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| Sarah's finished "Building" project. |
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| Our favorite part of this piece was the sky. She would blurt out as she worked, "I love my sky! Mom, don't look! It's a surprise!" |
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| She loved using her easel. |
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| I thought her people crossing the street turned out really well. I was so proud of her tackling such a challenging project and working totally from her own head (no picture to look at while she painted). |
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| Tommy was super excited for his sister's birthday breakfast. |
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| The kids woke to find a trail of bubble gum balls leading down to the breakfast table. |
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| Fletcher, our resident chef, sporting his new apron while he cooks breakfast for all of us. Yesterday he made the most delicious oatmeal with diced Granny Smith apples, coconut and raisins. The presentation was fabulous...he greeted me with this beautiful bowl of oatmeal he'd made as soon as I came out of my room after showering. |
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| Today is homemade doughnut day for Sarah's birthday. Fletcher loves the powdered sugar ones best. We also make Nutella ones, cinnamon sugar ones and some with just honey on top. |
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| Tommy was so excited to help just like his big brother, Fletcher, who does it all by himself. |
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| Sarah wore her new Aeropostale skirt, Toms, and grey ruffle shirt with her green hair flower to celebrate her special day. |
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| Sarah bought me a pair of sunglasses on her birthday! She loves them and wants to borrow them, too! |
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| We had such a fun day with her! She crawled into bed bawling after we got home from youth group that night. I asked her if she was sad. She said, "No, Mommy! I just feel so loved and significant (a phrase we use a lot in our family because we believe all of us want to feel both loved and significant)! I've had such a special day! Thank you, Mommy!" Ummm, precious! My heart melted that she'd be brought to tears in thankfulness. |
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| Sarah's breakfast table waiting to welcome her. |
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| Sarah's birthday started as it has the past ten years when we wake up our children on the hour in which they were born. Sarah was born a little after 1 a.m. Charlie was so funny trying to wake her up by tickling her and pegging her with the rubber balls I bought with her pool party in mind. |
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| After all the siblings woke up during the slumber party in Paris' room, Sarah got to open one present from us and then Charlie prayed a blessing on her before we let them all go back to sleep. |
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| Typical Noah expression |
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| Sarah is so sweet with Noah. |
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| Love how his siblings can make Noah laugh. |
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| Tom's stance is just how he runs, toes out. It is so stinkin' cute to watch him run waddling along with his toes pointed out to the sides. I've tried to coach him to keep his toes forward when he runs but to no avail. |
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| Fletchie still struggles when I ask him to "dress up," though we've definitely found some compromises we both can agree on, luckily! |
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| Love TeeTom's tie shirts from Tia & Tio. |
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| Cheesy Tee! |
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| DogDog in tatters, Noah sporting the white loafers! |
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| My sons' faces crack me up in this shot! |
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| Tommy is finally old enough to join his siblings in playing Upward soccer. We joke that he'd play in his cowboy boots if we let him. |
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| Tommy really enjoys soccer, but the sad face here is because I'm making him take a picture when he's not in the mood. I was interested in capturing how he currently writes his name (as seen on his Upwards water bottle). |
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| Tommy loves when he has the ball! |
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| Love that Tommy (far left) plays his games with Pikes Peak in the background! |
