A Belated Birthday Party

This past weekend we road tripped up to PA to celebrate Simone's birthday with her cousins, per her request.   We combined a few of her favorite activities to construct a day full of birthday fun.

We began with a birthday lunch at a Japanese restaurant called Kome.  All the kids loved the hibachi and Simone, of course, couldn't resist the sushi.

Holding her newest second cousin, Emmy, at the restaurant.

Believe it or not, as often as we eat Japanese food, this was Simone's very first hibachi meal.

Special birthday dessert, compliments of Kome.

 Next up, we organized a birthday scavenger hunt at the local outdoor mall.  The girls had a BLAST with this.  Simone loves, loves, loves scavenger hunts and doing one with her cousins was icing on the proverbial (birthday) cake.

After the scavenger hunt, we headed back to her aunt's house for cake and gifts with the whole family.  

A very fun and successful celebration, indeed! A special day for our special little--that's right, I still get to say little-- girl!!