My baby is 7! {How did that happen?}

So, Monday, the 27th was Lena’s 7th birthday :(  How did she get to be 7 already?  I am not ready for her to grow up!

She was 6lbs 14oz and 20.5inches long.  Look at that precious little face!

Today she is 4 foot 1 inches tall and 49 lbs…. she still has a precious little face ;)
Lena is sweet little girl who loves to snuggle, give kisses, and often says how much she loves you.  She is our Switzerland… always making sure not to take sides on anything, but tries to make everyone feel special and loved :)

Lena had a 3 day birthday celebration… it started on her actual birthday. I gave her my present to her – an art bucket – filled with paint, paintbrushes, crayons, stickers, stapler, scissors, coloring books, and drawing paper.

Then she got to choose what she wanted for her birthday dinner… she wanted taco’s and she got to use the special plate for her dinner!

While we were having dinner Evan and Annie dropped by to say Happy Birthday and to give Lena some presents.  They stayed for dinner and had a nice visit :)
Day 2 of her birthday celebration was going out on her birthday date with daddy.  they went to Pizza Eatza and had a great time eating and playing the arcade games together!

Day 3 was her birthday party – Anne and Hannah came over along with Liam and Kathy, Nanny, Papa, Aunt Jodi and Aunt Krista.  She wanted a littlest Pet Shop Birthday, so she decorated the cake herself and all the kids at the party adopted a stuffed animal that we got at the dollar store and they made collars for their new pets out of string and beads.

Advent – Day 1 – Waiting

It is hard to wait for anything… and in our society it is even harder… so many inventions and things we take for granted are simply because we didn’t want to wait… microwaves, cell phones, email, fax machines, google, etc.  And for kids (and even adults) it is hard to wait for Christmas.  I for one, think it can’t get here fast enough.  I have my Christmas present sitting in my room and I can’t play it until Christmas!  So to help us wait… we made a paper chain and put up the advent calendar.

Happy Birthday Baby!

I can’t believe that Robbie is 10!  How did that happen?  It has been a real joy to be his mom :)  He is so affectionate, has a sweet spirit, and is a hard worker!  I love my little man!

 
November 28, 2000 – 7lbs 14oz – 21 inches.  Look at that precious little face!
 
My baby today – November 27, 2010 – 71lbs – 56 1/2 inches.  He is a little man :(

We had his birthday party today.  He wanted a dinosaur birthday party with a cake that had a volcano!  it was my job to figure out how to make that happen.  Thanks to the suggestion of mom, a tin can, a little casserole dish and a whole lot of frosting was used.

not as easy as it looks to make a volcano!  LOL  Cake decorating is not my forte’ but he thought it was the coolest cake ever… so that is what counts!

The kids made Dino Dia-o-rama’s at the party.  They had a lot of fun with them.  It was interesting to see each kids personality come through with the art/craft of the project

                      Liam’s                                                         Will’s

                     Ethan’s                                                          Kathy’s

                       Sam’s                                                      Robbie’s
                       Ben’s                                                         McCara’s

                      Lena’s

After the Dia-o-rama’s the kids all went outside for a snowball fight!

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And then they came in for cake and ice cream and to sing Happy Birthday to Robbie!
 

All in all – a good day and a good party.  I think everyone had fun and Robbie’s little face was lit up the whole day!