Birthday Parties

After Brynn's birthday, we have continued with the birthday celebrations. Brynn and Clara each attended a friends party last weekend. I accompanied Clara to hers, which was her friend from daycare, so I was able to get some pic of her.

the gang

Glitter tattoos!

Clara got a hold of my phone and took a selfie.

Trying to get my phone back. Ha.

There was a really pretty sunset as I was leaving work one night last week.

Cardboard Clara!

Clara and her fav book, Ms. Spider's Tea Party. We ALL know the entire book by heart by now. It's a great one, though.

Brynn is always thinking. This was her latest invention. :-)

The girls started roller skating lessons on Saturday mornings and had their second one this past Saturday. It took Clara a bit to get into the mix of things, but this second Saturday, they did have the youngest ones broken off into a group on their own and that really seemed to help. Brynn is frustrated at the pace at which they're learning. "We haven't even learned to skate yet," she told us several times. They've started with the basics of skates and putting them on properly, learning how to fall and get up.

It was a beautifully frosty morning one day last week. This was looking North from the Hope Church parking lot after I had dropped Clara off daycare, facing Gethsemane Church.

Pics from Clara at daycare.

We celebrated Elise's 9th (!) birthday with her at Chuck E Cheese on Sunday. Happy birthday, sweet girl!

Elise chose Chad for the Ticket Blaster. Getting ready to head in!

I learned of this contest called "Doodle for Google" where students submit their artistic impression of the Google letters. This year's topic was 'what inspires you.' Here is Brynn's submission.

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theweckerlys said…

Awesome! Brynn is such a good artist! Your pics at Chuck E Cheese turned out so well! The lighting in there is difficult. Thanks for joining us to celebrate!

January 31, 2018 at 6:08 AM

Fall Things + Dana's Hunting Trip

Clara and I walked over to the high school for a boys' soccer game. They were pretty impressive to watch. Elise and Clara had fun raking leaves and Grandpa and Grandma's lake. Well, I know Clara had a great time for sure. I can't remember if I had posted that Dana did away with the garden and planted grass where it once was. So, Clara mowed that section. It was a perfect size for her to tackle. She might have found herself a summer job already. An amazing double rainbow! Thank you to those who donated for Clara's school walk-a-thon which took place last Monday. Dana and I were able to go watch and then joined in for some laps as well. Benny the Eagle was out there cheering the kids on too. Dana was busy making monster cookies for his annual hunting trip up north with his Dad and family friends. He kindly left some behind for us...which are long since gone now. :-) Grandma Holly came up while the guys were gone and took Clara shopping and the girls for lunch on Saturday

Thanksgiving 2023

The kids rolled out and baked sugar cookies for Thanksgiving. We finished our thankful pumpkin. I saw this in the store and given the season, it took me right back to my Grandma D's house on Thanksgiving and the bowl of walnuts she'd have on her table with the nutcracker. I wanted to buy it just for nostalgia purposes. Cora and Clara made these adorable turkey crafts at the crafternoon at the library. On Tuesday we went downtown for the tree lighting at Broadway Square. Abby, Hubert's sister, joined us as well. She just turned 10, so she got along pretty well with Clara. They had s'mores kits so we had to toast some mallows right away. I love how Clara's marshmallow is completely ablaze and she's still posing for the photo. Hahaha. We had to visit the reindeer too. I made them do jazz hands. And then, of course, we had to hit up Blackbird afterward. Our Wednesday morning XaBeat class. We were feelin' pretty festive. The girls had Wednesday off from school,

May Day + My Birthday + Star Wars Day

Brynn put together our May Day baskets and did a fantastic job. Clara and I did the deliveries... And we received one as well with these beautiful flowers. It was from Clara's friend, Cora, and her fam. We went out to dinner as a family to celebrate my birthday on Wednesday to best accommodate schedules this week. I got to open my cards and gifts when we got home. I had picked up a slice of puppy chow cake at Sonder Bakehouse so we all shared that. Then Brynn and I went out to play a little tennis. It was a beautiful day outside. I had taken Friday (my actual birthday) off of work and Tessa came up to have brunch with me. We had Black Coffee + Waffle Bar. It was so fun. Then May did my hair as it was overdue for a cut and color. Dana and I were able to go out just us two while Brynn took Clara to her school fun night...not only that, but Brynn also volunteered to sell tickets/wristbands (I was originally going to do it) so that I didn't have to and could go out. 💜 I had a coup

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