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Birthdays in our house start with that special someones room being filled with balloons after their asleep. Joshua put the balloons in Sydney's room around midnight in order to be sure that she would be sound asleep. But to our surprise, she rolled over to see him and said, "Don't worry Dad, I'm not peaking!" We think she was a little too excited to sleep well last night. :o) The early morning was filled with screams of delight and laughter as the sprouts started to play. Joshua and I headed down the hall to enjoy the celebration with our camera in hand. Then it was off to the bakery with Dad to pick out favorite donuts and bring some home to share with the rest of the family.

Happy Birthday Sweet Girlie!
Daddy and Mommy love you and are blessed to have you in our lives.

Sydney Bon Bair

This week at the Library we found a new favorite book entitled "Ruthie Bon Bair."

 It's about a little girl who does not obey her mommy and the consequences end up not being very fun for Ruthie.

"So begins this delightfully irreverent tale in the tradition of Dr. Seuss. When a spirited little girl named Ruthie Bon Bair refuses to dry her wet hair before bedtime, she is plagued by an unusual host of difficulties-plants and flowers begin to sprout from her scalp, leading to hilarious consequences. Escalating to a dizzying climax, Ruthie and friends attempt to control the growing vegetation in her hair, but not without some surprising results..."

 After breakfast yesterday, Joshua gave Sydney this dress-up idea.

Introducing Sydney Bon Bair.

 And of course Noah wanted to participate as a dragon, but I think he ended up looking like an angry leprechaun (a small, mischievous sprite).  :)

Witte Museum

This past week, we headed to the Witte Museum for our family day. For the soul purpose of seeing the animatronic dinosaur exhibit for our little man. It is such a joy to take part in your children's interests, and to help them go from a plastic toy model to a life size moving replica. Needless to say we had a blast!

Noah was in awe of the size, movement, and sounds of the dinosaurs. So much so, that he was too afraid to turn his back to them for a picture.

Noah loved being able to press buttons on a control panel to make the dinosaurs move.

Lots of fun!

Joshua and Noah were surprised by a T-Rex popping its head out of a mountain.

My precious paleontologists.

Noah's first big discovery!

Raising Hobbits?

My sprouts want to eat on a Hobbit's meal schedule, so I was thinking I should officially put it into effect. If I meal/snack plan for this ahead of time my pantry won't be running dry of options. They can only eat goldfish so many times in one day. :)
The only problem is they'll never be down from the table...like today.

So far today...

- Breakfast - Homemade blueberry muffins w/milk
- Second breakfast - Yogurt and granola bars w/water
- Elevensies - Peanut butter and honey sandwiches w/milk
- Luncheon - Leftovers from Elevensies
- Afternoon tea - Banana w/milk
- Dinner
- Supper

* Kudos to Tolkien for coming up with this helpful meal plan. Thanks!

Library Detectives

 Sydney and Noah enjoyed the carnival today at the Seguin Library. The carnival was the kickoff to their summer reading program. The sprouts had already finished all their reading in order to receive their prizes, so they each came home with a detective hat, t-shirt, glasses, snake sword (to fight off bad guys), flash light, library bag, and their certification for library detectives. 

 Noah looking Depp-like in his hat while he eats a sucker he won fishing.

 

 Showing off their t-shirts.

6th Anniversary

My Love and I have been married for 6 years today! I guess that means we've graduated to first grade. :)

Lizard Army

Noah's new "it" toy is his collection of lizards. He has been carrying the lizards around the house for the last couple of days, and yesterday he came up with a new way to play with them. So I just couldn't pass up taking a picture of my cute little man with his lizard army.

Brushing Cuties

Big sister's apprentice.

Lizzy on her pink tiptoes.

Hee-hee!

Banana Buddies

I took this photo the other night to demonstrate how Lizzy loves her big brother and wants to do everything just like him, right down to holder her banana with the peel.

