Take a deep breath, and here we go…
My parents got Grace some paint and paintbrushes for her birthday, and both she and Caleb have had a blast painting! Thanks, Mom and Dad!
I splurged and bought Easy Cheese (which, by the way, I’m convinced has no nutritional value whatsoever, and really has nothing in common with cheese)…Anyway, the kids have loved asking me to “draw” different shapes and letters on their crackers during snack time. If you can’t read upside down letters, I wrote “CALEB.”
And Grace with her “GRACE” crackers. (I’m pretty sure Ava was either napping, or eating plain crackers during this snack time.)
Okay, this is an interesting picture. Grace took it. I think I was in our bedroom making the bed or something…You can see that Ava was sitting on the floor shredding a tissue (a favorite pastime of hers), and Caleb is standing above her whacking her on the head with a nearly empty tube of toothpaste. Classic.
The kids found these costumes in the basement one day last week-ish. (The week before last? I can’t remember.) Are they from you, Mom Rumley? Anyway, they had a fun time trying them on!
Ava is pulling herself up really well these days, and another favorite pastime of hers is to play the piano.
Ah, the kids’ new favorite hiding spot. I cleaned out my junk cupboard (i.e. put all the junk in a box in the basement to sort out later), and they just LOVE sitting in there with the doors closed! (That is, until Caleb colored on the inside of the cabinet with markers today, and I locked the doors shut. Sad day for them!) They really do like to hide in there when Luke gets home, and then have him “find” them. Funny kids.
And on to the birthday girl!!! This is Grace on November 13, the day before her birthday, when I was painting her fingernails and toenails so they could be pretty on her birthday.
Beautiful girl! She has grown up so quickly!
On the morning of November 14 (Grace’s birthday!), after eating chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast, we were able to go to the childrens’ museum with our friends Miss Sommer and Maddie. This is a picture of Grace and Maddie at the rescue helicopter exhibit. We had a fun morning with them.
And then, in the evening, we had our friends the Perrys over for dinner, cake, and fun. We had such a great time with them! If you’ll remember, last year Grace requested blue mashed potatoes. This year, we had red mashed potatoes (along with ham, green beans, and crescent rolls).
Grace received many wonderful gifts. Here she is with the Boz coloring book she requested. We’re happy that she’s still content with a coloring book for a gift (even though she did receive more than that).
I’ve posted pictures of Grace and Karisa before. Here’s another to add to the scrapbooks. (If I scrapbooked, that is.) They’re such sweet friends. It was wonderful to have her and Hannah (and the rest of the family) here to celebrate with us.
Sorry this one’s pretty blurry. Here are all the kids (minus Ava and Megan) after the treasure hunt. Can you tell the girls had fun with the dress up clothes?
Caleb must’ve been tired of being around all those girls after a while! He spent some manly time with Craig.
Last year, Miss Lindsey bought Grace a skirt so they could match on their birthday. Well, this year they wore their “birthday skirts” to church on Sunday, a couple of days after their birthday. Too cute!
Last picture…Yesterday (Sunday), we enjoyed the afternoon at the Dows’ house. We had a wonderful lunch, and enjoyed chatting with them. And Ava practiced going up the stairs! I’m convinced she’s really going to walk…someday! : - )
Well, it’s very late, so I will be off. I’m not even going to proofread this one, so if something is wrong, I’ll fix it later. Hope you enjoyed the pictures!
I’ll close with another Caleb-ism…
Today I had to discipline him, and after that process, we were still sitting on his bed. He had started giggling and goofing around.
He licked his finger and stuck it on my face.
And he said, “I gave you mouthwash, Mom.”
Not quite the same as Scope.
