Eight is Great: Mairin's Birthday

The youngest is eight and SO excited about it.  The anticipation leading up to her birthday was big. She had a countdown and couldn't wait to spend her birthday doing all of her favorite things.

 

One last sleep as a seven year old.

Mairn and I were up before everyone else so we got a solid hour and a half together in the morning.  We set an alarm to the minute in which she was born and rung in her "official" birthday just the two of us.  It was really special.

After a donut breakfast, we headed to the Dublin market to grab a few things.  Mairin had her heart set on a new glass cup and some lip gloss.

Of course, she wanted to swing through Starbucks on the way home from the market.

Had a quick lunch and then headed to the pool to enjoy the rest of the day.  July 25th is also Christmas in July so it was a lot of fun.  The lifeguards had Santa hats on, they played Christmas carols and had a couple of fun games for the kids.

After the pool, we showered and switched gears to dinner and cake.  Grammie came over to help celebrate and we had Ramen and birthday cake per Mairin's request.

It was a great day celebrating our eight year old.