Buchanan Babies: Flashback: First Birthday Party

I must send my sincerest apologies for so sorely neglecting my blog. Now that I am feeling better about being caught up on things, like cleaning, I realizing all the other things I used to do. I am going to try to do a better job of updating the blog, but first I need to backtrack a bit to fill in the several month gap, starting with Elzi and Lillian's first birthday party.

On Saturday, December 19th, 2009, we celebrated Elzi and Lillian's first birthday with family and friends at our house. The night before, we got the first of many significant snow falls. It was enough snow to trap Nana and Papa Buchanan in Morganton, and the only reason Grandma and Grandpa Harris made it was that an ambulance got stuck in their neighborhood, so their road had to be plowed. All of the girls' aunts, uncles, and cousins were there, as well as their Great Grandma, Doris.

Mommy made a fly boat cake, just like the one on the "Wonder Pets," for all the guests. For their first taste of cake, Elzi had a Ming Ming (the duckling) cupcake and Lillian had a Linny (the guinea pig) cupcake. Lillian was unsure at first. She stuck her finger in the icing, slowly tasting it, and eventually breaking the cupcake apart and eating it. Elzi, on the other hand, after getting upset about her party hat, stuffed the entire cupcake into her mouth. In true, one-year-old form, the girls got cake and icing all over their faces, and had a blast!