Cake and cows

Kaylin has been (unknowingly) enjoying an entire birthday week. Almost everyday, she receives new packages to open and a new toy or book to enjoy.

Birthday week began at Grandma and Grampa G's house, where Kaylin was showered with gifts from Grandma and Grampa and Uncle Chris and Auntie Annette. She also enjoyed a healthy banana and yogurt "cake" while the rest of had totally unhealthy but delicious birthday cake. Also this week, Kaylin received a visit and a wonderful book from my friend Joanna, an adorable online Hallmark card from our neighbours who are out east right now, a wind-up (i.e. no batteries needed, yayy!!) TV from our other neighbours, a beautiful outfit and fun bath toys from our friends Nika and Andrea, and several wonderful books from Brian's business partner Pete. Thanks everyone!! You made Kaylin's birthday so special.

On Wednesday (the Big Day) I took Kaylin to one of her favourite places, the Toronto Zoo, where we saw giraffes, and gorillas, shared applesauce, and rode the Zoomobile. Kaylin also made the sign for "bird" at every pesky seagull she saw. Just after we arrived home, Kaylin received a beautiful bouquet of flowers with two balloons and two teddy bears from Meme and Pepe. She loves waving the balloons around and making the "sniff sniff" sign for flowers whenever we pass the bouquet.

That night Kaylin enjoyed her first birthday cake, a bizarre sugar-free recipe I found in one of my baby books. It wasn't bad, but I prefer the traditional cake myself! After cake Kaylin, daddy and I opened her gifts and played with her new Fisher-Price barnyard. She loves opening and closing the barn doors, dropping the animals into the hay loft, and laughing hysterically when the chicken makes its cluck-cluck noise. I love watching her face as she plays and discovers something new every time.