Best Friends Reunited

Every year in February marks an extra special occasion for Kaitlynn. It's the birthday month of her very best friend, Anais, which means Kaitlynn usually gets the opportunity to spend some quality time with Anais celebrating her birthday and catching up from a long time apart.

This year, Kaitlynn was invited to spend the entire day with Anais for a fun girls day. Then, they came back to our house to continue the fun with a sleepover. I repeat myself every time I post about Kaitlynn and Anais, but those two girls have the most special friendship and it is such a joy to see them together again.

Kaitlynn enjoyed picking out some fun birthday gifts for Anais, and then I helped her make a custom birthday card for her. I dropped Kaitlynn off with Anais's family and they spent a fun-filled day together celebrating Anais's 8th birthday. Here are some photos of their day.

For Anais's birthday card, we chose a recent photo of them and printed it on cardstock.




Then Kaitlynn wrote a sweet message on the inside telling Anais how much she loves her. I couldn't resist snapping of pic of the precious note!

At Anais's house, she opened her birthday gifts.

Kaitlynn *may* have chosen special matching items so that they BOTH could get gifts, ha!

It was a Justice explosion, but the girls loved their coordinating emoji pillows.

Their first birthday spot was a trampoline park.

They even got to play on bumper cars.

Sweet girls having the best day.

Next stop was a frozen yogurt treat.

After their amazing day together, both girls came back to our house to continue the fun with a sleepover. With matching PJs and interlocking BFF bracelets, these two besties soaked in every moment of their time together!

Showing off their matching PJs and connecting BFF bracelets.

They were excited for bedtime with their matching emoji pillows from Justice.

Playing a game of Ticket to Ride before bedtime.

The next morning, they went outside to have breakfast.

Donuts for breakfast!

The next thing I knew, they were in swimsuits and daring each other to jump into the frigid pool water!

Then they took it a step farther and jumped in completely. They continued swimming for quite a while!

Getting out of the water was the worst. It was so cold!!

Once they dried off, it was time for a dance party. Nothing like dancing to warm you up after a cold swim!

Every single visit together with Anais is Kaitlynn's "best day ever." The older they get, the harder it seems to coordinate play dates and sleepovers. But it's always completely worth the effort when we see their beaming smiles and hear their infectious laughter.

After their fun weekend together, Anais made her Valentines bag for school and decorated it with messages for Kaitlynn. "Kaitlynn, miss you already. Hope to see you soon."

"Wish we were sis's, Do you? So we could jump in the pool!" Oh, what sweetness!!