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B turned 8 in April! Boggles my mind.
A couple of weekends before her birthday, I took her to see the Lion King.
The weekend before her birthday, she got a pedi from Tati Kat.
Then, she and her buddy Samantha (same birthday) had a joint birthday party at Samantha’s dojo (B’s wasn’t available, which made the decision much easier). It was FANTASTIC! B declared it her best birthday party ever. All of the kids seemed to have a great time!
B and Samantha got to lead the class.
I am amazed – they are all smiling!
Probably because I promised we’d take a goofy face picture too…
The day of her birthday, we had her requested dinner of steak and mashed potatoes, along with a variety of bundt cakes. We did Star Wars themed balloons. Here’s my BB-8!
M gave her a Rey costume, which she loved!
After her birthday, we took her to Charleston for a long-planned trip. The Volvo Car Open was happening that weekend, so her gift was to get to see the finals of a professional tennis tournament (doubles and singles finals). We spent the whole weekend there as a family and had a great trip! As we were driving over, I gave the girls several choices for activities on Saturday. They chose to go see the Navy ships at Patriots Point. I was surprised, and Jason and I both thought we would need another activity for the day, but we decidedly did NOT. They LOVED exploring the ships!! We started with the USS Yorktown (aircraft carrier).
It was soooooo windy…
King of the World!
Exploring the bridge.
We then explored the USS Laffey (destroyer), and we walked from one end to the other of the USS Clamagore (submarine). I don’t want any part of living on a submarine, but M LOVED it. She especially thought it was hysterical that Jason had to duck through every doorway. Sorry, I apparently only took this one picture.
Saturday night, we all hung out in downtown Charleston and decided we would all like to live there. B declared she would be back someday to win this title herself, and that she would buy a house in Charleston after she won Wimbledon. You go B!
USS Yorktown from downtown.
The famous Pineapple fountain.
Sunday was all about tennis. First, Jason took B to the doubles match, where Garcia/Mladenovic defeated Mattek-Sands/Safarova, while M and I hung out. Then I took B to the singles finals, where Sloane Stephens defeated Elena Vesnina in straight sets. It was a fantastically beautiful day, and we all had a great time, despite the long drive home.
