We started the day with some cake baking and cookie painting. Since I made a dinosaur skeleton out of cookies last year, I figured I could make a "living" dinosaur this year and paint it with the egg yolk paint my mom used to decorate cookies with. When Merritt realized what I was doing he was all excited and eager to help. I let him pick the colors and paint the T-Rex tracks.
Here is our work in progress. I think the red mouth may have been a bit much...
The finished product.
It takes a lot of breath to blow out 8 candles!
Merritt got "Captain Underpants" books from Chad and I as well as dinosaur skeletons to excavate, a dino t-shirt, and a huge poster of the T-Rex "Sue" on display at the Field Museum in Chicago.
There were lots of fun books and toys from Grandma, Uncle Dax, and Grandma and Poppa.
Heather's gift of a Bionicle, however, got one of Merritt's biggest smiles!
It was a great birthday for our 8 year old! We love you Merritt!!
3 comments :
I love your cake. That is really creative making the dinosaur and tracks out of cookies.
It turned out very cute!!!
Wow--8! So, there's a baptism in the planning. What a great time! We miss you guys!
Happy B-Day Merritt! I can't believe you are 8! I am so excited to be there for your baptism. What a great kid you are and what a great example you are to your brother and sister.
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