She's Juicy, Sweet & Loves to Eat!

We celebrated Nora's 1st birthday today with a watermelon-themed party! Here we are - all decked out in watermelon colors (bet you can guess whose idea that was!)

Here's Nora with Evie and her friends Reece and Ellie, enjoying a picnic in our completely empty "formal living room." I'm pretty sure our girls love the fact we haven't bought furniture yet - it's a perfect party space!

I attempted my first cake ever - finally using that lovely Kitchen-aid Mixer we received for our wedding nearly SIX years ago! I know, I know! Back to the baking - the cake, decorated to look like a watermelon (you can tell, right?!) turned out a bit lumpy but tasted good. The cake on the left is Nora's "smash" cake, another "creation by Cowie!" Send your orders in soon - my baking business is taking off!

Nora and I posed before the real "smashing" of the cake began ...

She's starting to dig in ...

Now she's really starting to like it ...

Evie and Great Yiayia are joining the fun too ...

Icing is flying ... little girls are laughing ...

And we're done - into our suits for fun in the pool and sprinkler before opening a few presents and then collapsing for a long nap! Not just Nora, all of us!

But not without a parting shot of Evie the dress-up diva who now sings "happy birthday - cha, cha, cha"  -  "really, really loud." Her words, not mine, but this is one time we definitely agree! Happy birthday Nora - we love you!