When we got back to North Carolina, I wanted to throw a small birthday party for Mara with some of her little friends here. In Illinois we mainly celebrated with family and I knew Mara would love some play time with her buddies here.
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| Dressed and ready for her friends to come |
The actual birthday party ended up being more of a mama play date but the kids had a blast. Mara and Benjamin have both just learned to walk so they loved chasing each other around the house. Luke seemed perfectly content to play on his own surrounded by all the new toys. And Susannah played the big sister role perfectly!
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| Rocking their shades |
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| These two and their walking antics |
Mara did much better opening presents this time and seemed to finally get the hang of it. She pulled all the tissue paper out of each of the bags before peering inside. (I'm excited to see what she does at Christmas) This time she seemed interested in all the gifts and didn't get side tracked when toys were pulled from the bags.
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| Opening presents |
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| hanging out with Luke |
Otherwise the day was pretty low key. We snacked. The kids played. We chatted. It was great. Even though it was a small party, I'm glad we were able to celebrate again here in North Carolina.
Happy 1st Birthday, Baby Girl!!
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