Yup, she's four

It was kind of a makeshift birthday party yesterday when the Littlest Gopher turned four. Mama Gopher was away on a business trip, so that left the family shorthanded when it came time to celebrate.

Nora picked her favorite restaurant -- The Claim Jumper -- for dinner, then we were going to get cupcakes from our favorite local bakery, The Cupcakery. Unfortunately, it was closed by the time we got there, so we settled for delicious chocolate chip muffins and vanilla ice cream from Von's. Not a bad substitute. Nora was convinced that her mother was going to bake her a cake and bring it back home with her on the plane, but she's going to have to wait until this weekend for that.

I think you can tell by the photo that the Littlest Gopher didn't mind at all.