I stayed up late the night before to make Emma's cake. It was a mint ruffle with a large coral rosette on top of the cake. It didn't take that long, but I messed up several places because I was getting tired. Super easy but cute, even with the defects, lol!
Emma woke up with little problem on her birthday, August 31. We made English scones with peach devonshire cream for her breakfast...mmMMmm. I decorated her back pack, but she was super embarrassed and said there was no way she was wearing that and asked if she could cut it off. I thought it might be fun so others knew it was her birthday. Of course I told her she could cut off the balloons. I guess every morning during announcements, they announce birthdays. So everyone knew anyway. She said her friends sang to her at lunch and her band teacher played "Happy Birthday" on his trumpet. She said it was a great day at school!
In the afternoon, she got home and the Young Women's president came over with gifts and all of the Young Women stuff and gave her a run down of how Young Women's works and helped her understand personal progress.
We hung out in the afternoon and she arranged some flowers we got for her as a centerpiece. She has loved arranging flowers since she was little and Grandma Di taught her and she did a great job! Cov helped me wrap her presents and was soOO excited for her to open them. He kept saying "I love Emma. She's the best sister!" Aww. From the time she got home, "Emma, can you open your presents now?" Cov even hurried and got his homework done so she could. So she opened a few - a Lego set which was Emma, and later she opened the rest - a new dress, some lip gloss, some things for her new bedroom which we're working on decorating right now, and a few other things.
We started out her party with Taco Bell at home. We had all the fixings to make tostadas or tacos or burritos or crunch wraps or double decker tacos. We talked about Emma and our favorite things about her and favorite memories. Dad talked about how helpful she was, I talked bout how optimistic she is, Cal likes how fun she is, Lucy likes how sweet she is, and Cov likes how she plays with him. We talked about fun times we have together and Emma is so good to play with her siblings. Yes, she has those preteen moments when she needs alone time, but she does do fun things with her brother and sisters. and is so kind to them.
Then we played games. We played a paper plate game. I gave everyone a paper plate to put on their head and a pen. Then I called out instructions I made up (based off a Christmas game we played once). First, it was to draw a picture of Emma's head in the center of the paper plate. Then to add a birthday hat on her head. Then we drew a cake on the right side of her. Added 12 candles. Drew a present on the left of her. Added a pretty bow. Above Emma, we drew confetti in the air. Below her, wrote happy birthday. Then we took a look at the pictures and all had a pretty great laugh. We also played the lipstick blindfold game, where we took turns being blindfolded and doing each others lipstick. That was a hoot and Emma loved it, giggling the whole time!
Next we had cake. Emma really liked the mint and pink coral cake and her decorations that matched. We sang to her in our crazy way, and she blew out all twelve candles. I guess I need to stock up on candles, because I was just going to do 1 and 2 for twelve, the the younger kids insisted she had 12 candles on the cake. I hope all of your wishes come true! We had some yummy Blue Bunny ice cream to go along with the Funfetti cake. Then we finished off the night watching a movie, and Emma chose Nacho Libre. It was a great day for our baby girl! I can't believe she's been on this earth for twelve years! She's graced our presence with her sweetness, laid-back attitude, helpful spirit, cute giggle, kind demeanor, hard working personality, and caring heart. We are so blessed to have Emma babes in our lives!
Emma @ #12YrsOld
Nick names: Emma Girl, Cool Beans Emma
In her spare time: Play with Jazz, read, play games
Best friends: Leah, Ivy, Joy & Anna, and new friends Brilee
Favorite color: Mint green
Favorite books: Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, the Wings of Fire
Favorite food: Taco Bell
Favorite treat: Pie
Favorite vegetable: Tomatoes
Favorite fruit: Peaches
Favorite drink: cherry, Dr. Pepper
Favorite thing to play with: Legos, Jazzy
Favorite subject at school: English Language Arts, Exploratory
Favorite TV shows: Studio C, 5 Minute Crafts, Guava Juice (on YouTube)
Favorite movie: Mama Mia and Avengers Infinity Wars
Favorite song: Bushes of Love, Seagulls Stop it Now, Walk Like an Egyptian, Child's Prayer
Favorite game: Clue & In the Beginning
Favorite season: Winter
Favorite holiday: Halloween
Favorite animal: Cats & snakes
Favorite sport: Football & wrestling
Thing she's best at: Tackling, art.
Wants to be when she grows up: A reporter for the TV news.
