Hannah felt better today so we had her belated birthday celebration. I made her a chocolate cake. The secret ingredient was pureed beets. Bet you didn't see that coming! I used one of my favorite cake recipes, Chocolate Zucchini Cake, but used beets instead of zucchini. You couldn't taste the beets at all. It was just a tasty cake. The decoration is supposed to be a ballerina, in case you can't tell.
Hannah got lots of great presents, including a bunch of great books, art supplies, and My Little Ponies. She is getting to be a real pro at opening gifts!
In keeping with the ballet theme, I made her a tutu and we also gave her ballet shoes and pink tights. At the CVS after-Christmas sale I found the little shower puff around a hippo doll pictured above. I think it's useless as a shower thing, but it looks a lot like a hippo in a tutu. And for 30 cents, that's hard to beat!
Josh's mom came over to celebrate with us (his dad was too sick to attend, so we sent his piece of cake home to him) and read Hannah one of her new books. The jumper Hannah is wearing was a gift from my mom. I embroidered both of the pockets, which I think came out pretty well. A closeup of the embroidery is below.
Hannah seemed to really enjoy her birthday. Hopefully soon I can get a video of her announcing, "I'm TWO!" or doing her little ballet routine. Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!
Hannah felt better today so we had her belated birthday celebration. I made her a chocolate cake. The secret ingredient was pureed beets. Bet you didn't see that coming! I used one of my favorite cake recipes, Chocolate Zucchini Cake, but used beets instead of zucchini. You couldn't taste the beets at all. It was just a tasty cake. The decoration is supposed to be a ballerina, in case you can't tell.
Hannah got lots of great presents, including a bunch of great books, art supplies, and My Little Ponies. She is getting to be a real pro at opening gifts!
In keeping with the ballet theme, I made her a tutu and we also gave her ballet shoes and pink tights. At the CVS after-Christmas sale I found the little shower puff around a hippo doll pictured above. I think it's useless as a shower thing, but it looks a lot like a hippo in a tutu. And for 30 cents, that's hard to beat! 
Josh's mom came over to celebrate with us (his dad was too sick to attend, so we sent his piece of cake home to him) and read Hannah one of her new books. The jumper Hannah is wearing was a gift from my mom. I embroidered both of the pockets, which I think came out pretty well. A closeup of the embroidery is below.
Hannah seemed to really enjoy her birthday. Hopefully soon I can get a video of her announcing, "I'm TWO!" or doing her little ballet routine. Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!
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I am so glad Hannah is feeling better and could finally celebrate being TWO! It looks like she had a great time. You'll have to post the beet cake recipe. I am skeptical and would like to try it! :)
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