Jill's Birthday

Last Saturday was Jill's 4th birthday.

She wanted donuts for breakfast...with a little milk to cut the sweet.

Saturday was also the last game of the season for #9.

One last chance for team-work.

One last time to get the stop.

One last chance to demonstrate to coach what went wrong.

(The outfielder on the left is demonstrating the intense focus of t-ballers.)

And one last at-bat.And finally he got what he really wanted, a trophy!

From T-ball we headed home to party...

The Party

For Jill's 4th we decided to do a "real" party - verses the usual dinner and cupcakes. For fun I made a hot dog and ice cream parlour "stand" for the dinner. Our neighbor let us borrow his hot dog cooker and popcorn maker which the kids loved - what's better than getting popcorn out by yourself! Jill was sacked out on her bed when all the guests arrived. I eventually had to wake her up so we could get the party started.

The menu was hot dogs, sausages, chips and other heart-healthy dishes, like potato salad. Jill kept saying that she just wanted ice cream not cake so we made sundaes with all the fixings for dessert. Although I have no pictures of it we stuck 4 candles in a scope of ice cream and it worked just fine.

She had so much fun with all of her friends. It was a real treat. The girls made princess tiara's and the boys made pirate hats.

Cheetos Smile!Lucas and his cohort, Aiden

That is a deflated bounce house in the background.

Not only did it give the kids something to do but it also got rid of some of the energy that comes with a bunch of kids full of hot dogs and ice cream. Money well spent.From the cheetos to the ice cream.

Mia was lovin' having all that food lying around with parents being occupied elsewhere. I kept hearing "Hey! Mia's eating my food!" They should just be thankful we kept our other little food thief locked up.

Poor Henry.Sweet birthday girl. We love you. Happy birthday!

Wedding

Last Friday we got to attend this lovely wedding. Somehow most of the picts I came home with were of the children.

The Beautiful Bride Mia and her buddy

This is how Mia looks to me. Is that funny to say? This look is just how she looks at me.

Girl's Turn

Jill wanted to show her room to Grandpa and Grandma too! She throughly enjoyed "modeling" her room for me. Actually one of the things I like about the girl's room is that both Grandma's helped me make major decorating decisions - which I usually analyze, theorize, hypothesize to death - even though there are miles between us. Decision #1 -wallpaper. I knew I wanted to do a wall but the idea I had conjured up in my mind I couldn't find anywhere. Finally I had narrowed what I could find down to two choices but which one? Barb happened to be here and I laid out my arguements for each option. She agreed with me that the one I was leaning toward was best and then she helped me figure out how much I would need and how much it would cost and then she picked me up off the floor and helped me convince myself that what I really wanted was the cheaper one. Thank you, Barb. Money aside, I think it was actually the better choice....at least that is what I will tell myself.

Decision #2 - what color to paint their old dresser. Mom helped me see the light on this one. Although the first few strokes of paint caused me some anxiety, I'm really happy we went bold. It just looks so girly and fun to me.

Model Jill. Yes the picture in the frame is upside down. It came that way and I haven't decided what picture of ours to put into it. Anyone coming down to help me??

She wanted to take a picture of her reading a book but she couldn't help but peek up at me.

So there you have it...the girl's room.

All I need to do now is finish the quilt for Jill's bed.

Here is what that quilt looks like so far. Yeah it will be awhile...the silly thing has one inch squares! A fine example for my poor decorating decision skills. What was I thinking!

Lucas's Room

Dear Grandpa and Grandma in Idaho,

All the pictures I wanted to send of my new room wouldn't go through on your email so Mom said she would post them here.

First up I had Mom take a picture of me pretending to play Legos so you could "see how I look when I really play Legos in my room".

My dresser, where I keep all my Lego creations until Mom makes me dust and then I have to decide which ones I REALLY want to keep. It is always a very hard decision since they are all my favorite.


Mom here: I love this poster Lucas drew. The whole family plus "Slader and Rob" (pro-surfers) and a "wale" caught a wave together.
This is my flame poster.

And this is the view I have when I lay down on my bed.
I can't wait until I can give you a tour in person!

Love, Lucas

P.S. When you come you can watch me do this in person too...