Bad precedent

So lucky G - she has her birthday during the craziest time of the year and, as a result, gets multiple birthday celebrations. This year, coincidentally, she had four distinct birthday parties in the year she turned four. (There was a fifth at her daycare but I'm not going to refer to it here because I don't have pictures and it sort of ruins the theme of this posting.)

So in chronological order we have:

BIRTHDAY #1: Nun's Island, QC, my mother's house. Happily, Amos, Carolyn, Ben and his friend were there as well so it was a family celebration. Fancy french cakes were served.

BIRTHDAY #2: London, ON, Katharine and Ray's house. Another family celebration, this time post-Christmas with all the Drapers (and a Quinn or three). Last-minute Loblaws cake served.

BIRTHDAY #3: Ottawa, ON, our house. This was the celebration on the actual day. Just the four of us there, which was just fine, given that I didn't want to share the lemon pound cake with buttercream frosting from a local fine baker. The cake inscription was a text message version of "Happy 4th Birthday Gabrielle."

BIRTHDAY #4: Ottawa, ON, McKellar Park field house. This was the birthday party with all of Gabrielle's little friends in attendance. The theme was Princesses and Pirates, but who cares - it was all about the cupcakes. Do you suppose she's thinking: oh god, more cake...? (no)