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The traditional massive breakfast
Gotta fuel up for the big day!!

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Making a friend
"Hello, random pet-shop kitten! I am 7 now!!"

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Do a little dance
Apparently seven-year-olds are funky

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Build-a-Bear I
Making their stuffies' hearts <u>strong</u>

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Build-a-Bear II
Making their stuffies' hearts, um, something else

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Build-a-Bear III
Jumping up and down because, uh, they were supposed to

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The final product
She got a bunny!!

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Another fun activity
Let's go spend an hour and a half playing at the Lego store!

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The Lego store pretty much rocks
There are <u>bins</u> and <i>bins</u> of cool pieces to play with!

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Creativity in action
She made this!!!!

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Another 20 minutes were spent...
...riding on the escalators!

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Advanced maneuver
The escalator-five

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Another ride
Seriously, what is the appeal?!?

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Birthday dinner
She's all dressed up for dinner with the family

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The meal was unremarkable
But the drinks came with these cool little swords!!

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Day two - party day
The scene of the event

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Ready for fun
"Wait, was that a car in the driveway?!?"

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Some guests are here
And they wore their swimsuits, see?  So they can go in the sprinkler!!

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Unlimited temporary tattoos
This was a huge hit

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The hammock
Also a huge hit -- we tested the weight limit a few times!

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Yummy yummy yummy cake
Alice and Sammy helped to sort the semisweet mini M&amp;M's by color so Mommy could make the rainbow

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Light the candles
Gather 'round, everybody!!

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Hypnotized
Ze cake, eet is so mesmerizing!!!

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Make a wish
Sammy puts out the fire

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Gateau sur l'herbe
The ladies get themselves all sugared up </i>al fresco<i>

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Angelface
Before and after this shot was taken, she was putting ice cubes down the back of people's swimsuits

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The famous rainbow Jell-o
Cherry, Peach, Pineapple, Lime, &quot;Blue&quot;, Grape

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Let's look at that again
It took all day to make it, but it was totally worth it

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One more shot
Sorry it's blurry -- it was really hard to photograph and was much more beautiful &quot;in person&quot;

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Oh yeah, this is supposed to be pictures of Sammy, huh?
Here's one more.  She's a seven-year-old now!!!