We started the day off with pancakes and chocolate ice cream! She helped with the pancakes, as much as I could let her. She is so excited to be a big girl.
Amazingly enough, we didn't gather wood as we normally have in the past. Kevin had the day off but needed to pack for Scout camp. We did keep the tradition of going to our friend's pool, but this time some friends joined us. We had a picnic/bar-b-que and enjoyed playing with our friends at the pool. My kids really enjoyed swimming and Camdilyn and I hung out in the shade, most of the time.
We borrowed this floaty for Harmonie and she loved it!
Marissa wanted to show me her trick...
Emily has gotten more confident and is enjoying the water more each time.
Kemiah has also gained confidence and really enjoyed doing canon balls into the water!
Marissa is working on shallow diving.
And then swimming to the bottom of the deep end.
Kemiah the swimmer!
Domonique loves the steps and is now 4!
Camdilyn got in for a little bit of a swim and really enjoyed the water!
Caught ya', Ben!
Trying to get away from me!
Xiomara is getting better and enjoyed swimming at the bottom of the shallow end.
Domonique went in for a little while with Emily, but quickly wanted back to the steps.
We stayed for a rather long time, and then headed home for dinner. We had popcorn chicken with sweet and sour sauce and rice. It's one of Domonique's favorite! We cleaned up and watched for Grandma and Grandpa Nichols. They brought a round cake with a butterfly drawn on top. Everyone was excited to watch the birthday girl open her presents.
Xiomara's homemade gift - yarn corking
Her very own Friends Lego sets!
Little People music CD of popular kid's songs...
and movie, How to Train Your Dragon.
A Big Pen... this is the only thing she asked for!
and a green light up ball.
Emily's homemade gift - red, white and blue paper bracelet.
New LeapPad books and machine (which someone gave to us a while back).
Grandma and Grandpa Nichols gave her a butterfly net...
$4 in her birthday card...
a game, Jumping Monkeys...
sandals...
a shirt and shorts (both have butterflies on them).
We left our house around 9:30 to go watch the fireworks. We went to the same spot as last year, but this time no one else was on the hill. We had a perfect spot and no one else was there. It was such a neat show and the kids all enjoyed it, even Camdilyn (who wasn't scared at all). It was a wonderful night and we were all very impressed with the display and grand finale!
I would say she made out pretty well on the loot and we had a great day celebrating her! I kept asking her, "Hey, Domonique, you know what?" She'd respond with "what?" and I'd say, "It's your birthday!" She would then either say, "I know," or "oh Mom!" or something else. I just wanted to remind her that it was her special day. (I think I do that with everyone so they are getting tired of it, I guess.) She is a special, sweet, very smart girl and we are so happy that she is in our family! We love Domonique!
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