Kyndals Birthday

Kyndal had a great 9th birthday.  It was a crazy week with the girls having 4 performances, primary things and Kyndal having 2 birthday parties but we managed to pull it all off.  Her friend birthday was pretty low-key, with a couple of friends joining us to go swimming at our local pool.  We came back for cake and just had a nice time.

Here is (starting at left): Eileen (a friend from a homeschool class), Kayla and Kyndal, Marina (from her primary class) and Elliette.

We also had a family party with the cousins and grandparents.  It was a fun evening as well.

Kyndal was quite particular about her cake this year.  She went through my cookbooks and found  the one that she wanted.  It was like this chocolate cake but with peppermint mousse, chocolate peppermint ganache and topped with candy canes.  It was delicious.

 We did have one really funny part of this family, birthday night.  There was a present that we wanted to share with everyone.  We were trying to have someone notice the elephants.  We talked about the elephants, Paul took a picture of the elephants and showed it around, he had Kayla count the elephants but it wasn't until he said `Gladys, could you please count the elephants` that the message was understood.  There are 5 little baby elephants there.  Then they understood the gift, another little Gainor coming in July.  It was funny as Paul and I worked so hard to try and draw attention to it.  Paul had told Grandpa to count the elephants at the beginning of the evening, and so he was trying to hint at it as well.

The kids were then so excited, especially Kyndal to find out on her birthday, and they kept phoning everyone and telling them that they were a doctor and that we were having quadruplets (or any number they could think of).  It was a fun night to share together.