Clara's Birthday & More

Today is Clara's 5th birthday. She is such a well behaved, smart, and loving dog. Our family wouldn't be complete without our furry companion. It makes me a little sad to notice how much gray is starting to show on her face, but she still has plenty of puppy left in her. That's one of the joys of a golden. (She also really needs a haircut!!)

We made Clara puppy cupcakes.

Danielle let her lick the scooper.

Clara doesn't like to walk on the laminate floor, but she knew we were up to something yummy and ventured in far enough to keep an eye on us.

Puppy carob cupcakes, topped with a yogurt based icing and beggin' strip pieces.

Smells. So. Good!
She inhaled 2 and LOVED them!!

Time for presents! It's a tick. The back side says "pinch me".

 

This one has a birthday cake that says "happy birthday" on it. She tried without success to get that cake off. Maybe tomorrow.

Today also happens to be Danielle's 1/2 birthday. At this point, it's probably more about having an excuse to make a dessert, but I'm ok with that.  After all, I'd much rather think about dessert than about Danielle being 11.

Somehow that's supposed to be 10 1/2.

Danielle's basketball team had their first round of end-of-season tournaments today. We won both games by a lot, so we will be first seed for the playoffs next weekend. Danielle kicked butt defensively today, and I'm pretty sure she's going to be feeling it tomorrow!!

See #20 & #28? Both of those big girls ended up guarding Danielle at one point or another.

It wasn't vacation in the Florida Keys, but it was a good day. :)