Birthdays Begin

 Water Park

Since it was the last week of summer, we had to do one more really fun thing which was Roaring Springs Water Park. It is only 25 minutes from us, and Claire earned a free ticket for reading during school last year. I hope they do that same program again this next year because then both Claire and Shay will get one. We were all very excited and the line at the beginning moved really fast so we got to sit down in a shady spot and start playing quickly. The water was a bit cold, and the breeze made the girls and Chris shiver and the one time we tried to get some water time with Adrian, he protested and didn't allow it. Just a small inconvenience that kept Chris and I apart as one of us watched him while the other went with the girls and then switched back right after. There were so many different slides and attractions that we tried to get to all of them, and the girls were tall enough for them. Now that we have been once, going again will be great, especially when Adrian gets to the point where he loves playing in the water.

Birthday

My birthday was sweet because Chris made the French Toast breakfast before he had to go to work, the girls said they would do whatever I told them to, and I even had fun with opening some presents. I had time to relax and do a new puzzle between the swim lessons, and gymnastics because I had finished other projects on Monday. I finished a pallet flag for the front porch I had been working on for the past two weeks, finished painting our patio out back, put lights and a misting system up after painting, and now I'm saving my strawberry runners. I noticed they have been outgrowing their space and I'm okay with them getting bigger because I love strawberries so now I have new pots to catch the new starts. I also had a nail appointment Saturday morning as a birthday gift, and Chris, Adrian, and I went on a date while a babysitter watched the girls. I felt very special and loved by my family and the girls just wanted to do everything with me so we had our own salon day this morning where I painted their nails, and Shay was a hairdresser for us.