Happy Birthday Nephew!

Happy Birthday to you, remember Jesus loves you, he made you so special, Happy Birthday to you! (This is dd3's special version of Happy Birthday, which she insists on singing, by herself, at nearly every birthday party. Sing on sister!) Five is cool. Have a happy day tomorrow and every day.

The kids and I spent the morning and part of the afternoon celebrating our godson's (nephew #3) fifth birthday. He is a Thomas, dinosaur, snake loving boy. It was fun to get all the kids together and see the other half of my family also. The kids got to play with 2/3 of their cousins. The other 1/3 came to our house tonight for pizza. He's almost 15 and we don't get to see him nearly as often as we like or used to. Something about friends and sports that take up his time now. So much for little cousins and aunts and uncles.

Freedom

I had mentioned in the previous post about ds being patient in his stroller (at the state fair). Not wanting that to end and knowing we were dangerously close, I took him for a walk to find an appropriate place for a rock/cigarette butt/paper eating toddler to burn some energy. The first place we came upon was the gentleman selling hog panels (I only know what these are from stories Paperman has from his days on the farm), livestock waterers and other farm equipment. The salesman looked friendly enough, the grass was semi green and clean so I let ds out of the stroller. He was so happy to be able to move on his own he plopped right down, took his shoes off, and even laid down in the nice shady spot. Thank you Mr. Hog Panel selling man.

Who are you and where is my dad?

While going through our pics from our visit to Des Moines and the Blank Park Zoo this summer I ran across this picture. It made me laugh. At a quick glance this looks like our family. Look closer and the man holding the little boy is not Paperman, nor is he holding ds. The girls belong, the boys do not. Go figure! I think the real men from our family were just a bit out of camera range for this photo. We had a great day at the zoo and even made it to the state fair for some time that evening. Then back to the fair the following day. The girls got to ride horses, eat ice cream, ride the sky lift and participate in story time with Dan from IPTV. DS was patient in his stroller, got to pet a calf, and even had a nap. More fun for him next year.

I finally did it...

My maiden post! I'm so excited. I hope this blog will help me remember and also be able to share with family and friends what is happening in our ever changing household. I may share opinions, things we learn or like, and even a recipe or two. In my "previous life" I took pictures thinking "that would make a great scrapbook page". Now I've started thinking, "I'd love to write that somewhere" so here I am. Feel free to leave comments (only nice ones!). This blog will refer to my husband ( Paperman), oldest daughter (dd1), middle daughter (dd2), youngest daughter (dd3), only son (ds). If you're wondering about the name of the blog, read the right hand side of the page "about me".