Sunday, September 21, 2008

Happy Birthday, DoDo!

I don't really have as much to say as I thought I did, so to sum it up, here we go:

1.) First up is a birthday shout out to Freddie! Ethan and Grace really wanted to come to your birthday party -- we miss you and wish we could be there to bake you a cake.




2.) Ethan is honing is art skills at school. This is an apple tree that he came home and drew for me one day.

I think they were learning about Johnny Appleseed. But apparently our efforts to go green have really entrenched themselves in the kids. Evidenced first by Ethan's tree-hugging picture, and second by Grace's latest line of questioning when a neighbor was over to play -- "Um," she said, "Do you recycle like us?" To which HE responded "I don't really know," and ETHAN responded, "Yes, you do. You have two recycling bins and we have one." (His powers of observation are astounding).



3.) I have this weakness for matching pajamas on the kids. It's ridiculous I know.

Grace's skeleton jammies ------------------- $6.50 at Once Upon a Child
Ethan's skeleton jammies ------------------- $14.99 on eBay
Sophie's skeleton jammies ------------------ $0.65 at Gymboree after a $10 reward card

Their excitement at having matching Halloween pajamas? --- Priceless


And that is the end for today. I REALLY didn't have as much to say as I thought I did. Until next time, Anonymous. Hope you had a happy day!





21 comments:

Emily C said...

that's one of my favorite pictures of freddie. i still remember that birthday like it was yesterday. freddie was always such a fun little brother. he was always up for anything, and still is!! i sure do miss us all living near each other!!

the jammies are way cute. i love sophie's face. she just looks so excited to be part of the big kids. so cute.

freddie said...

hahahaha, i dont know which one of your kids faces is the best. the are all so excited. lol . . . i might forward that picture that ethan made to ingrid. . . .it miht be sent out on her weekly emails

Elizabeth said...

Kai saw Ethan's pajamas and decided he needs to be a skeleton for Halloween. So I got track some down.

Andrea, Mrs. said...

Tree hugging.... I'm still snickering..... heheheh......

Sarah said...

haha, i love how green y'all are. and you should let the kids be those skeletons for halloween and save your fun money you'd spend on their wizard of oz costumes for you :)

Sarah said...

oh p.s. how come ethan doesn't have a heart??

Anonymous said...

she never says that

Messimoo said...

I ove the jammies. So you never said who won the guess. I think they look just like the walnuts we had growing up in WI, that we used to have fights with, and I believe there are 215!

Sunnie said...

i am loving those skeleton pjs! my girls would love them! we saw freddie some last week in utah for eliza's wedding. i love the apple tree hugging pic!

jenny said...

Isn't it crazy how our kids can resemble us so much. I still think he is a carbon copy of your littlest brother. So funny.

Those cookies look delicious and glad you are up and running again.

Happy birthday Freddie! Crazy to think I met him when he was only 10. Yikes. And those pjs...score! I want to find some of those.

Laura said...

My love it and my love you!

Julia Deaver said...

So cute! I love the pj's!

Tasha said...

Those PJ's are darling! It is so good to see you back!

Heidi said...

The three of them in matching pajamas IS priceless! The look on their cute faces is so great!

KMDuff said...

LOVE those jammies! So cute!

Emily C said...

i thought you were on a blog roll....

whats the latest!?!? i

Nanda said...

Those 3 matching jammies are so cute!
Thanks for your great suggestion for how to get Hannah to sleep. I'm going to try reading that book you suggested.
Loved the story about your hair! I can totally relate to your experience! I am in desperate need of someone to do my hair right now, but it's so hard to find someone you trust in a new place!

Anonymous said...

i like turtles

Emily Widdison said...

blog roll...very simple...go to customize, click on add gadget...and pick blog list...very first option. Then you have to enter everyone's info...takes some time but it is worth it!! Saw you asking on Poppy's blog, thought I'd let you know. I love it! Saves so much of my time!

freddie said...

look who has a blog. . . hahahaha

Emily C said...

jessica - do you realize its turned into a month again? whats the latest?