July 15, 2011 – Dayspring Disciples

On 7/13, our sweet Skeezix turned 7. I still vividly remember when the doctor announced, “It’s a girl!” I was floored! I was looking forward to my third son. She has been a joy! A light! A jewel! She rains down sunshine into our family with her happy heart.

We had presents before Daddy left for work.

They included some Star Wars toys, circa 1978.

And a new dress!

Her breakfast choice was fruit-filled puff pastries.

At 2PM we picked Nanny up and headed to Seabreeze. The place was the most empty we have EVER seen it. We walked onto the rides.

Scooter had her first train ride.

After Daddy arrived with pizza and wings we had a pool-side party and then headed into the all-but-abandoned waterpark.

Mommy and Skeezix rode every waterslide together. I had a BLAST!

We dried off around 7:30PM and sang Happy Birthday with her requested chocolate chip cookies.

We all went to bed tired, but happy, around 10PM. SUPER SUPER DAY.

Not to be outdone, we celebrated with friends on 7/14. Skeezix, Angel, and two of our friends went to mini-golf. Each of the girls had either never gone before, or it was so long ago they did not remember doing it. It went well. By the 5th hole I was thinking how much fun it would be to have another appendectomy… 😉
I gave them the rules off the bat. By the second hole we had abandoned all of them. If you are a mini-golf purist I apologize. I allowed them to cheat with reckless abandon all in the name of getting it done before my 40th birthday. They had a great time, I believe. They were just so sweet with one another and encouraged one another. We did not keep score. And what is great is not one of them asked, “Who won?” at the end of the game.