Okay, so we unintentionally overdid it this year (really this should be titled, “Lilly’s 4th Birthday Party, Round 4” due to multiple celebrations), but we had a great time celebrating L’s birthday with her friends at Clementine Art Studio. The kids decorated wands and crowns and munched on cupcakes, fruit, and popcorn. Lilly was excited to celebrate at one of her most favorite places and we are so thankful to all of our friends who were able to join us.
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We have enjoyed several morning ‘camp experience’ sessions with Thorne Nature this Summer. I wanted the opportunity to spend some time alone with Lilly and jumped on their 2 hour sessions for kids and adults. We did a nature hike on the Mesa trail and made journals to record the flowers and insects we found, did a bug hunt with nets and bug catchers at Sombrero Marsh, and even hunted for dinosaurs at NCAR. There are so many wonderful camps to choose from but we will definitely be coming back to Thorne next Summer!
Weight: 34 pounds
Height: 39″
How to sum up our baby girl at 4 years old? Sweet, silly, smart, just an all around genuine and wonderful little girl who brings us joy every moment of every day. She loves art and all things related to science, is becoming more adventurous, and is a great big sister to Robin. This next year is exciting for us because there are so many things we’d like to do with her and experiences we plan to share before she starts Kindergarten next Fall. We are just so proud of her and the responsible little person she has become. Happy Birthday, Lilly!
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After not having made it to Seattle these past three years we certainly made up for lost time on this trip! The four of us spent a full week at the beach house before Bill had to return home for work, then the girls and I stayed on for another week and a half. It was WONDERFUL to spent time with Todd and officially meet Jessica for the first time – we had not seen Todd in well over a year since he had been teaching in China. Bill and I did a night away with them in Seattle before heading back for the 4th of July.
We had so much time there to do everything we love about the beach house – boating, kayaking, walking in the mud flats, searching for crabs, eating all of Grandma and Grandpa’s delicious food :), visiting LaConner, the aquarium, the children’s museum in Everett, bbq’s, smores, Apples to Apples, many bottles of wine, etc.
Mark, Pinata, Leela and Tevin joined us the last weekend and it was so nice to see them and watch the cousins playing together. We look forward to our next visit to Seattle, when a new cousin will be added to the mix (!!) – we promise it won’t be another 3 years!
We are SO thankful to my parents for their endless hospitality. We appreciate all your hard work (and groceries)! 🙂 XO
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