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happy birthday, 6 year old!

Liam turned 6 yesterday. It’s pretty crazy that having a 6 year old also means that we’ve been parents for 6 years! It’s amazing to watch our children grow. They come into this world not knowing anything, and within 6 years, they have already learned to do so many things. We’ve experienced so many “firsts” with Liam. This year, we are tackling 1st grade (if I can ever decide which curriculum to use.) It’s overwhelming looking through all the curriculum choices that have been recommended to us.

On Sunday night, we had our neighbor friends over for a simple “Frozen” party. Liam is totally passionate about party decorations, so we hung some snowflakes and made a “pin the nose on Olaf” game for the kids.

Ever since the boys watched “Lord of the Rings” with Don, Liam has been obsessed with wanting a bow and arrow so he could be “just like Legolas.” I actually found one at Dollar Tree! He is so happy with it, I’m thinking he’ll need a better quality wooden bow next.

Liam’s big request for his birthday meal was a Happy Meal from McDonald’s. So easy to please!

we had Bible Study last night so I made a cookie cake for the birthday boy

Liam is so special to us. I love him more and more every day and I look forward to seeing how God will use him in the years to come.

And just for fun–here are Liam’s answers this year from our little interview I do with the boys on their birthdays

Favorite color- pink and teal

Favorite food- noodles

Favorite tv show- Wild Kratts

Favorite movie- The Lego Movie

Favorite holiday- Easter

Favorite school subject- art

Favorite game- Mystery Mansion

Favorite restaurant- Mcdonald’s

Best friend- Penelope

Favorite thing to do outside- four square

Favorite drink- lemonade

Favorite song- Amazing Grace

Favorite Bible verse- Hebrews 11:1

Favorite animal- pink flamingos and sheep

Favorite toy- bow and arrow

Favorite dessert- ice cream

Favorite instrument- harp

Favorite superhero- Captain America and Thor

What he wants to be when he grows up- an artist

Favorite bug- butterfly

Check out Liam’s interview from last year here.

August 21, 2014

birthday, Blog, evangeline, Family, friends, kids

a birthday buddy party

In the last post I shared the first birthday photoshoot. Now it’s time for the party!

So, you probably already know that Maggi and Evangeline share a birthday. It’s still a big deal to me. I love that I get to celebrate my daughter and my best friend on the same day!

birthday buddies last year and this year

I realized that day that I was pretty awful about taking good party decor pictures. But this kind of gives you and idea of how I decorated. And those paper fans? Yeah, those are going to stay. I love them!

We tried doing a little photo session right before the party but Evangeline wasn’t too thrilled with doing that. She just wanted her mommy.

I really wish I would have done a better job about getting pictures of Don and I with her. These are sadly the only ones I got with her.

I made matching cakes for the girls. I am no cake decorator.

Kingston’s face in this one cracks me up

Funny story. As the 25-30 of us (all gathered on our deck) finished singing “Happy Birthday,” we heard the deck’s wood start cracking. Evangeline was already starting to smash up her cake at this point and then there was complete chaos. Everyone started running inside to avoid the collapsing deck. So Evangeline had to finish the cake indoors. Thankfully, I was able to borrow a flash from a friend (thanks Rachel!) to snap a few pictures of my baby girl demolishing her cake. I’m not sure if she even ate more than a bite or two. She had the best time smashing it and throwing it on the floor. I think she may have 3 big brothers 🙂

After the party, I snapped a picture of the kids on the couch (on the right.) Then last night, I was looking back through the pictures I took a year ago and found this other picture from the night we brought her home from the hospital. I thought it was so sweet to see the change over the past year. But Kai’s giant smile hasn’t changed a bit!

We are so blessed to have this sweet little girl as our daughter. She has such a silly, happy personality when she feels comfortable in a situation. But the moment things are a little off, she becomes anti-social, serious, and a big time mommy-lover. She becomes more beautiful every day. I look forward to seeing her grow up and I pray that she will become a young woman who loves the Lord and seeks Him first!

May 8, 2014