Jim's birthday (also belatedly)

Last year Jim's 34th birthday surprise party was a raucous affair, ending in major hangovers. This year, still slightly scarred by the experience, Jim requested no surprise parties and I banned all shots. Instead, we decided to go bowling and to dinner...a much more civilized celebration, as evidenced by what Jim was wearing (courtesy of David and Charlie):
Bowling while pregnant is no easy feat! I started out with two near strikes, but quickly descended into my usual bowling style and lost the first round by a pretty large margin. Then I spent our next round mostly gabbing and letting the pros bowl for me. My score improved dramatically! Jim and David, it turns out, were both on bowling teams when they were kids. I think I knew this, but I'm not sure...
The whole birthday bowling crew (plus two opportunity seeking guys in the background).
The beer goggles made the rounds. Jackie still looked pretty wearing them.
David was very excited to wear the birthday bowling outfit:

And Charlie looked very spy-like taking her last bowl in her trench coat. We got kicked out before we were finished because we were taking too long.
We finished the evening off with tasty tapas on Charlotte Street. Yum!
Jim, of course, couldn't resist the opportunity to wear his bouffant on the tube. We still haven't figured out how to deflate it an I'm sure it will end up on Evie's head at some point in the not too distant future. Happy Birthday, Jim!

A final day in Cornwall (belatedly)

On our last full day in Cornwall, Jim and I did a very short hike up the cliffs near our hotel before picking Evie up from Kids' Club. Needless to say, I was huffing and puffing, but it was still nice to get my heart rate up and take in the beautiful scenery.

The best part of the day, though, was definitely taking Evie to the beach. When the tide goes out at Mawgan Porth, it leaves about half a mile of beach and tide pools filled with fish and shells--the perfect place for splashing if you're three feet tall! What a happy girl she was!

Bye bye Cornwall. We'll miss you until we can visit again!