Merry Christmas!
12/25/2019
Merry Christmas!
Happy Birthday, 6 year old girl!
12/16/2019
My youngest daughter has just turned 6!
Our tradition involves letting the birthday child choose the meals for their birthday, so breakfast was homemade cinnamon rolls! She also loves pizza and ramen noodles.
We skyped with Grandma K in Wisconsin, so that she could watch the birthday girl open the gift she'd mailed.
A Mrs. Potato Head!
Now we have a whole Potato Head family - so fun!
We went to Build-a-Bear to create "Shimmer."
But one of the best parts of her birthday is having her birthday twin Addy come over! They share a birthday and are great friends. They dressed up like princesses and we decorated Christmas cookies together.
They had a gift to open together too. Having a birthday twin is great fun!
She received a fancy red dress from Grandma R, which she immediately put on. She remains a girly girl who loves all things beautiful, shiny and bright, glitz and glamour.
There were other gifts to open from mom and dad and other siblings.
Here is her older sister with her gift. The biggest gift she received were two goldfish. She'd been asking for these for quite some time. She named them Goldie and Long-Tail. She received some aquarium decorations as gifts then from her siblings. One was a castle, which she loved.
Here was one fun gift - an easle with a chalkboard and dry erase board (that's magnetic too). She also received a big girl bike (no training wheels).
This girl's birthday is the last one to come during the year and it's hard for her to wait. But we try to keep it just as special in the way we celebrate, just like the other birthdays in our family. This year we waited to decorate for Christmas (Jesus' birthday) until her birthday was over, so she was not overlooked.
There have been some gorgeous sunrises lately. She woke up early enough on her birthday to see this one so I snapped a picture of her taking in the scene. Her heart loves all things beautiful. She told me for the first time recently that she cried looking at something because it was so beautiful.
And just like that, she's growing up!
Oldest boy turns 12
12/6/2019
My oldest boy turned 12 this week!
He requested his favorite foods for his birthday, so we enjoyed: pancakes for breakfast, cheesy noodles for lunch, better with butter chicken and fake potatoes, and of course birthday cake for dessert!
Because we had a crazy schedule on his birthday, we carried it over to the next day as well. He had his favorite hashbrowns for his second birthday breakfast!
Grandma K in Wisconsin mailed him his gift and then we skyped with her so she could watch him open it. He loves to create with Legos so this was a great gift for him.
He received a spy kit from Grandma R. He was really excited about this gift. He also received some fun slime from Aunt Karen and from his older sister.
Here he is getting ready to open a gift.
It's a big one. What could it be?
He received a drone and a spy pen.
He was excited to receive some Jonathan Park CDs (these are audio dramas, similar to audiobooks). He's enjoyed some of this series, but not quite all of them yet.
This year for each of the kids' birthdays, we went to Build-a-Bear for them to create a birthday bear. His bear is an Air Force bear wearing dress blues and named Monty.
A few highlights from this boy's life this year:
He took his first airplane ride;
He went hunting with Grandpa K (for turkey and deer);
He listened to over 400 hours of audiobooks;
He's started attending BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) with Mom (and the younger siblings) so we're studying the book of Acts together
12 years old! Not a child but not an adult.
Happy birthday, son!
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