We had a wonderful conference weekend! We went to the beach Saturday morning before conference started. It was a little cold but Ashton loved building a castle in the sand. Ashton enjoyed listening to the choirs sing and always asked for more singing.
For my birthday, we had some friends over for cake and ice cream Sunday night. The cake didn't turn out the best. I tried to make a funfetti cake from scratch, which was fine. But I used a 6 inch pan and the middle of the cake took much longer to bake than the outer part. This meant that part of it was overdone and the middle was barely done. Oh well. Ashton picked the color of the frosting. Yellow. I tried to persuade against it but that's what she wanted. Of course, she assumed my birthday was her birthday and blew out my candles.
Monday morning, I woke up to Ashton telling Joseph that she wanted to open my presents. Ashton helped wrap them the night before so she knew what they were for the most part. As she is handing me a gift, she is also telling me what it is. How kind! She enjoyed opening my presents.
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| Her self-portrait that morning |
We took advantage of some free birthday treats. Ashton and I went to Panera Bread for breakfast, which just opened in town, and had a yummy (and free) cinnamon roll. For lunch that day, we met up with a friend and her son at Chick-fil-a. That way, the kids could play and the adults could have a conversation with minimal interruptions. That night, we went out to eat again with Joseph and Ashton did very well at the restaurant. Now, Ashton asks for "restaurants" all the time. Her gift to me was taking a long nap and being happy for the majority of the day. I think there was only one meltdown when she wanted to pet our neighbor's dog.
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| My visiting teacher stopped by to drop off a yummy cupcake and a freezer meal. |
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| Random picture- a friend made this for Ashton's birthday. She likes it. |
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