First off, let the record show that I found it very hard to wait until the weekend to celebrate Sierra’s birthday when her real birthday was during the week. I thought it was a great idea at the time of planning but when her actual birthday came and we had to pretend it was a normal day…yeah that doesn’t work. No worries though, we all had a fantastic birthday celebration on the Saturday where we went on a butterfly hunt, had some hot dogs on the bbq, opened some gifts, video chatted with family and had the most candy filled cake the world has ever seen!
The house had been taken over by butterflies!
Ready for the butterfly hunt
We found similar butterflies all over the neighbourhood which may or may not have been around our friends houses. With a wave of the magic wand the butterfly escape the shackles of a tie-wrap and Sierra brought them home with us.
Some important wisdom on how to make a wish was being imparted on Sierra
Sierra had some help from her trusty butterfly helpers
There was some good birthday music playing at this butterfly stop
I believe the magic words used here was acabadra. Pretty close!
On the move!
Found some butterflies across the street from our house. I have video of all this stuff but at this particular stop all you can hear is the construction work across the street as a culvert was being replaced.
There were even butterflies handing out birthday cards!
This butterfly was pretty fast against me on the bicycle. I’m thinking she was hoping for cake at the end of the journey.
Sierra had some help to find the final two butterflies
The treasure!
A successful hunt
butterfly flying
That’s a lot of butterflies we caught!
A real butterfly showed up!
Happy after some bbq hot dogs
I tried a time lapse video of the cake. I think it came out great!
Our two decorators
Somehow half the icing went missing
Some friends dropped by with some gifts. Sierra is very lucky for a visit!
Even Matante dropped by!
I love how this captures every kid’s birthday when they are waiting so long for the cake to arrive. Special thanks to Victor and Annabelle for making the banner!
Happy Birthday Sierra!
Her brother didn’t forget about her birthday! Sierra was VERY excited to get some earrings. She had been asking for them for months. She was so touched by Ezra’s gift that she said “Ezra when it’s your birthday I will get you a truck. No, TWO trucks!”
Thanks to everyone who sent along some fun videos, some gifts, and some great messages for Sierra! She had a fantastic birthday!