11th Birthday Celebrations

I don't remember turning 11. I want Rose to never forget her 11th birthday. We filled it with a week of family and friend celebrations to help cement the event into her head.

Since then, things have been a little rocky. For now, for this post though, I'll focus on the happy. 

Here's a cake Rose and Mike made before the Schulte celebration. It was also Aunt Krista's birthday. To save space, Rose drew a rose for her name instead of spelling it out. Not a bad decorator, if you ask me.

 Here are the birthday girls!

Rose's cousin, Abby, made a great gift giver.

 

 I love this picture because of the sheer joy in Rose's face.

A week after, we celebrated again with my mom and aunt.

 

The picture below is a light saber - a real one, except it doesn't cut heads or hands off. Thank goodness.

Then, lastly, Beth, Jason, Lucy and Ben stopped by with cupcakes and gifts. A good time was had by all.

Oddly, we didn't get any pictures on Rose's actual birthday. We celebrated it with just us and also our family therapist, Penni. I made a German Chocolate cake, per Rose's request, and we got her an outfit and Star Wars Legos.

I've noticed a trend lately. With Rose around, we're hard pressed to get photos of all of us, they are all of her. Not good or bad. Just different.