Chocolate Pie A' la Floor

You know you serve a great group of people when upon arriving for Care Group, you drop the dessert face down on the floor and after everyone gets over their shock and disappointment, they vow to still eat it because of the 5 second rule. Good thing it was still frozen when it kissed the floor. Thanks guys!

Investigator of the Year

Congratulations!!!

 I am proud to announce that my dad won the "Investigator of the Year" award for the Denton County Sheriff's Office. Wish we could be there with you tonight to celebrate and see you get your award.
Love you Dad!

The Accused

Mugshot #1

Charged with embarrassing his mother.

The incident happened earlier today inside the Albertsons grocery store off of I-35 in New Braunfels, Texas. While in the check out line, the accused overheard a conversation taking place between his older sister and mother. It was a discussion on modesty, because his sister noticed some women dressed in bikinis on the cover of magazines. His sister said, "Mommy, those women are naked!" His mother then explained that "No, they were not naked, just dressed immodestly." The accused then proceeded to laugh and say, "Naked women? Oh, I see them." His mother then turned the magazine around and said, "Don't talk about it anymore." The accused, catching on to the fact that what he had just said was not an appropriate thing to be saying, and that he had been asked to stop (opportunity to disobey), got a gleam in his eye and a giggle in his voice, and at the top of his lungs screamed, "NAKED WOMEN, NAKED WOMEN, NAKED WOMEN!!!" After his mother returned to her natural color, and "the looks" from around the packed check out lines stopped, he and his family retreated to the car. A complaint was filed with the Judge (Daddy) upon arrival at home.

* The sentencing should be light since the Judge couldn't stop laughing.

Pantry Discovery

Why is it that my baby is the inquisitive one?

She is the first to play with the toilet, the first to empty out an entire container of wipes, the first to discover the pantry and explore all its potential messes.

You would think that since she already dumped out a box of chocolate Nesquik on the pantry floor this morning I would have barricaded the door somehow. But no, I did not learn from that disaster earlier today, so this is what I found 2 hours later.

My Husband

I love the fact that my husband knows I've had a long night/day and while I'm asking him what would bless him to eat for dinner he says, "How about peanut butter and honey sandwiches?"

Cops & Kids

Cops & Kids is a free, annual, play day/picnic for the town of Seguin. We had a great time as a family enjoying all the festivities.

Sydney and Noah played the Sponge Bob bean bag game and won a piece of cake and an apron from Home Depot.

Joshua, Sydney, and Noah had a fun ride around Starke Park.

Noah was amped-up that he and Daddy got sprayed with mud on the tractor ride.

 Sydney was so excited as she waited in line for her face to be painted for the first time. 

So Pretty!

Church Bells

I love the sound of the church bells that ring in our old town every day.  I wonder if they're ringing to call the faithful to worship or if they're ringing to announce the death of a church member (the "passing bell" --one stroke for each year of life.) Maybe it's in celebration of a couple that has just united in the marriage covenant or the start of a new day of school. Whatever it may be, the bells cadence makes me stop and meditate that time is passing. It breaks into the mundane tasks of my life and reminds me of an earlier century, that I have only read about and wished I had gotten to experience. It reminds me that what I am doing right now will end all too soon, as the seasons come and go. So, as I pause at the sound, a smile spreads across my face and I continue on in the tasks that God has called me to, in this time and place.

What Did You Expect??

Joshua and I are going through this book together on date nights and already we are seeing fruit in our marriage. The heart is the target in marriage, just like in Tripp's brother's book on children ("Shepherding A Child's Heart"). It is one of the best books we have read on marriage so far, and we hope that it will be an instrument for change in your marriage as well. Please check it out...you won't be disappointed.

Milestone

Sydney has learned to swing by herself this week.

Good job Juneberry!

Springtime Photo Shoot

Seguin is in bloom with Texas wild flowers!

My little man

Bringing Mommy a flower

Lizzy is doing her spring jig. 

Giggling about the flowers

But still more interested in picking up rocks than flowers.

Close-up

Juneberry looking all grown up.

Beautiful!