Ivie's 7th Birthday Celebration at School

On Friday, April 12th, Dale and I visited Ivie's school to help her class celebrate her birthday.  As is custom in her 1st Grade class, we were charged with reading Ivie's favorite book to the class, and then participating as a candle in her "birthday cake".  Dale drew the "participate" straw, as I manned the camera...

Ivie chose the book Arnie the Doughnut, a hilarious tale about a doughnut that doesn't realize that his purpose on earth is to be eaten.  Super cute.  And, as you can see in the video clip below, Dale did a great job reading it to Ivie's classmates.  I don't think she was TOO embarrassed, though her facial expression in a couple of the pictures below seems to indicate otherwise...

After the book was finished, Ivie's class formed a human birthday cake, and Ivie chose her 7 candles, one of which was her Daddy, of course.  I won't ruin the highlight of the video by providing any commentary in advance.  Just take a look for yourself, and keep your eyes and ears on Dale, the candle, and his "sizzling"...

It was a wonderful at-school celebration of Ivie's big day.  More to follow on the birthday celebration we held that night at home.