Happy belated birthday Julia Bean! For her special day, we did our first annual mommy/Julia adventure to Schlitterbahn Galveston. There are several toddler areas but Julia proved she was a mini-mommy with her declaration "I want to go on the big slides!" So, to the big slides we went. We did three big raft rides (we had to wait 20min in line for each, she did great) as well as the whitewater river ride...5 times! Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures since we were in the water the whole time, but I can assure you it was a blast. We celebrated that night with her favorite dinner (mac 'n cheese) and a birthday brownie.
On Saturday, she had her birthday party at the JumpNJungle (bouncy house place) and it was a lot of fun. Julia insisted on carrying her babydoll (Sienna) around the entire time. All of the kids had a great time bouncing around, and then we chowed down on pizza and cake. Opening presents was a little overwhelming (at this age all of the kids like to "help") but she was showered with many gifts. Special thanks for everyone who came to the party and helped out, as well as all the wonderful gifts. Julia has been having fun playing with her new dress up clothes, dolls, Barbie, toy dog (named Princess), crafts, books and so much more. Thank you everyone for helping make her day so special!
Uncle Jay came in town for the party and it was fabulous seeing him. In addition to bouncing around the 'jungle' with the kids, we went to the Kemah Boardwalk over the weekend. It was extremely hot, but he was a trooper and took Julia on several rides. We also went to the pool and had fun swimming around with the kids. He also helped J.D. install a new toilet (sorry bro..you probably didn't realize you'd be working on this vacation). We really appreciate all your help!
Here are some birthday pictures, enjoy! I hope you are all having a great week! And once again, thanks to all for making Julia's day super special. She is still talking about how much fun she had at her birthday and she is having fun with her new toys.
I also have some cute pictures of the kids to post this weekend, so check back soon for more your dimpled munchkin fix.
Kids climbing up the slide
Mmm..Pizza
Choo Choo Train Cake
Cake!
Lots of Little Helpers Helping with Presents
2 comments:
Looks like such great birthday fun. I love your tradition of a mommy/daughter adventure and hope to do the same sort of thing with Henry. My favorite photo in a long time is definitely the one of you and Julia in the middle of 57 children! What a party!
haha yea, i had a great time! so great seeing you all again. i'll be back of course, to help with anything you need :)
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