On October 3rd, we celebrated Grace and Lauren's 9th birthdays. Although the girls will be celebrating all month long, their celebratory festivities were this past weekend. To start off the fun, Skip, William George and I met the girls at school on Friday for a birthday lunch. Grammie also came over on Friday to spend the weekend, and they had fun after school playing on the play ground. We went to a casual dinner at Whataburger (their pick, obvs), and then we went shopping for birthday outfits. Because we had a bounce house arriving first thing Saturday morning (6:40am, to be exact), they opted for some comfy clothes, and the choices matched our weekend theme perfectly ("glitter for breakfast" and "make today awesome"). As indicated, the bounce house arrived early, and the duo jumped in, and then alternated between bouncing and taking a break whenever we had rain. Skip dried off the bounce house for them to climb back inside, once the rain stopped. William George still has some residual fear about the bounce house tipping over, as happened during his birthday. As it turns out, his concerns were valid because the bounce house eventually did tip over (with Skip inside), although no one was hurt. It wouldn't be a party without some bounce house drama, but it might be time for us to find a new location.
Skip's parents came over in the afternoon, and we grilled the girls' requested dinner: burgers and fries. We had a family party in the dining room, followed by cake. Gracie shared her cake with George so that we could even sing a round of "Happy Birthday" to him. After the birthday dinner, the girls opened their grandparents' presents and even George got a new toy or two.
The following morning, we continued celebrating by having cake for breakfast -- a decadent treat, and then we went to church. After church, we got ready for a skate party with friends. Lauren and Grace are skating pros, but this was George's first time on a skating rink. Also, it was Skip's first time to wear skates in a while, and skating is definitely something I have not done recently. But we laced up and gave it a shot. Skip took his off after about five minutes, but I wobbled around for the entire party.
After the party, we stopped by a friend's party for a minute before coming home for a final birthday dinner and family presents. Special thanks to grandparents and sweet friends for their presence, time and generosity in celebrating with us and making this weekend so fun.
Past Birthdays
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