Esther's 9th Birthday

Esther has turned 9.  One more year until she breaks double digits.  We were in Houston for her birthday, so we had to keep it on the down low.  My mom made her a cake, since our air b'n'b didn't have a big enough pan to cook a cake in handy. We also forgot that we had no matches or lighters, seeing how none of us smoke.  So we had to hold a candle to the stove and hope it got hot enough to light.  It did.  Crisis averted. 

 She was able to spend all day at the children's museum in Houston, which she loved.  She didn't get most of her presents until we got home, but we hit the target when we got her a plush lizard that zipped open and was full of  baby lizards.  We also got her an animal anatomy coloring book, which she also loves.  Our money is on her she becoming a veterinarian.  

 

Most of Esther's presents were on their way via Amazon to our house, so I bought her a Kinder Egg to open. It was a bunny.

Esther's birthday cake.  She put the candles in herself, always in rainbow order.