Adelaide is 9!
For Adelaide’s ninth birthday, we had a wild animal party with her friends.
There was (pretty awesome) face painting.
Adelaide and I made an ice cream cake at her request. We used this recipe. She wanted it to look like a bear face, but I didn’t feel good about cutting up a bear face (plus, I wasn’t sure if I could make it look like a bear and not a round-faced cat). So I convinced her to make it a safari cake instead.
Here’s a rare sighting of me. The candles were hard to light.
My wild bunch. 
Happy birthday to yooooou…
Make a wish!
Now everybody grab a tiny animal. 
Present time!
A doll gardening set from Soren (she’s the giraffe behind the box).
A DIY journal kit from Sophie.
Camping Legos from Preston.
Sidewalk chalk and sprinkler fun from Emma and Shyloh (not pictured, since they had to go to a soccer game).
A ballet bag, sweater and book from cousin (and fellow ballerina) Elizabeth.
Fun markers and art supplies from Ruby. And Adelaide acting like a monkey.
Then they did cool kid stuff like sitting on walls.
Happy birthday, Adelaide! Hope this year is the best yet.
And a big shout-out to Aunt Megan for the pictures!
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