Layla's 4th Birthday

LET ME BEGIN WITH A HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY TO DENNIS!
I HOPE BUNNY BANANA IS DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL
FOR YOU!  AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF BIRTHDAYS....

THIS PAST SUNDAY WAS ERNIE'S NIECE LAYLA'S
4TH BIRTHDAY AT PETER PIPER PIZZA.  (REMINDS ME
OF REBECCA'S BIRTHDAYS THERE WHEN WE WERE KIDS.)

BUT FIRST, I HAVE TO START WITH THE CAKE.
IT WAS SO AMAZING THAT IT MADE ME NEVER
WANT TO ATTEMPT ANOTHER SPHERE CAKE AGAIN.

THIS WAS HOMEMADE!

HERE IS LAYLA WITH THE CAKE AS WELL AS
ERNIE'S OTHER NIECE OLIVIA IN THE RED TOP.

AND THE INSIDE WAS NEAPOLITAN COLORS!
SO AMAZINGLY CREATIVE AND WELL EXECUTED! 

LAYLA'S MOM (ERNIE'S SISTER) ADRIANNA DID THE
CUTEST THING FOR THE ICE CREAM.  SHE GOT INDIVIDUAL
CUPS AND PUT THEM INTO CELLOPHANE BAGS WITH A
COUPLE CUTE TOYS FOR EACH KID TO UNWRAP AS THEIR FAVORS.

THE WEIRD THING IS THAT THE CEILING SQUARES
THAT LIT UP WERE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS BUT MY
CAMERA ONLY REGISTERED WHITE AND YELLOW.
HUH.  I DON'T KNOW WHY.

I LIKE THIS WEIRD COW-BUNNY.
I'M GONNA MAKE A BUNNY BANANA
CAROUSEL ANIMAL TO RIDE ON.

THIS IS ERNIE'S NEPHEW RONIN.

LAYLA

LAYLA'S OUTFIT WAS SOOO CUTE.
I KEPT TRYING TO GET A GOOD PICTURE
BUT IT WAS HARD CAUSE 4 YR OLDS MOVE!

I FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH HER WHEN
HER GRANDMA WAS TAKING A PICTURE OF HER
AT THE END OF THE PARTY.  I ALMOST MISSED IT!

AND FINALLY ME AND ERNIE WON SOME
TICKETS, GOT SOME KANYE GLASSES, THEN
PROCEEDED TO TAKE IT OUT ON TAYLOR
SWIFT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.

CAUSE SHE'S MESSING WITH THE GREATEST.

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WAY BACK IN NOVEMBER WE PLAYED A GAME OF
TROUBLE WITH LAYLA THAT WAS SO FUNNY I TOOK
A BUNCH OF SHORT VIDEOS.  I WENT BACK TO TRY
TO PICK JUST ONE TO ADD TO THIS BLOG BUT I COULDN'T.
THERE ARE TOO MANY GOOD ONES.  IT IS A PROGRESSION OF
CUTENESS. SO INSTEAD, I NOW BRING TO YOU, A SERIES
OF SHORT FILMS I CALL "LAYLA PLAYS TROUBLE".  ENJOY-
THEY JUST GET BETTER AND BETTER AS THEY PROGRESS.

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