Happy Birthday Joel

We started the day in the way that my Birthdays started growing up - with a crown, breakfast on special dishes and an audience of stuffed animals.

Then we headed to the beach before it got too hot...it was supposed to be in the 90's and humid that day...it was still pretty hot in the morning, but the lake was really cold, so it was fun!

After nap and lunch, he got his next presents, which were the pool and the bike...it was too hot to ride the bike that day, but we had fun splashing in the pool for a while.

The day ended with blowing out his candle and eating an ice cream sandwich (non-dairy, of course). He was exhausted from all the activity, but I think he had a really fun Birthday and we had fun celebrating with him! The only thing that would have made it better would have been to be with family and friends, too! (Thanks, Lars and Katie, for coming for dinner and dessert...he loved it!)