Dealings of the Dawsons

Lately Phoenix has been telling me that every day is her birthday. Her excitement is adorable, and I think she really believes it, so I haven't had the heart to tell her that birthdays only come once every year. And since she hasn't asked for presents I figure it could be worse. 

 Yesterday I made a strawberry shortcake. When she saw I had made a cake she started squealing and running around the kitchen yelling "It's my BIRTHDAY! It's my BIRTHDAY!"

When I served the cake she began singing the happy birthday song, so I gave in and brought out the candles.

 We sang to her 12 times. 

And every time we finished she would blow out the candles and squeal, "IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!! EEEEEEEE!!!!! Sing it AGAIN!"

Funny girl!

Saturday we spent the day at Sullivan's beach. It was beautiful, and a perfect day for the beach. In spite of the fact that I was feeling pretty miserable, I actually enjoyed myself and it felt good to relax and have some adult conversation with the other moms there. Something about the beach is so relaxing and wonderful. It might be my favorite part about living here.  

 Wednesday we went to the Children's Museum again. The kids love it there. They spent a lot of time creating this lego house out of the giant blocks they have there. The only down side was that there were so many kids there that day that the second Jarom and Taysia had finished the house there were 10 kids trying to play in it and tear it down. 

 They did a pretty awesome job on it though. And thank you Shalysse for coming with us. It was so much more fun having you there. :)

 Friday we were invited to a birthday party at the Columbia Zoo. It was actually a pretty cool zoo, and the kids ABSOLUTELY LOVED it! The aquarium part of the zoo was their favorite, so it made me start thinking about Sea World and how much they would love going... we will have to see if that is a possibility for us while we live here. 

 The animals were beautiful, and the kids really enjoyed seeing them up close. 

 Silly kids, they had to pose for a picture on every statue. lol

 The penguins were some of our favorites. We even got to see them building nests out of pebbles. Pretty cool.

 The kids saw their first alligator and thought he was DISGUSTING!

 Feeding the giraffes.

 The elephants were Phoenix's favorite. She couldn't get enough of them, even though they weren't really doing anything. She loved how big they were, and how they could "pick up wood."

I wish I had brought the camera instead of just my phone, but at least I was able to get a few pictures to remember the fun day. The kids keep asking when we are going back. I definitely think this is something we will have to plan on doing at least once every year.