(This is a catch-up post, written long after the fact...)
We decided that if we’re going to consider getting an RV for our camping, we’d better try it out first. So, we rented one for the weekend! We also invited the girls’ friend Autumn to spend the night with us, and her mom (our friend!) Kelly to join us for a cookout. We had something else up our sleeves, too…
April 27th was Elena’s 6th birthday, so we planned a surprise birthday party on the camping trip! Don had decided Elena should have a new bike, as hers was a bit too small for her, so her hid it in his van and drove separately. He also got her a special cupcake-shaped birthday cake, made by our friend Paula at Chocol’Art in Washington. Yum! She makes the BEST desserts, and Elena has admired those cupcake-cakes for at least a year now!
Elena seemed fairly surprised, although I think she knew we were up to something.
Kelly pinned the “Birthday Girl” ribbon onto Elena’s shirt – what a happy girl!
Elena’s only request for her birthday was a toy phone. Same request as for Christmas – and she got one! Hmmmm... Well, she very sweetly and delicately explained to me that the phone she got for Christmas wasn’t the one she had really wanted. I felt so bad for her – that was the only thing she had asked for, and she never told us that we had messed it up – I was proud that she didn’t complain about it, but I would have corrected it back then if I had known! Anyway, what she really wanted was a pink princess phone with the old-fashioned receiver that sits on a high cradle. I found it, and boy, was she happy!
Don called Elena outside on false pretenses, and surprised her with the bike – she did a funny “happy dance.”
A special moment with her sister Lydia.
Cake time! This is our very sweet little friend, Autumn.
The next morning, Kente took a nice, deep nap on my shoulder – he was in such a funny position, but seemed quite content. Autumn joined us for a little while.
The girls had a great time swimming later in the day.
More next time…
Jeanie
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