Ruby's 5th Birthday

This is a super long post with lots of pictures on how we spent Ruby's birthday!! We always make her favourite cake: strawberry shortcake and sing happy birthday to her. This year was extra special because Melody was able to get her hair cut in memory of Roo for Locks of Love. She had 11 inches that she is donating.... so... here we go:

Aizen and I made the whipped cream for her cake and of course I had to give him one of the beaters. He couldn't get his tongue into the middle so he shoved his hand in and got lots of whipped cream that way. And yep, he's sitting on the counter hehe
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After school my father in law and I picked up Melody and proceeded to First Choice Haircutters to get Melody's hair done. Here is how long her hair has gotten, she has been growing it for 3 years now.

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All ready to get it chopped off!!!

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Getting her hair styled, it's in a bob that is shorter at the back and a bit longer in the front.

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She loved getting her hair blow dried and kept giggling about it tickling.

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Here we are back at home with her new hairstyle, Jenna and the hair she is donating.

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We started to make Ruby's cake. I had already sliced the strawberries and made the whipped cream.

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Her birthday candles, so bittersweet. /sigh

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Here is Melody about to blow the candles out just after we sang Happy Birthday to our precious Ruby.

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And the next few pics are of everyone enjoying the cake.

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