Claire's 3rd birthday

Claire recently turned 3. Her only request was pacifiers and baby bottles. She doesn't use them so much as she thinks they're cool and likes to collect them. She also got a new bike and had a cupcake candle blowout. Her aunt Meggie came to play with her from Houston too. For a month Claire talked about how we'd camp on the beach near the house (hey to them it's still a big outing). I set the tent up that evening in strong winds. The girls dugout a club under a beach table(click table pic to enlarge and see them under there), we played chase, and they posed on the lifeguard stand (sorta). As darkness fell, a parks dude told me we couldn't camp there. I put the tent up in our backyard instead and they listened to music and read books. I tried sleeping in it with them but I'm too long...my head hit one wall and feet went numb against the other. When I awoke at 2am laying in Claire's fresh, warm urine I called it a night and moved the girls inside. In the end, I was very happy the parks dude gave us the beach boot. This experience would have been fully gnarlific totally covered in sandy pee. Happy birthday Claire!