Archive for November 2008
Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate my birthday! We had a great time at the party and I really appreciate all of the awesome gifts. Check out the action:
Morgan’s 6th Birthday Party
Also, check out some other recent photos:
Birthday Donut
Celebrity Kids
My birthday started at Gibby’s Donuts bright and early this morning. We were chowing down by 7:05 so Momma could get to her 8:00 meeting. Momma, Daddy, and Parks sang to me while Momma lit a candle on my chocolate covered donut!
My “party” continued at school with a birthday sticker, book, singing, ice cream treats, and six spankings from Mrs. Godby. Nothin’ says, “Birthday,” like a few whacks on the behind!
When Momma picked me up from school she asked where I would like to go for my birthday dinner. This was my replay:
“I want to go somewhere where they will sing to me.” Momma laughed. I’m not sure why. Anyway, my wish was granted with a trip to Dip It. I got to wear a big funny hat, be sung to in Spanish, and get some cake smashed on my face. I got a little more than I had bargained for!
Check out the picks to the bottom right. They’re from Daddy’s camera!
SIDE NOTE: I have a loose tooth! I told Momma about it last Saturday morning, but no one around here had slowed down long enough to blog about it. Momma thinks the one next to it is getting a little shaky, too! Look out world…Momma says that the awkward stage is about to commence…not so sure what that means….but I bet it’s fun!
6 years old?!? Wow, even to say it out loud doesn’t help to make it seem real. The last year has seen a lot of new and exciting things, and you have been at the foundation of so many of those. Not least of which is that you’re now officially a grade schooler. It is right across the street from your old day care, but it seems like a whole new world! We’re so proud of how well you’re doing in school and are, as we always have been, astonished by your thirst for knowledge and sponge-like ability to soak it up. When you read and write, we can feel an energy radiating off of you as you learn how to express yourself in new ways.
Another tremendous quality that has really blossomed in the past year is your compassionate and caring heart. A fish, hermit crabs, Zip the hamster…you treat them in a way that makes it easy to recognize your loving nature. What warms our hearts the most, though, is to see how you care for your stinky little brother. You take so much pride in teaching him new things and taking him under your wing to show him the way of the world. I hope that you have the joy to one day know how it makes a parent feel to see the people they love the most love each other so much. For as lucky as we feel to have you around, Parker is blessed to have a big sister like you.
This year just like last year, Mommy and Daddy will probably spend the next week getting lost in your old blog posts and pictures from years ago. And, next year just like this year, we’ll be looking back on this letter to you as you turn 7, wondering how it is possible to love you an ounce more than we do now. And, just like every year, we’ll discover that you found a way to make it happen.
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
So last night, after another day of learning in kindergarten, I was super excited to find out the Ellie and her family were coming over for a visit! They couldn’t stay long…Ellie’s daddy had to go to a meeting, but we made the most of our time together! We dressed up, ate dinner, watched a movie, and played lots! Eli and Parker did a lot of chasing and bugging us girls, but we didn’t mind! Thanks, Eberhards, for stopping by! We can’t wait to hang out again soon!
No updates lately because Mommy and Daddy have been the most boring borings to ever have boring-ed. They’ve been working really hard on the dining room…painting and stuff. Parker and I have mostly watch Wall-E and beat up on each other, occasionally stopping to watch Zip run around in his wheel.