What's Going On

Here are some of our recent goings on:

We had a birthday party for Miguel's dad. What a fun guy.


I made the mistake of looking up party suggestions for Maia's princess party. She turned four and has been such a patient kid this last year I decided she deserved an extra fun party! So we went all out (all out for me): red carpet (alas, I didn't get a picture!), cheap Snow White cut-outs in the doorway, a wishing well they threw a coin into at the beginning and pulled up a basket at the end for their party favor. I also asked my too kind friend to make the cake, and she went all out! I felt bad she went to so much work, and the cake collapsed on the way to my house. She rescued it beautifully -- it was sure fun! I even broke down and dressed up as the queen, in an old dress I could barely zip up! All in all, pretty fun.


Playing "pin-the-lips-on-the-frog."





Isa lost her first tooth, then she lost her second tooth a few days later! She was so excited to put her tooth in a special tooth fairy pillow her grandma gave her. I also tried to braid a heart in her hair for Valentine's Day.



Kaedon earned his Wolf badge in Cub Scouts and was able to have Grandpa witness this special event as well as speak at our recent Blue and Gold Banquet. My dad did such a great job- he spoke for the 100 year anniversary of Scouting. It was so fun to have him there. We forgot our camera! Darn it. Here is a picture of the cake Kaedon and I made for the event.

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Ava turned one three months ago! I have some really cute pictures of her in a dress Miguel's family sent us from Spain. She is sooooo busy! She plays in the toilets, climbs on the table (dumps out the cereals, etc), dumps out the garbages, empties my cupboards, turns off the computer while I'm using it, eats crayons, rips the kids homework, it goes on and on. She does what all my other kids combined did at this age times ten! (playing in the toilet is new, even for us!) All this notwithstanding, we are enjoying her to bits. At least she has a sweet temperament while she is destroying the house. If I tell her no, she actually acts like she cares. (this is new) :) She is wild for books, though she will only sit still for a minute. I have to read them with lots of entertaining noises or be really quick about it! She is a sweet, busy girl! We sure love her.

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