Laela celebrated her birthday this past weekend at the lake, which was literally all she wanted! 💜
It was such a beautiful fall day! The weather probably couldn’t have been more beautiful. It was the perfect day to be loved on even a little extra!
We ate cinnamon buns, and then drove to Bells Beach in the golf cart, just for fun.
We came back in time to meet my mom, who joined us for a very beautiful morning around the fire 💜 Laela opened her presents in the morning, as per her request. She was gifted three lego sets, a coloring book, a drawing book, and a clipboard to draw on! Plus candy, because, candy. Because, birthday.
Laela’s main request was for a pizza supper! So we did some calling, found out the pizza place in Christopher Lake was in fact still OPEN!! So we ordered some of the best pizza any of us had ever eaten from Papa Gs. I kid you not, guys. It was SO good.
Aaaaand then Grandma make cupcakes, which was a HUGE weight off my shoulders and made Laela SO happy 💜
You may notice the suspicious “sprinkles” on Dekker’s cupcake. Its gravel. Rocks. Not giant skor chips as they may appear. He dropped his straight down on the ground, lol! He got another one, don’t worry. We unceremoniously torched the other one.
It was a true treasure to be able to be intentional about pouring into Laela and making her feel like a rockstar. Our friend at the lake who pretends to hate everyone but secretly likes us even chased us down at once point and gifted Laela a card and $10. She felt SO important.
Because she is 💜
Laela told me that she felt SO special, having her birthday at the lake. The idea really landed, and I think she had her favorite birthday to date.
Its a pleasure to celebrate you, sweet Laela. All day, every day, all the time 💜