What a fantastic birthday celebration we had! We started out with our traditional birthday donuts. Abby had requested a bike ride to the river (she fell in love doing this with Daddy and Violet while Mom and big kids were at swim meets this summer.) It's 5 miles there and 5 miles back...Xander rode himself, Eliza rode the tag-along with Ben and I had the girls in the trailer behind me. What a crew! The ride was beautiful. Everyone laughed and had a great time. We had already planned on Mom and Dad coming but the kids were famished by the time we got there and the measly snacks I'd packed were not going to cut it so we asked Nana & Grumpy to grab some McDonalds. They brought the kids some hamburgers and Abby got a birthday Happy Meal...surprisingly, amazingly, NO ONE complained that it wasn't fair. It was awesome. We played for awhile on the beach and had a blast. We headed home--everyone did great again! Xander got really tired at the end but it was the longest he'd ever been and the temp was hitting near 100! Abby fell asleep during the ride and we let her sleep for a small bit once we returned home. After that we went swimming at Nana & Grumpy's house. Then Abby asked for waffles for dinner so we went back to the house to make her dreams come true...Uncle Jake, Nana & Grumpy decided to eat with us. Abby enjoyed all the attention, love and of course, presents! It was a great day!
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