Birthday Bonanza

On Saturday, we threw Evie her 4th birthday party at nearby Newcastle Beach Park. We lucked out because it was a beautiful, warm day, perfect for kids to play at the park and get their feet wet in the Lake. All of Evie's little buddies came out for the party and it was so sweet to watch Evie play with her friends. If you ask her what her favorite part of the day was, you would not be surprised that she says it was opening presents. She also really enjoyed giving out the goodie bags that we had made the night before.

Hard at work assembling the goodie bags.

Baby Nora with baby Cooper. Cooper is 12
weeks old and just as big as Nora!

Goofing around

On the train with Raina and Tejas,
our next door neighbors

With Sanaa, who is 6 years old.

Happy birthday, beautiful girl!

It was a double whammy of a day because it was also baby bear Nora's 10 month birthday! Here's the little sweetie pie. She kept trying to clap her hands so I couldn't get a good picture of her showing off her 10-month sticker onesie.

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