Marlow's First Birthday

Yesterday was Marlow's first birthday. The boys helped me pick out a pink cake and I picked white icing even though they wanted pink for that too--I thought it would be a bit too much pink. We went to Target to get her a gift from them. They thought she would be upset if she didn't get a present on her birthday. I said she wouldn't actually remember her first birthday. They stared at me for a second and then Ezra said "Why won't she remember?" So, I asked them if they remembered their first birthdays and they both said, "Yes."
Me: "Ok, What did we do for your first birthday?"
Asa: "We went to the Pumpkin Patch!" (Which is not a patch of pumpkins, which would be a really boring birthday party. It is the biggest coolest playground in our area.)
Me: "No, that was your 4th birthday." (He is four now.)
Ezra: "For my first birthday we went to the Mountain Maze." (another playground...notice a trend?)
Me: "No, that was your 3rd birthday. You don't remember your first birthday because you were too little."
They still didn't seem to believe me and looked a bit thoughtful and confused as they tried to remember their first birthdays.

I still thought it would be fun for them to pick her out a present so we went to get one. We finally decided on a "Mirror Pound a Ball."

Ezra thought she would like it, but Asa said he didn't like. "But don't you think Marlow would like it?" I said. He finally agreed it would be fine because he wanted to go look at action figures and I wouldn't let him till we picked out a present. I knew she would like it though because she recently played for a long time with a similar toy at a friend's house. She liked it a lot and the boys were eager to show her how to use it.