Our Little Monkey is One

On Friday we had some monkey fun,

'Cause our little Elise was turning one.
Monkey see, Monkey do,
Monkeys like to party too!

Hazel really enjoyed helping me bake Elise's cake.

Elise could hardly wait for the cake to come out of the oven.

I thought the cake came out really well, and it was super tasty!

But we had a lot of birthday to get through before we could dig in to our tasty, tasty cake.

To start our morning off right, I baked banana muffins in monkey muffin cups! They were tasty and they were a Weight Watchers-friendly recipe so Momma could partake too!

After breakfast, we met Auntie Anne and Audrey at the Children's Museum for a fun-filled morning.

We started our visit off with a birthday ride on the carousel.

Then we spent most of the rest of the morning playing with the Barbies in the Barbie exhibit.

While the girls were napping, I decorated for the party. Glenn blew up all these balloons the night before. I always knew he was full of hot air. HA!

Streamers are so much fun!

It was such a cute little monkey party!

Elise wasn't so sure about the party hats.

Everybody else got in on the fun, though!

Grammy bought Elise this Cozy Coupe, and she spent the rest of the night in it.

She opened her presents in it. (Aunt Sarah sent her an Ugly Doll)

A stylin' hat from Aunt Stephanie.

A cookie jar from Aunt Kelly.

An check out these sparkly, blinky shoes from Auntie Anne.

And Momma made this sweet quilt for Elise out of her old baby receiving blankets.

Finally time to break into that yummy cake!

Forks are for wimps. Elise prefers the two-handed shovel method.

I think it's safe to say that the cake was a smashing success!

Right down to licking the fingers.

Hazel loved it too. She got the monkey's ear!