Sunday, June 29, 2014

The Best Summer Surprise Ever!

Dana and I kept the secret under wraps for a month.  We were taking just the girls to the beach for a long weekend.  Lily was turning 9 and Dana thought this would be so much fun for us to go and celebrate her birthday at the beach!  We wanted to come up with a cute way of telling them, because seriously, surprises are the best!!
Laurel and Savannah had been at Dana's playing one afternoon.  We decided to tell them what we had been planning when I came to get them.  I had bought them each a star fish charm and cute elastic for them to make a necklace.
Dana wrapped them up.  The girls had all dressed up in dance costumes and wanted to put on a dance for us.  This was so perfect.  We decided after they were done dancing, instead of giving them flowers, we would tell them we had these gifts for them.  Dana and I were like two giggly girls ourselves.

The pictures tell the story:


They all pull out their starfish and are a little confused.  I then say, "you know what I think, Dana?"  And she replies, "what?"  I say, "I think they should make these necklaces and wear them when we go to the beach next week!"
Then the screaming began!!





And it scared poor Sawyer to tears!!

Needless to say, we had some very excited girls!  They could not believe that we had kept this secret for a month!
Laurel and Savannah came home and made this: