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they say it’s your birthday


Our little Kai guy turned 4 last week! We did a little celebrating last Monday with our Tuckahoe friends. Kai requested an ice cream cake and Star Wars cake. The cake was anything but fancy. I just stuck some of their Star Wars toys (I washed them, don’t worry) into the cake. Pretty lame. But this kid was so giggly and excited for his special cake!
 
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We had plans to go to Culver’s to celebrate on his actual birthday. But to make this birthday more memorable, he and I got strep throat instead. I debated all day whether or not we should go get tested. The only reason I even went was because Don had just had it. So we headed to Walgreens and were both diagnosed with strep throat. Bummer! Then we went to Target to get some ibuprofen for my poor little guy. As we were about to head inside, the tornado sirens started going off. I knew I would rather be inside Target than driving around in the dark with tornadoes, so we ran inside and hung out until the sirens were done. Let’s just say that I probably won’t forget his 4th birthday…at least for a few years.
 
Thankfully, once we had the antibiotics in our system, we started feeling better pretty quickly. I had gotten Kai a happy meal during our night out, but he fell asleep before he even got to eat it. I’m pretty sure this was the first happy meal he’s ever gotten. It made his day when he got to have it the next day for lunch.
 
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If I had to describe Kai, I would use words like: silly, random, giggly, cheerful, crazy, lovable, sweet, hyper. He is always saying and doing silly things. And has the craziest dance moves. He’s been a dancer since he was a baby.
I did a little interview with him like I did last year. Quite a few answers were the same this year.
 
Age: 4
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite animal: pig
Favorite song: Amazing Grace
Favorite toy: his new Iron Man toy
Favorite game: Mystery Mansion
Favorite food: chicken and hot dogs
Favorite drink: milk
Favorite dessert: Star Wars cake
Favorite thing to do with mommy: play with Miss
Favorite thing to do with daddy: play Sonic
Favorite thing to do with Liam: play Toejam and Earl
Favorite thing to do with Kingston: watch him be good
Favorite thing to do with Evangeline: cuddle
Best friend: Evangeline
What he wants for birthday dinner: Stromboli
Favorite movie: Star Wars
Favorite restaurant: “Starvation Army” (Me: “Kai, that’s not a place to eat. And it’s called ‘SALVATION army.'”) Kai: “Oh. Then Culver’s.”
Favorite instrument: guitar
What do you want to do when you grow up: “I wanna be a pillow.” He also answered: gardener
Favorite superheroes: Superman
 
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I love to look back and see the ways he’s changed over the past year. The interview questions may not be that exciting to anyone else, but posts like this make me thankful that I started blogging. It’s special to me to be able to watch them grow through this blog.
Kai is so special to us! We sure do love him!

P.S. We made up for our cancelled trip to Culver’s. 

P.P.S. Salted caramel is an amazing topping. I could probably eat spoonfuls of it.

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March Month in a Minute


I always love getting my videos finished at the end of the month. Getting a recap of the month in video is a lot of fun. I recommend trying it one month!

 


In April, I’m going to attempt to shoot all my clips with our DSLR. Since it’s all new to me, it could really turn out very poorly. But as the saying goes “practice makes progress.” Much more realistic than “practice makes perfect.” I’m hoping to learn a lot and improve quickly.
 
In other news, Don has been diagnosed with strep and Evangeline has the worst case of eczema that I’ve ever dealt with. Scabs and blood covering her body 🙁 Please pray we heal and are able to make it to Rockport’s Grace Camp Meeting this weekend. There’s no camping involved. Just lots of good preaching, fellowship, and food. If you’re in the area, I recommend coming for some or all of it!