Luci Has a Birthday

Lucinda's personality is all her own, and her quirks and mysteries are a gift to unwrap.  We love you aaaaall the way to the other side of Plano, dear Duck-horse, and beyond that to Coconut!   Happy birthday, little one!

Ever since Annika had "birthday-cake pancakes" at Aunt Becky's house for a sleepover breakfast (thanks for nothing, Beck), all the girls have visions of how wonderful they must be.  So, with a bit of manipulation from persuasive sisters,  Lucinda requested birthday-cake pancakes for her birthday breakfast.

How hard can they be, right?  Harder than I thought.  I didn't look up a recipe until birthday morning, and, lo and behold, they all call for cake mixes, so I had to make a homemade "cake mix" to fold into my pancake batter.  It would have been easier to just make her a cake for breakfast and call it good.

Essentially, I think that's what they got, anyway.





Later that night, sporting her fourth birthday outfit of the day, Luci unpacked her cheesiest grin for a picture by the rainbow-stripe duck cake.






Poof!  And then she was four.


 

The highlight of her day (nay-- month-- since she's still telling people about it) was a birthday date with Papa.  They spent a couple of hours in the nearest town eating the Happy Meal she bought with a gift card, and then he bought her stickers and nail polish.  I know!  Crazy hi-jinks! Lately, when John drives in at night, she bounces into the kitchen and proclaims, "Your love is home, Mama!  Your love is home!  Come kiss your love!"   I think he has more than one love in this house, though, judging by her smile.