Celebrating BopBop's birthday (a week early!)

We went to Kiawah for the weekend to see everyone and to help BopBop celebrate his birthday! We decided to plan a little surprise party for him, complete with yummy food, games, presents and even a pinata! The kids all did a great job keeping it a secret and couldn't wait for BopBop to pull in with Nana so that they could shout Happy Birthday! (although Matt says that this video makes it look like Laurie and I were more excited than the kids)! The girls had worked so hard on making their own presents for him and were so proud to give them to him. They even had special plans for what he could do with them. They picked out some pottery and painted them themselves and then it was fired in the kiln and we went back to pick them up. The wait was hard but they were so excited with their finished products! Reagan made a fish plate and said he should eat his eggs on it and Riley made an owl cup and said he should put his paintbrushes in it but if he really wanted to he could drink out of it. Cooper even picked out a special t-shirt for BopBop with different fishing lures on it!   Everyone had a great time! It was so special that we could all be together to celebrate BopBop and show him how loved he is by all of us!!!!
(and of course the ONLY picture that we were able to get of the whole group together has BopBop's head lit up by a light he's standing in front of and he's the only one you can't really see! Bummer....but trust me it's him!)!