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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!

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