Serafina's 12th Birthday!

I can't believe my little baby is 12 today.  She is so smart and strong and resilient.  She wasn't too thrilled about having to spend the day at school on her birthday, but that's the way it goes sometimes.  To make up for it a little, I only made her go to one of her two dance classes this afternoon.  Instead of dancing, she opened presents, like this "The Office" version of UNO.  We played a round with Nana before dinner. 

After dinner we had cake. She wanted a cake from the same bakery that we got my birthday cake. It was a Neapolitan mousse cake, so it had chocolate and vanilla cake inside with chocolate and strawberry mousse.  It was very delicious. 

Birthday girl.!

With dad. 

With Nana. 

Twelve candles, plus one to grow on. 

She wanted one of the adorable Disney mini backpacks we saw on our trip to Disneyland back in January 2020.  Of course, we aren't headed to Disneyland any time soon, but I was able to find a perfect one online.  Leo and I had a wacky mall adventure picking it up from the store it was shipped to in a mall a little ways from our house that we almost never visit.  It was worth it, because she was really thrilled with the bag and it's super high quality.  I kind of want one for myself now. 

The other big item on her list was roller skates.  She outgrew her old skates a while ago (but they fit me perfectly), so we did some research and found a pair of high quality skate that should work well for her.  When we were trying to pick the color, the purple option was perfect.  She had just gotten her nails done in pretty much the exact same color.  When she opened them, she was thrilled and her manicure was still holding up to match the skates. 

They fit really well and she's excited about them.  Here she is trying them on while on the phone with her bestie Maya. 

She's almost as tall as her dad with the skates on! 

Overall, she had a good birthday.  She did say that going to school on her birthday was "boring", but that we did a good job making up for it in the afternoon and evening.  She'll be celebrating more in the next week or so.