Skipper turned five today. She didn't want to have a party; she wanted to have a family day. Most of her expressed wishes revolved around food. Our diet today was almost entirely restricted to starch and dairy; vegetables were banned. Skipper really enjoys helping with cooking and baking, and yesterday as she was spinning lettuce dry for salad, she announced jauntily "We won't need to use the salad spinner tomorrow, because there won't be any salad!" She did allow raspberries and strawberries, in the interest of vitamins.
She got a number of wonderful presents, and got to do lots of things she wanted to do, as well as eat only starch and dairy (plus hamburger). By about noon, though, she was getting overwhelmed, and was pretty cranky all afternoon. When we brought out her cake (which she had just frosted), she practically hid under the table.
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| Second dairy+starch meal. Flowers arranged by Duchess. |
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| Setting up the thank-you-note list before opening presents. |
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| Overwhelmed by cake. |
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