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Meadow Turns 11

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This year for Meadow's birthday she decided she wanted to have a sleepover. 

Before her friends arrived we let her open her gifts from us. 

Theo got her some figures from her favorite book series, Warriors. I got her a Soot Sprites ramen bowl and Totoro chopsticks.

Uncle Colin wished Meadow a happy birthday and I made sure he knew that she got the message.

Another gift from me arrived just in time for her birthday. The Studio Ghibli Unofficial Cookbook.


We've been watching all of the Studio Ghibli movies on Max. It's kind of her thing this year.

After Meadow's friends arrived she opened their gifts. 

A Totoro lamp. (Can you guess what Meadow's favorite thing is these days?)

And a Apprentice Academy book.

Meadow planned the whole night for her and her friends. Including a Pin-the-tail on Jiji game. 

Things got pretty crazy. I guess we ought to have told Meadow that the Jiji needs to be a bit bigger.


You know we got another Sebastian Joe's ice cream cake. 

Birthdays around here can get a bit expensive. But it's worth it. We have to remember that most kids don't have our kids' appetites.

We had planned to do an outdoor movie but one of her friends couldn't stay the night. We borrowed a projector from Daniel and had the movie in our attic. We told Theo he couldn't bother Meadow and her friends so he sneakily watched from a hidden location. 

Happy 11th Birthday Meadow!

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