Happy Birthday, Beatrice!

Frankly. this was a somewhat disappointing birthday.  We arrived home from Texas after midnight on Saturday, the day before B's birthday, and most of her actual birthday on Sunday was spent unpacking and catching up on post-vacation errands. 

Beatrice was - and still is - exhausted (today she napped for seven hours).  In fact, she didn't even get her (store-bought) cake or her presents until today, the day after her birthday, and even then she was too tired to eat any cake.

Nonetheless, we had some fun.  On Sunday night, Amy and Jordan invited us over to their house for swimming and a barbecue to celebrate Beatrice's birthday, my birthday, and Summer St. P's, too.  Amy Robb gave Beatrice a Calico Critters family of hedgehogs which are now B's favorite things in the world.  And today Beatrice shared cupcakes with her school friends.

So this year's birthday timing was a little rushed and imperfect, but we still have the big birthday party left to come. Until then, Happy Birthday, Beatrice!

Since we didn't take any proper birthday photos this year, here's a great GIF of Beatrice wearing a bird costume she made herself a few weeks ago. Enjoy!