we have so much to celebrate! Our middle 4 have birthdays within 7 weeks of each other, and this year they were turning 2,4,6,and 8, so we decided to do one big party. On September 28 we had the joy of welcoming PawPaw, all four grandparents, many great- aunts and great-uncles, cousins, and friends for the birthday extravaganza!
We are so thankful for these precious girls and boys and really can't believe how fast they are rolling through these birthdays! Here's a little update on the birthday kids:
LL turned 8 on Oct. 16 and is having a good year doing 3rd grade at home. She loves reading Nancy Drew mysteries, watching LHOTP, playing imaginative games with her sisters and brothers, and jumping on the trampoline (the big birthday gift!). She is excelling at piano this year, has fun doing gymnastics, and is learning to enjoy public speaking through speech club! LL is quick to offer help with baby IS and SA and we are thankful for her compassion and energy. She is an entertainer around here and knows how to have fun!
SJ turned 6 on August 29 and is a first grader this year! She is quick with math and can sit down and read a whole picture book or reader to anyone who'll sit still long enough, or often picks up a chapter book her sisters checked out and goes for it herself! She's enjoying gymnastics and, like her sisters, is a huge LHOTP fan. She continues to be a late riser and a night owl...like she was born with a teenager's internal clock! We are so thankful for her sweet smiles, good questions, and how she loves her family and friends.
RL turned 4 on October 23 and has become a madman on a bike! He loves to build with Legos, color with markers, do workbooks, help in the kitchen, "play school" with his sisters, play outside, work with his Daddy on projects at home and give IS kisses while saying, "He's SO cute!" He goes all day long but often initiates his own bedtime, saying, "Will you put me down?" We are so thankful for this busy, bright, fun, sweet boy!
SA turned 2 on September 29 and is always on the go with a big grin! Right around his birthday he moved into the toddler bed and now shares a room with RL, and he likes to present encores after bedtime these days, but we are working on that! :) His talking has totally taken off and he is putting together words now, to tell us things like "Watch me" or "Hold it" or "Stop it" (which I wish I could honor when he says it at diaper-change time!:) He's finally gotten a real haircut (though he didn't like it) and likes to climb onto the trampoline and run around. He is still very attached to his lovies and his thumb, and we are glad he's still a willing snuggler! We're so thankful for this bright, bubbly, fun boy and enjoy seeing him blossom every day!
We are so thankful for these precious girls and boys and really can't believe how fast they are rolling through these birthdays! Here's a little update on the birthday kids:
LL turned 8 on Oct. 16 and is having a good year doing 3rd grade at home. She loves reading Nancy Drew mysteries, watching LHOTP, playing imaginative games with her sisters and brothers, and jumping on the trampoline (the big birthday gift!). She is excelling at piano this year, has fun doing gymnastics, and is learning to enjoy public speaking through speech club! LL is quick to offer help with baby IS and SA and we are thankful for her compassion and energy. She is an entertainer around here and knows how to have fun!
SJ turned 6 on August 29 and is a first grader this year! She is quick with math and can sit down and read a whole picture book or reader to anyone who'll sit still long enough, or often picks up a chapter book her sisters checked out and goes for it herself! She's enjoying gymnastics and, like her sisters, is a huge LHOTP fan. She continues to be a late riser and a night owl...like she was born with a teenager's internal clock! We are so thankful for her sweet smiles, good questions, and how she loves her family and friends.
RL turned 4 on October 23 and has become a madman on a bike! He loves to build with Legos, color with markers, do workbooks, help in the kitchen, "play school" with his sisters, play outside, work with his Daddy on projects at home and give IS kisses while saying, "He's SO cute!" He goes all day long but often initiates his own bedtime, saying, "Will you put me down?" We are so thankful for this busy, bright, fun, sweet boy!
SA turned 2 on September 29 and is always on the go with a big grin! Right around his birthday he moved into the toddler bed and now shares a room with RL, and he likes to present encores after bedtime these days, but we are working on that! :) His talking has totally taken off and he is putting together words now, to tell us things like "Watch me" or "Hold it" or "Stop it" (which I wish I could honor when he says it at diaper-change time!:) He's finally gotten a real haircut (though he didn't like it) and likes to climb onto the trampoline and run around. He is still very attached to his lovies and his thumb, and we are glad he's still a willing snuggler! We're so thankful for this bright, bubbly, fun boy and enjoy seeing him blossom every day!
