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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Happy 7th birthday Zari!

Halloween is a great time for a birthday.


We did our usual birthday celebrations: homemade cake, opening presents (wrapped in brown paper--who needs wrapping paper when you have paper shopping bags?), looking at Zari's memory book, and reading her birth story.

This year Zari said she wanted a fancy cake that she could decorate. I made a 4-layer pink ombre cake. I even dyed the pink frosting 3 different shades. I frosted the cake, then put Zari in charge of decorating it.



I love ombre!

We embarked on a new adventure last week and invited a family with 8 children to come live with us. They spent more than half a year driving around the United States, up and down both coasts and all over in between. With colder weather moving in, they were getting really cold living in a tent. Our kids are in heaven with all the playmates around. And my house has never been cleaner, thanks to all the industrious helpers I now have!


Happy Birthday Zari! You can read her birth story here or browse around the November 2006 archives to read more about her early days with us.

3 comments:

  1. The cake is beautiful! And Zari looks so grown up.

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  2. You know I love that cake so much! Happy (late) Birthday Zari! And Happy Birth Day Rixa!! :-)

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  3. Happy birthday, Zari! That cake is adorable, too - and she looks so grown-up now!

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