girls just wanna have fun...

last weekend we had our niece, olivia down for for her 7th birthday. we decided to invite the nieces and nephews over for a fun special birthday weekend when they turn 7. so of course, livvy was the first. we had a blast hangin' out and just doing girl stuff.
so here's the run down of our weekend

friday- pick olivia up in holland, drive home with elle screaming the whole way (very unusual, but who honestly wants to be stuck in a car seat looking backwards in the dark when your very cool cousin is right next you?)
- bubble bath - the girls were so cute. elle couldn't stop laughing and olivia kept saying "she's the best bath baby ever. you have to take a video for my mom!" and we did.
- stayed up late w/ ice cream and a movie

saturday
-morning: snuggle cartoon time in bed
-special uncle josh pancakes for breakfast
-went for a morning training run, around the block with tackle. we stopped more times for tackle's sniffing than olivia getting tired.
-designed our own t-shirts with bleach pen: FYI best kid project ever!! they turned out great.
-baked and decorated cookies
-made cool bead bracelets
-checked out the massive tanker that docked in the st. joseph river before having dinner
-silver beach pizza...need i say more!
-spa night for olivia and i: bubble bath w/ candles, foot scrub, & a pedi w/ orange sherbet and the goofy movie. - can it get any better?

sunday:
-olivia helped me teacher sunday school in the preschool room: quite the assistant she is
-drop off in holland: olivia was silent the whole way as she wrote down everything we did in her journal. and, decided to let elle stay at home this trip around. a much better idea!

thanks olivia for an AWESOME weekend