Sophie's First Birthday

What to the EVBC Commons and Sponge Bob have in common?

 

I can't think of anything really.  Except Sophie's birthday party / open house.  We rented the Commons so that people could come meet her, and so we wouldn't have 50 some people in our house.

Paige's friend from church made us an awesome cake.

We brought the birthday girl.

Who couldn't wait to dig in.

And then did.

Of course, we found out a few days later that she has Giardia.  Which can make digestion of sugar difficult.  Which explains why the entire piece of cake she ate didn't stay down for long.  She enjoyed it though!

So where does Sponge Bob play into all this?  Paige rented a giant bounce house for the older kids to play in.  Apparently someone offered her a deal on a bounce house... significant savings if you chose the bounce house with the weird sponge and his friends.  Being a good Dutchwoman, she went with the cheaper one.  Even if church seems like an odd place for a giant sponge.

Two other tidbits.  We opened all the presents when we got back home.  Someone thoughtfully gave us this little toy... which we all found to be nearly as weird as a giant sponge.  So you just in case you are reading this, we do sincerely appreciate the gift, as it gave us all a good laugh.

We also got this spinner car toy thing.  Levi fairly quickly snatched it and repurposed it.  This inventiveness could be very, ummmm, interesting come college.

Thanks to everyboy who came to help us celebrate!