Here she is with her birthday breakfast of choice
Opening presents after breakfast- she finally got her new princess toothbrush. Rachel is very jealous and has generously proposed a trade with her Dora one. Lizzy is not interested.
A new camera so she can stop stealing Rachel's.
A new Sleeping Beauty Polly Pocket so she can stop stealing Rachel's.
A new doll stroller, which Rachel promptly stole.
Happy Father's Day to Daniel! Lizzy got to share her special day with her dad, which was fitting because they are such good buddies.
The birthday girl all ready for church.
Lizzy ended up choosing a pink and purple cake with marshmallows on it. I think the other kids were all more excited about the final result than she was, though - she loved how it looked but didn't want to eat any of it, kindly telling me that she just wanted to eat her ice-cream because the cake was "yucky." Oh, well. Sometimes you just can't compete with a good bowl of ice-cream.
Blowing out the candles.
We went on a nature walk near our house after dinner.
The boys went exploring the whole time and found lots of these (Texas Spiny Lizards)
Lizzy took lots of pictures with her new camera.
Rachel was quite the photographer, too. She told me before we started our walk that I better go slow and wait for her because she was planning on stopping to take a picture whenever she saw something interesting. Her definition of "interesting" ended up being a little bit different than mine.
The sprinklers came on near the forest just as we were leaving to go home, and Rachel couldn't resist.
I decided to just let them go for it - there is definitely something magical about running through sprinklers with your clothes on (Sunday dresses in this case) on a hot summer evening.
The birthday girl getting soaked. A fun end to a fun day.
4 comments:
Joanne, I discovered you and your sister's blogs today! I'm excited to be able to keep tabs on you all now! Happy Birthday to your little one. You have a beautiful family!
I'm glad her big day finally came and her cake was finally done baking. Geesh! Those cakes take so long. It's a really pretty cake too, by the way.
There are so many things in this post that are a testament to your Mommy awesomeness! Mainly the fact that you custom made that cake to Lizzy's request, and the fact that you let your kids run in the sprinklers in their Sunday dresses. One of the times I've seen Teya at her happiest was when I let her play in some mud puddles after it rained. I just think it's so great to let go once in awhile and let kids be kids. I definitely need to do it more often! Anyway, looks like a fabulous B-day/Father's day! Hope you're feeling good and everything is going well with the pregnancy!
Great pictures! And I agree. You are one cool mom. The cake was awesome. And I should let my Grace run through the sprinklers in her Sunday clothes.
Happy birthday Elizabeth! I can't believe she is 2!
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