Em's birthday is technically not for another week, but we like to celebrate the week before because so many people make plans for Labor Day. This year, we celebrated with a water-themed party in the backyard. Ten giggly girls descended on our house this weekend and spent two hours chasing each other around the yard with water guns and having different kinds of water relays. They were so cute to watch! Instead of the traditional doughnuts we always have on E's birthday, we had the Kona Ice truck visit our house during her party. I can't tell you how great this was! The truck arrives loaded with forty flavors of syrup and he allows the girls to design their own shaved ice. They danced around on the driveway trying out every syrup on the truck and dancing to steel drum music before hitting the back yard again to finish out their water attacks on each other. Emily was so tired after everyone left that she slept for two hours! She is downstairs right now sifting through all of her birthday loot. It's so funny to realize that the other girls really know her personality. Their gifts reflected it - lots of friendship bracelet kits and peace sign paraphernalia. One girl even said, "Everyone knows that Emily loves peace." It's wonderful to see that she's making such great friends. Some of my best friends are girls I met in elementary school and I hope that she's building those same kinds of friendships right now. Happy birthday to our big girl!
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| Presents first seemed like a good idea - before they all got soaking wet! |
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| Craft time is the right time. |
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| Cute cousins on a very fantastic picnic blanket |
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| One of my favorite pictures - I just didn't manage to get Emily in it! |
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| The ice man cometh! |
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| Tough decisions |
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| That's my kid in the bucket. |
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| And now...nap time! (for both of us) |
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