A Good Day

Luke & Lydia had their 3rd birthday party at Centennial Beach this past Wednesday.  They turn three on September 13th.  I love having their birthday parties outside.

The cousins were in town and the sun was shining... couldn't have picked a better day!

We started with some fun at the playground.

We had some lunch and tried to get everyone to smile for a picture.

Waiting patiently for the cupcakes... Lydia wanted pink icing on her cupcake and the boys, of course, had blue.  There was a nice breeze which made it a little tricky to light the candles.

Luke's trying to blow out his candle... sometimes it's hard to navigate that tongue.  Thank goodness he's got two brothers and two sisters to "help"!

Yum.

They had fun opening their presents.  Lydia was quite methodical about it and Luke was mostly concerned about putting the paper back in the right bag!

Back to the playground... Luke going down the slide with his cousin, Adi.

Even the big boys got some play time!!!

Luke's waving good-bye... ready for the bike ride home with Daddy & Joel.

The rest of us stayed behind and spent some time on the beach.  It was low tide and the kids had a lot of fun swimming and digging.

It was a good day!