My mom turns 60 this summer!! Not until August, though. We jumped the gun a little 😉 But we could ALL get together now! So yesterday, we all congregated at a mansion in the river hills to celebrate our mother!!
It was SO lovely to be all together ❤️
Our group spent the day exploring the enormous AirBnB we had rented for the night. It was HUGE, with multiple dining rooms, sitting areas, a pool, a spiral staircase, etc. It was humorously dated, but it pretty much all worked. We knew it was a bit of a party house, so with it being a little banged up, we didn’t have to worry too much if anyone spilled their supper or dripped pool water on the floor. We used paper plates and ate simply but yummy. It was SUCH a good fit.
Except. It was HOT. The house had almost no window coverings, and on such a hot day, the sun heated the house up to about 30C and we could not get it cooled off! Finally, with the sun going down, the temperature went down enough that we could all sleep. Our kids had a pretty hard time falling asleep, in part because of the heat, and the excitement of sleepovers.
Solly was the first to cooperate with sleep…
Wavy was last :/
She ended up joining us adults for the evening, and was up until 12:30am. Oy. It was just too bright and hot for her to sleep, but she got there eventually 🙂 While the rest of the kids slept, the adults enjoyed a drink on the patio, and then spent a good hour or two eating taco nachos 🙂 Was SUCH a yummy evening!
Thank goodness, Wavy easily fell asleep when we did.
This morning was spent eating a yummy breakfast, packing up, and getting some last laps run around the basement. I only have pictures of a couple of our kids, but I was pretty smitten with how beautiful they were, even though they weren’t smiling in these ones.
Laela got a reeeaaally good snuggle in with the birthday girl…
…and then we headed home ❤️
It. Was. Awesome. SUCH a fun party for an AMAZING mom. A mom who will always be my mom, but who I’m also very grateful to call one of my closest friends. I love how our relationship has changed, and stayed the same.
You’re an incredibly important part of our life here, mom. We love you so much. Happy birthday party!! 😘