Seven

It's official. My little guy is 7. We had a great time with our family on Wednesday night. Ben has grown to be such a great kid. It doesn't seem possible that he is so old. He had fun opening all of the gifts. He wasn't really expecting the rollerblades that Chris and I gave him but he has been using them every chance he can get!

Almost 7

In the past, birthday parties have turned into big get togethers at which grandparents would come and soon become overwhelmed by lots of kids that they didn't know and have no time with their grandchildren. So in an atempt to change this I have a kid party with a few friends and thena family party for all the grandparents, aunts and uncles...So Today was the kid party! Ben had his heart set on Pizza Galaxy. I wasn't so sure that was how I wanted to spend our money but it turned out to not be so much and Ben and the other children had a blast.

A few close family friends (two of them have been at all 7 of bens parties!) and a couple new buddies from school celebrated with us. Best of all...NO CLEAN UP

my extra babies!

I took a few pictures of my "extra babies" this week - they are cute and I do love them even if I seem stressed sometimes

This is Conner. When I told him to smile he gave me a double thumbs up and a big "Cheese".

This is Maggie! She wouldn't stand still long enough to get her sweet smile.
This was at about 9am - only 8 hrs to go!

Big First Grader

Today was a busy day at our house! Ben went off to first grade!

Sydney just had to get in some of the pictures too!

I also watch two children that go to kindergarten in the afternoons, so today their parents came to see them get on the bus for the first time! Only a few tears were shed.

Ben came home with a smile on his face wanting to read so he can earn "fish bucks". When he earns enough fish bucks he can sit at the teachers desk for a day - how cool! I pray that as he grows I will be able to teach him about the love Jesus has for him so that he can share that through his words and actions! What a blessing he and syd have been in my/our life!

Menu

It seems I have this problem often... Where do you guys look for new meal ideas? Please pass along some more of your ideas. I am trying not to make the same thing every week but my menus always seem to follow the same pattern. None of my family members are any help - ben always wants a turkey sandwich and syd would just like a slice of cheese or maybe "a piece of bread with brown butter please" (she means peanut butter) I would be happy to eat veggies (raw or cooked) but Chris isn't so fond of that idea.