One of our accidental traditions is to get a birthday balloon at the grocery store for the girls. But we forgot to get Emmy one this year... so they picked out two for Cadence's birthday. Cadence got a nice, small, mermaid balloon. Emmy picked out a rather ostentatious, sparkly mermaid. It's as big as she is. So they tucked her into bed for a nap.
Seriously, this thing will startle you if you meet it in a dark hallway.
We were in Missouri on Cadence's birthday so we celebrated at home a few days early. I went simple this time and used up some fondant from Emmy's cake to make a few animal figures for Cadence. All of my church play-dough skills came in handy! That and some instructions from online. Two meows, a puh-puh, and a quack quack- I added the pendant bunting because it looked cute.
She was pleased. And wanted to play with them, so it went up high until Bob got home, poor kid.
"Mom, take a picture of us!"
In the afternoon I got a filling while the girls played at Kenna's house. Then finally it was time to celebrate our almost 2 year old!
Silly girl didn't actually eat any cake, just chewed on the fondant animals. Ick.
She had a rapt audience for presents. One piece of paper at a time. Eventually it was a new umbrella.
I think the Beutel kids have this toy and I was kind of at a loss for what to get her- we have one of almost everything it seems. It was a hit with all three of them.
Thursday after lunch we packed up all of our stuff and headed to Mark Twain Lake Missouri for the weekend. We were the first ones at the resort so we had plenty of time to unpack and explore. And say hello to the alpacas.
...from a distance... hehe.
We checked out the pool. We had to try it out after we ate supper. It was not a very hot evening so I was cold, but they all loved it.
The rest of the family showed up and we all went to the beach in the morning.
Emmy is trying to fill up a pool in the sand, Cadence is watering weeds.
Just chilling in our cabin.
Painting while Cadence slept.
Fighting over Grandma's lap and reading books.
On Cadence's actual birthday we had cupcakes and candles. That sad little face- Daddy wouldn't let her touch the flames!
She cheered up.
Jakey and Rachel gave her chapstick, which she loves.
And new sunglasses!
And then we went swimming for the third time that day in the evening.
Saturday was a really hot day. They wanted to swim in the morning, so we did, but after lunch it was just too hot. Instead they went to the game room and got ice cream at the office.
I missed it since I was back with Cadence, who was sleeping.
Emmy: "I love Rachel. (pause) And I love you."
And then it was time to pack up and come home. Emmy especially was very sad, poor girl. Loaded up and NOT ready to go home.
I should have been only about a 3 hour drive home, buuuttt.... I made a poor lunch choice and we sat at a tiny A&W for over an hour. We got there right behind a large group of kids (I gathered they were on a mission trip) and it took soooo long. And it was crowded so the girls and I were waiting out in the heat on their patio tables. Oh well. We eventually got our food and we didn't have any need to get home so it wasn't the worst thing.
Monday we did laundry and went to lake day briefly. Cadence and Aliyah enjoyed the swings.
They were pretty happy to be there. Cecily was very hesitant about going to the "mossy lake" but the moss wasn't bad this time and she got to swim with Lynelle.
They were all upset that they had to get dried off early to go to Cadence's doctor appointment. She's healthy and does not like the Doctor. It was hilarious.
So between vacation and just plain not wanting to go out in the heat I have been ignoring the garden. Bob found some beans so I picked them in the humidit and the bugs after 7pm. Ugh. And there were some cucumbers hiding on the vine that were really fat.
I am not ready to start doing produce. But I am ready for summer flowers!
We didn't do much on the fourth. It was hot. The girls and I went to Ron and Kary's for fireworks; Bob panzed on us. Cadence thought it was great. She made friends with Aunt Pearl and kept Grandma Lydiann supplied with glow bracelets.
Emmy was pretty pleased with her "July shirt" and glowing star headband.
We brought lots of glow sticks. Mom was kept busy getting everybody glow sticks. Jack got a red one.
Poor Shelly had Cadence and Gideon on her lap for a while. Cadence liked the fireworks... Gideon was not as impressed and did not want Cadence on his mommy's lap.
We had root beer floats while we waited for the traffic to die down. Cadence stole mine, then she stole my cookie.
Cecily spent the evening playing on the play set, watching fireworks briefly, then back to the play set. She made a new friend, but she wasn't sure what her name was. Haha. Social bug.
It was late so I had them put their pajamas on before we left and we looked for fireworks out the windows on the drive home.
Blessings.
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