Happy Early Birthday Libby!

Lexa doing the "Libby lean"
What beautiful kids at the kids table!

As many of you know, we leave on August 19th for China. Libby's birthday is August 27th and we will just be arriving in Guangzhou that day! This was the first year that Libby has really talked about how excited she was for her birthday. "And everyone will sing Happy Birthday and I will blow out candles". We decided to have her birthday a little bit early so it could be all about her. Soon enough her world will be upside down!

Water girls!

We had a small party this year at our house. The heat was unbearable and for the first time ever, Eric and I talked about getting central air :) Thankfully, our friends and their children are troopers. We had two pools and a slip and slide in the backyard. It was obvious many of the adults wished they could join in! Libby could not have been more happy. She loved playing with her friends, having a flip flop ice cream cake, and whacking at the pinata. All of the presents she received were huge hits and I do not think she could have had a better time. In just a few short weeks, our little girl will be a big girl of 4! Happy birthday, our dear little Captain Wacky Pants!

The pinata was a huge hit and the kids could have hit it all day. The adults were the ones who needed to head inside :)

Sheng is not sure about Lucky Cat
The beautiful flip flop cookies made by Rena and Lexa