Happy birthday to our little cabooses.
We met Danny at his work for a little birthday lunch on compass before he had to return to his meetings.
I told the girls that we would go to Target after lunch and on our way there we passed by the cutest door and wall so we parked for a quick impromptu photoshoot. They were so cute.
Rylee is obsessed with Target so I had promised that we would go there. While we were at Target the girls picked out an extra present which wasn't the plan but since it was their birthday I caved. What we actually needed was their ice cream birthday cake but apparently Target doesn't sell them or at least didn't have any when we were there. They both picked out a baby doll, so we didn't leave empty handed and went from Target to Walmart where they did have the cake.
The timing was great because we didn't want to get home before the bus got there with the kids. The girls have been asking for weeks if they can have a surprise party (like they've seen done in a Mickey Mouse episode) but then on the day of their birthday they didn't mention it at all. I guess they forgot in all the excitement, which was perfect for us. Danny left work early so that he can get their presents to the basement and be home with the kids to surprise Rylee and Quinn when we got there. When we did get home, the house was dark and I asked the girls if they could come with me to the basement to grab something. Rylee and Quinn were very shocked when we got down there and everyone jumped out yelling surprise. Actually shocked probably isn't the best word. They were terrified. Haha they weren't expecting it at all and both screamed until they realized it was just the family and then they started laughing and laughing. It was so funny and cute. That's when they saw all their presents. This year they asked for a lot of princess dolls to add to their collection. We also got them their own balance bikes with Grandma Donna's help. Rylee got a pink one and Quinn got a yellow one. They're pretty excited about them. Opa and Oma also videoed them again during the present opening (they had called earlier when we were at Walmart) and we got to enjoy that together.
Rylee and Quinn personally picked out their birthday wrapping paper this year. Rylee chose a white paper with cupcakes on them and Quinn chose pink strawberries. It did confuse us a few times because Rylee is typically pink and Quinn is white but they switched it on us.
Posing with their new bikes for pictures to send to Grandma Donna.
For dinner Danny made their favorite dinner, cajun chicken. They ask for this meal daily and it's one of the few these days where the majority of the kids all like it. We ended the night with singing happy birthday twice and eating their pink ice cream cake on unicorn plates.
