Brielle's Birthday

Brielle turned 8 on Monday!  She and her cousin, Abigail (who turned 1) got to celebrate together on Sunday night with a friends and family dinner.  Brielle was really excited that Abigail was born so close to her birthday and they have a special bond.

For birthdays at our house you get to decide the menu and don't have to do any jobs.  I asked Brielle what she wanted to do for her birthday and she said she wanted to read all day.  So, after she got home from school she did a lot of reading on her kindle.  We then got to go have another smaller family dinner and a sleep over and Grandma and Papa Finlay's house.  She was a very happy girl.

Requested menu this year:

Sunday Birthday Dinner- Beaurox, Broccoli Cheese Soup, Caesar Salad and Watermelon

Breakfast-Crepes (make sure they include raspberries, bananas, nutella and whipped cream she specified)

After School Snack-Caramel Popcorn

Monday Birthday Dinner- Lasagna, Breadsticks, Caesar Salad, Pineapple

Brielle requested an Eiffel tower cake.  She is very excited for her upcoming trip to Europe, especially getting to go to Paris. She couldn't decide if she wanted chocolate speckled cake, or flourless chocolate cake, so I suggested we could do both and make it in the shape of an 8.  She was pretty thrilled with that idea, and had a great time decorating it.