Happy Birthday, Sweet Pea!

For those of you who don't know...May 19th is Grace's birthday!

Jeff and I both took off work to spend it with our precious little girl. We started the day off with some homemade pancakes with homemade apple syrup (applesauce with a little maple syrup)compliments of Daddy. This was the first time Grace had ever had pancakes. At first she wasn't sure about it (We are having a difficult time with Grace wanting to eat table food. She would rather just swallow her food than chew. The only exceptions to this are Cheerios, Puffs, Goldfish, and chicken nuggets), but she soon realized the pancakes were yummy. After breakfast Grace opened up her presents from Jeff and I, which included her very own purse with coin purse, powder compact and cell phone that rings. A girl can't live without these necessities. :)

The first thing on our agenda for the day (since I'm such a planner) was the Austin Children's Museum. I haven't been there in years, but it's still the same just in a new location.

Here are some pictures of Grace at the museum:

Just in case you couldn't tell from the pictures, Grace is playing with musical instruments made out of various materials. The exhibit at the museum is "Play It By Ear." We had so much fun! The best part about it was that her birthday fell on a Monday which is Baby Bloomers day at the museum, ages 3 and under.

Next, we headed to a pizzeria down off SoCo (South Congress) called Home Slice. We had pepperoni pizza and again it was a first for Grace. She loved it! It was challenging for Mommy and Daddy to keep the bites coming because the pizza was so hot and we were trying to cool it as fast as possible to keep the bites coming, but at times Grace was getting a little impatient. Imagine that!

After pizza, we headed off for a special birthday cupcake. I had heard of this place called Hey Cupcake. Supposedly their cupcakes are fabulous, but unfornately they were closed. Bummer! So, Daddy took us to another cupcake place called Cakes and More ( I believe this is what it's called.) and they were closed too. I guess it wasn't meant to be because before we knew it Grace was fast asleep in her carseat sucking her thumb and rubbing on her "lovey."

We had a wonderful time with our sweet pea!

Happy Birthday, Grace!

Love,

Mommy and Daddy