Kammie turns 9 (Happy Birthday)

Kammie had her 9th birthday. Where has the time gone that my little on is now 9 years old and been baptized for an entire year? We began the day giving her two presents that were swimming related [a new towel and a swim suit cover up] and then we headed off to the swim meet. (See the results of the meet on the previous post.)

As always, she enjoyed opening her presents...





Kammie had a great idea on how to design her Birthday cake. The 9x13 pan became the swimming pool frosted in light blue frosting for the water. We made the lane ropes with M&M's and the black marking flags with pipe cleaners and tooth picks. Then she placed swimmers (polly pocket dolls) in each lane. The girl in the middle climbing out of the pool represents Kammie being done with her race and getting out of the pool after giving her coach a high five. As you can see, one swimmer is only half way down the length of the pool and one girl is in just diving in. I've inclued several shots of the cake to try to give you the full effect. It was fun to decorate.





Listening to the birthday song with all the candles lit...


Blowing out the candles...

I'm number one!