Nia's birthday - #14

Nia turned 14. Her birthday was less than a month ago, so there is some chance we actually have a memory of some things! One of the nice things about giving Nia presents is that she gives BIG reactions of joy and surprise about every one. It's very fun.

Nia asked for a treasure hunt. We hid half her presents to find the day before and half to find the day after. We had couplet clues for most of them.

Nia: This is one of my plainest cakes in years.

She normally decorates her own cakes, but this year she just let Mom frost it and call it good. Mom made three different cakes in cupcake form for her to testtaste. Many of those were given as gifts to people at church.

Easily her favorite gift at the moment was a package of pen-swords. Swords of all varieties, hammers, maces. Very fun.

Nia: It's COOL!

The standing joke has been: "Which is mightier: the pen or the sword? You don't need to pick!"

She got a set of miniature Harry Potter cross stitch projects and made the Hogwarts emblem straight off. For those folks who seem to want to examine the back of a cross-stitch project more than the front, here are both. She did a great job! This was her second cross-stitch project ever.

Nia: Grandma gave me new shoes. I enjoyed them.

She's had one of three friends over for afternoon tea so far. More celebrations to come.