Lucy's Birthday

We had Lucy's birthday party a day before, so her birthday was a little more laid-back.  But just a little.  :)

 The big EIGHT!  So crazy that my baby is 8.

 She wanted a "Papa Smurf stuffie" and so she was super happy to see him on the table as she came downstairs!

A group of Montrose moms and kids was going on an itty-bitty hike and so we decided to join them.  We hiked by the Morrow Point Dam and it was cool and fun with everyone!

 Lucy got an LOL game from her friend the day before and the kids played it a few times on her birthday.

 Ben finally got home and so Lucy got to open her gifts.  This big LOL ball (has a doll and accessories inside) was given to her from Jonas and Emmy and then Jonas also bought her the awesome Hogwarts shirt!  Miles gave her . . . nothing.

 Our friend Heather (neighbor) organized a group of families to rent the outdoor pool that evening from 5:30-7:30.  Heather picked the 16th and so that made for a fun activity on Lucy's birthday! Lucy is sporting her new goggles ($1.99 at Ross), new watch, and cute outfit (says "Gymnast" on it) from Grandma.

 It was actually a little cool, cloudy, and windy and so the kids didn't play too much in the pool!

 But we did grill some hot-dogs and ate Pringles - what a fun birthday dinner, haha.

 But the pool-people were awesome and aware of the cool weather and so they made the indoor field-house AND bubbles available for us to use.  Which was pretty awesome considering the rental for field and bubbles would have been more than twice what we paid for the pool.  The kids had a fun time bumping, flipping, and rolling in the bubbles!

 Then we came home and watched one of the new Smurf movies.  Ben has a Papa Smurf from his childhood . . .

 Yeah, yeah, this was not my most elaborate nor pretty cake.  But the birthday party had me spent and we decided to make the inside of the cake the cool part . . .

 Make a wish!

The cool inside!  Lucy LOVED her cake.  Which was sweet because it wasn't too spectacular.  But it did look awesome inside and tasted scrumptious.

Another fun birthday for a fun gal!