Brownie fun

Eden has joined brownies this year and, well, so has her mother. As the troop leader. We have had lots of fun and last night we learned about science. Here are a couple of our experiments.

Snow day

Snow day! It has been very cold here in our neck of the Prairie. The kids had a snow day yesterday and a late start this morning. So we decorated for Christmas. After the kids were bored with that I told them to go find something to do. For Eden this included teaching Lars how to read and for Lars this included playing endlessly with the Christmas village and his cars. For Elia,  she just wanted to eat her gingerbread house , so she did. Mom, in this case, just needed a nap. I suppose, there is always tomorrow. For now we enjoy each others company.

Cousin Lea's wedding

After a very late night/early morning flight into Detroit airport, we had about 10 hours to get home, sleep, shower and get ready for the Kraft family's wedding of the year!  

With Cousin Lea as the bride, Eden made a beautiful addition as one of the flower girls in a dress her Aunt Janet made for her.  Here are a couple photos from where I sat:

Flower girl - Eden

Elia sleeping on Kalli's lap from beginning to end

Lars wishing he were sleeping

sprinkle flowers as you go...

Benny on the left, Eden on the right

Lars gets up to leave part way thru saying, "I gotta get out of here".  Papa is happy for the walk, I'm sure

Cousins!  Mataya, McKenzie with Elia, Eden, Josh, Ariya.  Zac in the back, Ziana and Lars in the front

Sarah & Eden, all dressed up.  Eden LOVED her curls for the day.

Thanks, Lea and Gabe, for a fun filled day with lots of family and friends!  Eden had a wonderful time being your flower girl and we thank you both for that special moment in time.

Happy Birthday Mommy!

I was folding clothes in Lars' room this morning before school when a very excited Eden came in and wished me a Happy Birthday, followed by Lars with the same message. (prompted by dad?) Elia is still trying to pronounce the word "Birthday", but was pretty close!  Lars drew me a rainbow picture and thought about a present from Bommgars for me (that's a cattle & ranch type store that he likes).  I said I'd pass, but thanks anyway. 

After school, with Allen out of town until Wednesday, Eden wanted to do SOMETHING special since it was mommy's special day and we always do SOMETHING special for the birthday girl or boy.  I said Mommy's are exempt from that rule but since she didn't know what exempt meant, she didn't think that was true.

Eden wanted to take me to dinner and insisted on cake and ice cream afterwards because, "Mom, you ALWAYS make cake for people on their birthday.  You ALWAYS remember everybody's birthday and we ALWAYS have a big party with lots of friends!"

This year, May 6th was in the middle of a very busy couple of weeks for us and all of our friends!  

So, with three kids in tow, we had a bite to eat up town, then went to the grocery store for Chocolate Cake with Chocolate frosting and Mint Chocolate Chip Ice cream.  We devoured it when we got home and made a big chocolate mess before hitting the sudsy bathtub. 

It was a wonderful day and I expect wonderful days in the year to come.  

Thanks to all the Birthday Wishes and Love sent my way.