Our Anna Banana turned 7 on April 25th.
I cannot believe how fast time seems to fly by! And how fast our kids are growing up!
Since Anna's birthday falls on a weekday, we saved the actual celebration for the weekend, but couldn't not acknowledge her birthday on the actual day, could we?
This crown, I believe, she received at school...I think?
And in case you were unaware...she has been BEGGING us to buy her a fishing rod for months. Possibly years, even. She finally got her wish on her birthday!
She was SO very thrilled with her new Shakespere fishing rod and tackle box set.
And then on Saturday, we hit the beach and pool with cousins to celebrate for real.
And by beach, I really mean tide pool. With it being low tide, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to try and catch some fish and hermit crabs!
Ezra, Luke and Anna trying to catch some fish.
Ezra wielding 2 nets on the edge of the reef.
Not sure if it helped or not...
Among all the weird creatures we've discovered tide pooling, this has got the be the weirdest!
It's a crab with some sea weed growing right onto its shell!! How crazy is that?!
Such a beautiful day to be out near the ocean!
The tide pooling gang...
And after tide pooling, we cruised over to my sister Airi's house to continue the festivities with some pool time. Or, hot tub time since it seems ALL the kids crowded into the hot tub while the pool next to it remained empty.
Daddy was grill master (as usual) and BBQ'd up some yummy steaks for us!
Lots and lots of kids on the trampoline while waiting for dinner.
Rather than make a big cake, I made cupcakes for the little cousins.
SO much easier to eat, with way less clean-up!
Anna getting shy about blowing out the candles.
Little does she know that she will get more help than she probably wants from her cousins in blowing out all 7 candles!
And in typical Anna fashion, she licked the frosting off clean...and then told me she's full.
Ugh, next time, I'll just give her a huge bowl of frosting and stick a candle in it, rather than make 48 cupcakes!
Anyway, happy birthday to our Anna Banana (not her real middle name)!
We love you so much and are so proud of the girl you are!!
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