Hadassah is 8!

last night as a 7 year old!
(Cuddled up next to Abigail!)

1st piece of gum (and she made it into a fake tooth!)

opening sibling gifts and birthday gift money (which with what she has saved will be enough for Hadassah to buy the Bitty Baby doll she wants!)

lunch out before the American Girl store

Hadassah brought Elsa and Laura with her to look around the store
and to be there to meet Hazel.

Hadassah also used birthday money to buy a miniature Luciana-astronaut doll

Laura got a 

"spa treatment" scrub to clean off some scuff marks.

Meeting Hazel!

Aunt Abby

Cupcakes, singing and more gifts that evening!

One more dessert for Hadassah's birthday month!

Morikami Museum and Japanese Garden

We have heard about the Morikami Garden many times but never been to visit,
as the girls were about to begin their study of Japan we thought it was a great time for a family day in the garden!
It was a very pretty area with several different garden styles, a lake to walk around with plenty of spots to stop and feed koi fish, a bonsai tree collection, an area to learn about life in Japan and the history of the Japanese American community in South FL in the early 1900's, and a small museum featuring work by Japanese artists.

a Japanese treat for the ride home

Butterfly World

Butterfly World was having special pricing for the weekend, we hadn't been in some time, March is Hadassah's birthday month, and Asher was going to be studying butterflies the next week- so we spent the afternoon at Butterfly World!

 

 

We bought 1500 ladybugs to release in our backyard 🐞