At the Park

 

We are having a beautiful spring. The weather is in the 70's and just perfect. I decided to take the kids today to the park and meet my friend Naomi and her family there. The kids love to go to the park and Tirzah and Hardy were very motivated to get their schoolwork all done so we could go after lunch. Hardy is doing well in school; he's learning to read special sound words mixed in with his two vowel words and really likes his math class, especially learning to count money.

Selah loves, absolutely loves, the swing. She giggles for the first ten minutes while in the swing. She is doing really well. She has now added "hi," "wow," and "yah" to her vocabulary. She enjoys all types of food except does not like peas. I have tried frozen and canned in different soups and fixed different ways and she picks them out and, if I'm not looking, throws them over the side (a big no-no in our family). She is loving life without her helmet and we are enjoying our happy girl.

 

 Tirzah wanted to bring her soccer ball to the park. She loves all kinds of sports, but especially enjoys playing soccer. We're hoping to put her in some kind of sport this fall. She is doing well in school and has already started learning multiplication and division, lately learning the 3's family.

Here is Acarith with her friend Ruthanne. Acarith is our fun loving, free spirited girl. She loves to call herself "big girl" and she enjoys putting together cute outfits with her clothes. She can even button up her own shirts by herself and for the most part get them all lined up right; that's pretty impressive to me.

We are so thankful for each of our kids and so thankful the Lord has given them to us.

Selah's First Birthday!

On Tuesday, March 11, Selah celebrated her first birthday. Wearing a shirt that said, "Birthday Girl," we had her party at our house and about 25 friends came. Selah looked so cute in her hair bow. Since she has had to wear the helmet, everybody commented on her headful of hair. By the way, we are DONE with the helmet! Thank the Lord! The week before her birthday we had the last appointment and also saw an eye specialist for children in Glendale and he said her eyesight is perfect, which we are so thankful for.

 

The night before her party, the kids plus their friend Lily helped me start the cake. We made a yellow cake in a 1/2 sheet cake pan. I froze it that night and next morning put it on the tray and topped it with a cream cheese pudding mix, crushed pineapple, and whipped cream. It was yummy!

Our friend Ida Larson bought the candles. The one on the left is a musical flower candle, and after I lit it, it looked like a sparkler, then each little candle lit and it spin around while singing "Happy Birthday." We all joined in with the candle, and it was so cute. By the way--the candle (which is now outside) is STILL making the music! We are wanting to see how long it lasts. It even got rained on a few nights ago but is still going. :)

 

Selah LOVED her cake...she had two pieces. She didn't even get messy and got all her cake in her mouth. Everyone was pretty impressed.



Daddy helped Selah open all her gifts. She sweetly sat on his lap the whole time for gifts. Tim for fun wore her hat, which made us all giggle. It was a fun party, and thank you to all our loving family and friends who showered our Selah with such love.



Acarith's Birthday!

 

On Friday, Feb. 28, Acarith turned three years old! Since she wanted to have her birthday party at our friends' house, the Rice's were gracious and opened up their home. About 20 people came to celebrate her birthday and we had a great time.

As she stood by daddy's side we sang "Happy Birthday."

She loved all the presents our friends showered upon her.

Thanking Hardy with a hug for his gift.

Acarith eating her Minnie Mouse cake and ice cream with Tirzah, Hardy, and her friend Ruthanne. It was a wonderful night. As we drove home after the party, Acarith said, "Mama, I like my party. It sure was fun!"