Birthday Party/1st Day of School

This past weekend we had lots of friends and family to our house, and had a birthday bash to honor our dear sweet, AlteLu. Pools, balloons, pavers, bagels, music, ice cream cake, and rainbows.  AlteLu fully enjoyed being the birthday girl, and was a very gracious host.  All of the aunts, uncles, and cousins were there too, which made the day extra special.

This week our two chickadees also started school--the 3's for AlteLu, and 1st grade for HBB.  We are grateful for what has been a seamless transition.  Although exhausted from the return to the school year pace of life, we know that this will be a good one:)

OBX/3

We've returned from another amazing week in OBX.  All I can say is that each day was better than the one before it.  Bike rides, Duck Donuts, pool digging, shell finding, boogie boarding, sandbar swimming, beach lunch, and evenings filled with the beauty of the beach.  We all climbed the Currituck Beach Lighthouse, and flew kites at the Wright Brothers National Monument.  The 4 of us had a wonderful time just being the 4 of us.  We had a perfect birthday for our little lady, complete with pizza dinner on the sound during a torrential downpour.  Hersh coached AlteLu through gift and card opening, and a final visit to Super Wings was the cherry on top.
We are now home settling back in--unpacking, cleaning, organizing, and preparing.  Last night AlteLu slept in her big girl bed for the first time!  We are sad that this is our last week of summer, but are grateful for the weeks we have had together.  We will cap our summer off with a birthday party for our little lady this weekend,savoring the sweet end to our magical summer.