Birthday weekend

It was party time this past weekend in the Quigley household. My birthday was Friday, followed by Riley's yesterday. Since we weren't able to have our usual party for Riley this year :***( we took her to Sea World on Sunday. It was a lot of fun. We saw the Shamu show...or as Riley would say "SHAMPOO!!!" We also got to pet some dolphins & rays. Riley loved the Sesame Street play area with the kiddie rides. She decided to play a trick on her Daddy though & scared us half to death. She went missing for about 5 minutes when they were up in the rope bridges. Turns out the little stinker went down the slide & decided instead of coming out, she was going to crawl back up. Luckily, she turned up. It is amazing how 5 minutes can seem like a lifetime. The day was great & the weather was perfect. We ended the day by giving Riley her new big girl bike & helmet.
We spent her birthday taking it easy at home, doing crafts, and going to the park. She played with a boatload of balloons that our friends & family have sent. The weather this week is supposed to be perfect, so tonight we are planning on having a picnic dinner with Eddie at La Jolla beach & tomorrow I am going to take the girls to the beach for the day. Great ending to a fun birthday week!