On August 28, Becky and her friends
celebrate Becky's sixth birthday. Daisy sits quietly holding her
well behaved Baby Doll and admiring the cake. Frizzy has left her
Baby Doll in the chair and is jumping up and down at Becky's
elbow saying "Do we get to eat the cake yet! My Baby Doll's
hungry". Becky is holding her Baby Doll that she received as
a birthday gift. Becky has already found out that her Baby Doll
is prone to be colicky.
Becky loves her Baby Doll, even though it
is prone to be colicky. Baby Doll is wearing a new pink frock,
fashioned by Tillie Tinkham. One can see her cute little toes
peeking out! Becky is wearing her new plaid frock that her Mummy
especially ordered from Tillie Tinkham. The blue in the frock and
the forget-me-nots in her head wreath look so lovely with Becky's
blue eyes.
Becky's birthday cake was made from the
Becky's Birthday Cake receipt in The Tasha Tudor
Cookbook. It was decorated atop with ferns,
goldenrod, joe-pye weed, and forget-me-nots. At Corgyncombe the
forget-me-nots are still blooming when the goldenrod comes into
flower. A pretty wooden bird sits on the table.
Frizzy is still eagerly waiting for a
piece of cake.
Chirpy Cheerful brings a special cheery
card for Becky's birthday.
Tasha Tudor's Becky's Birthday.
After Becky's woodland birthday celebration, Becky, her family,
and friends, make their way to the wagon, and as they top the
hill the full moon had come up in the east.
The moon on Tasha Tudor's birthday last
year.
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