This morning we got to go to Chuck E Cheese's for my birthday party!!! WOO HOO! My brothers and my buddy's Charlie, Patrick, Joseph and Guyer all came to help me celebrate. We had tons of tokens and collected tons of tickets. Kai gave me all his tickets because it was my birthday! We played all the games and rode all the rides!

                  

                 

                 

                 

                

                

                

                





                

                



                 

We ate pizza and had drinks. We declined the visit from Chuck E. Jax is terrified of him and I'm not too fond of a big rat or mouse or mouse that looks like a rat visiting me while I'm eating...Everyone sang to me, I got to blow out my candles and have ice cream cake! Then I got to go into the ticket blaster where all the tickets blow around and you have to catch as many as you can. Guyer even came in with me to help me out! And when we were done I got a bonus 1,000 tickets because it's my birthday!!!

                  





                

                 

                

                

                 

                 

                

After the party Kai went to Guyers house and our friend Joseph came to our house. He helped us open Finn's birthday presents. He got a remote controlled car, a power rangers toy, a baseball bat and ball and the game Kerplunk! Mama and Daddy said they used to play that game. So Mama, Finn and I all played a few rounds. Until Mama got tired of setting it all up again over and over...

                 

                

Then I came home from Guyers, we had snack-a-pallooza, then we went outside to throw some poppers around! It was fun. Then Finn and I did some four leaf clover hunting. We just kept finding regular old three leaf clovers...

                 

                 

                 

                 

                 

We were busy doing laundry and packing for the beach all day so we decided to go to the Pub for dinner. We were excited. Jax decided to take a nap as soon as we got there...Oh well!

                 

                

I had fish tacos and Finn had spaghetti. We had a fun time at the Pub. Then it was time to head home to watch the opening ceremonies of the Rio Olympics!

                

                 

We're glad Mama and Daddy decided to tape it for us so we could rewind and speed through the commercials. We had fun snuggling up and watching all the countries arrive. I was even wearing my Ecuador shirt when Ecuador came out!! Then it was time for USA! USA! USA! Then it was time for bed...boy was it getting late. And we've got to leave for the beach in the morning! Vacation here we come...again!

                 

                  

                

                 

This morning we got all packed up and headed to Northwest Branch Pool with our friends the Vallinas! It was a beautiful day and we really enjoyed the pool. Daddy even got to come with us for a little while before he had to head to work. I mostly played and swam in the big pool. Jax and Finn and Mama hopped from the big pool to the medium pool to the baby pool. We all had a ton of fun!



                

                 







                 

                

                

                  



We had some snacks and lunch and then Jax and I played on the playground. Then Joseph and I played some ping pong. It was a great time and we really enjoy this pool. It's no Calverton, we don't think any pool can really live up to Calverton but it might be our pool one day in the future so we have to learn to love it. 





                 



                 

We ended up spending the entire day at the pool! We must have had fun because Mama thought we'd be home in an hour or two. When we got home we all did a little decompressing. Finn and I played some iPad and Jax crashed out!

                 

                 

For dinner Mama grilled some pork chops and asparagus. Even I ate dinner!! It sure was yummy. Then I played with some Legos. And then we took a nice family walk with Lucy! It was a beautiful evening. Not too hot and no humidity! It was perfect

                 



                

                 

                 

                 

                 

I even picked some flowers for Mama. She loved them but she had to teach me that we can't really take flowers from other people's yards unless they tell us it's okay. So we decided that we'll just look at them and smell them and maybe take one home now and then...

                

Today we did a whole lot of nothing! Our friend Joseph came over. We played Wii, we played iPads, we ran around, we had snacks, we had lunch, we played some more, we watched shows...all while Mama cleaned out our pantry, vacuumed and cleaned and picked weeds from out front and Daddy cleaned up our whole back yard.



We got to watch Daddy take down trees and brush and clean up our back deck. Daddy took two whole trees down with a hand saw and then dragged them down past our yard. I think he's Super Man. I even told him that! Our Daddy sure is strong!

                 

                

                

                

                

After dinner Mama took us to Baskin Robins for some ice cream because we all ate our dinner. And because my birthday is coming up and Mama said I could pick an ice cream cake for my party!!! Hooray! I picked a really nice green cake with flowers on it. And inside it has Oreo ice cream! And of course we all got to have a scoop of ice cream before we left. My cake got a little smooshed in the freezer bag on the way home. Mama was really upset about it but I don't care. It still looked good to me. And we're just going to eat it anyway! It was a good day at home!