  As of yesterday, the daughter formerly known as the super muppet is officially seven years old.  And since her birthday is on the 7th, she's been begging for weeks and weeks to PLEASE have a party since it's her GOLDEN birthday and she'll never be turning 7 ever again.  Haha.  I don't know where she even discovered the concept of the golden birthday, but I was unfortunately unable to oblige her request.  At least for a friend party.  A family party, however, was always in the plans. 

 The birthday girl on her way to school.

 This is her "Mom, I'm going to miss the bus!" pose.

 Followed by a classic "Can we please be done???" look.

The two big things she was excited about on her big day were: changing out her earrings for the first time and getting to take a picture with the birthday bear in her classroom.  Having her hair put up in a bun was just the icing on the cake.  Even though her actual birthday was on a Friday, we had decided a while ago that we would celebrate with cake and presents on Saturday so that we'd have more time to throw everything together and not cut into bedtime.  Especially since the Mustache Bash was on Friday night as well.  So, after the requested birthday meal of chicken nuggets last night, Ethan and I headed out the door for the dance, while the girls settled in for a double feature movie night.  

 Chicken Nuggets!  Yay!

 "I mustache you a question."  Hahaha.

Cuttin' a rug!  It was a lot of fun.  Even Ethan admitted on the drive home that it was a lot better than he thought it was going to be.  Hahaha.  I'll take it!

For Sophie's celebratory Saturday today, Scott took the girls to see Frozen this morning for the second time and Ethan joined them as well.  While they were getting their movie on, I was finishing up Sophie's felt flower disco ball {the coffee filter one from a couple of years ago was dismembered long ago} and trying to get a cake made.  Since Sophie is allergic to most cakes, I stumbled across a genius idea on Pinterest this year for a Rice Krispie Treat cake that would work perfectly for the Golden Girl!  At her request, I used a heart shaped pan to make the treats in and then whipped up some chocolate "butter" cream frosting using Blue Bonnet Light margarine (which is dairy free) and a little bit of soy milk.  {Too much and it makes her tongue itch.}  After frosting the "cake," I topped it off with the sloppiest bit of icing writing you'll ever see and a few leftover felt roses from various Valentine projects that were lying around the house.  And a single solitary candle that was the only one remaining from the stash that Alex and Jane got into while I was frosting the cake. 

 Ta da?

 Oh Jane.

 

 There's that disco ball!

 Those felt flowers took a deceptively long amount of time to create.  I probably wouldn't have even started this had I known how many hours it would take to finally complete it.  But at least it looks really pretty.  Right???  And Sophie really loves it, so I guess that makes it worth it.  Haha.

 I think this is my favorite shot of the bunch.  Isn't she a cutie?  

 Or maybe this one's my fave.  It's hard to choose!

Despite the fact that there were a paltry number of presents for her to open this afternoon, Sophie was excited and happy about each and every one.  Always nice to see!  After having Sophie ask me yesterday to please buy her a rainbow loom for her birthday, I thought to myself -- heck no, we will NOT be adding a 3rd rainbow loom to this household mix!  So, upon consulting with Ethan he agreed to give her HIS loom and extra rubber bands for a birthday gift and I agreed to slip him some money under the table to reimburse him for part of the price.  After all, he did buy it all with his own money.  {And to be honest, I think he was happy at the prospect of making some money off of it since he hasn't really used it since way before Christmas.}  Rounding out her selection of presents was a Kidz Bop CD from Jane, earrings from Alex, a necklace from me and Scott, and another pair of earrings from Grace.  All in all, she was pretty stoked about her loot.

 I was surprised at how excited ALL the kids were about this addition to the household music collection.

So there you go -- a golden birthday for the ages!  Haha.  When Scott asked her at bedtime what she likes best about being 7, she responded that the best thing about it is being an inch taller.  I don't think that's even accurately true, but we'll let her think it anyway.  :)

Happy Birthday to the Super Soph!!!  We love you!

Okay, just kidding.  THESE are my favorite pictures of the day.  :)