Another Birthday

Last weekend we celebrated the first birthday of my grand-niece Emily.  As usual, the clan rallied around to make it a delightful time.   At first Emily wasn't sure about this cake business, but she quickly got into the swing of things and made short (messy) work of her birthday cupcake.  I think her verdict was that it was quite acceptable!

Her cousins were there to help in the celebration.  The older girls got into the bubble-making with great gusto, but the younger children got more pleasure out of chasing them (or just ignored the whole thing).

At one point Elizabeth seemed to be bestowing birthday blessings, but I think it was just a friendly head pat.

Jake kept himself amused with Emily's Easter bunny, which makes delightful music when you get it started by pressing a paw.

I'm not sure Emily understood what all the fuss was about, but she seemed to take it in stride.

And old Auntie Em had a great time, too!

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