Lilly's Birthday Doughnuts

Hey -- this has been a brutal winter. And just when we saw some sunshine at the end of the tunnel (50 degrees on Saturday)...we woke up to SNOW ON THE GROUND Sunday.

REALLY.  ENOUGH ALREADY...

You already know John fell on the ice...and, for him, this winter was NOT getting any better.

He ended up in the hospital again...for an over night. So, Uncle Ross had to step in and take my place for Lilly's birthday surprise.  (A Cirque d'Soleil event!!). My sisters, Ronda and Deena were there, too...and Lilly had a WONDERFUL TIME.

But for her actual birthday breakfast, we didn't have a cake (yet).

So, before the kids woke up, I made a run to our local Casey's convenience store...to buy BIRTHDAY DOUGHNUTS...

Every child should have somebody sing Happy Birthday to them on the morning of their important double digit 10th birthday!! And we all know that REQUIRES A CAKE...

Of course, doughnuts are any kid's favorite thing...ALMOST BETTER THAN CAKE, RIGHT?

But I didn't want Lilly to blow on the ACTUAL doughnuts...so we stuck the candles into a piece of bread...

She was very pleased...even though our singing was pitiful...

It really is mostly about BLOWING OUT THOSE CANDLES...