Alice had a rather sedate birthday. Her party is on Sunday, because Saturday she’s going to another birthday party for a classmate of her (who is invited to Alice’s party, so the two of them will be partying hard this weekend).
Alice got a small bath tub and accessories for her Bitty Baby. Here you can see her and Charles preparing to give baby a bath, as Alice demonstrates her natural instincts for infant care
Alice also got a Lego™ Princess Palace kit, which she was very thrilled with. Charles thought it was great, too, and it was all we could do to keep him from running off with it immediately to construct for Alice.
Charles himself tried to make a present for Alice. He took some sheets of paper and stapled them together, with a title page and an sentence on each page, in the manner of a coloring book or sketch pad. Alice wouldn’t even look at it, which made Charles very sad. Charles’ theory was that Alice hated him. I suggested that Alice might have been more receptive had he used a better presentation than throwing it at her on couch from upstairs.