Isabelle's 4th Birthday

For Isabelle's actual birthday, we let her decide where she wanted to go out to eat for dinner. She chose Okinawa, a Japanese Hibachi Grill. We always enjoy eating at hibachi restaurants and seeing them cook in front of us, so it was a treat for all of us. For her birthday, they brought out a carved pineapple and some icecream for each of us. After dinner, we went back to the house to eat some cupcakes I had made for her, and to open her presents. Her present from us was a big girl princess bicycle with training wheels. She had been asking for a bike, so she was excited about it. Grammy and Pappy got her some drawing and stamp activities which she has enjoyed as well.


Isabelle's birthday celebration at school:


The following Saturday we celebrated her birthday party with her friends at Liza Jackson Park. Well, we took a chance having an outdoor party in December, but who knew that it would be freezing cold AND raining on the day of her party? We really didn't have a plan B option since we weren't prepared to have it at our house on base, so we just did it under the pavillion at the park and tried to make it quick. It really was a pretty miserable day to be outside, but we had faithful friends who showed up anyway, so Isabelle was happy. It stopped raining during the party so some of the kids actually went out on the playground for a little while, getting cold and wet in the process. Isabelle thought that was fun until she realized just how cold she was. Then she wasn't a happy camper. However, we survived and probably won't schedule an outdoor birthday party in the winter again!