Friday, February 6, 2009

Our Birthday Monkey!

Kurt has always reminded me of Curious George. My sister Ylfe made him a curious george rag quilt when he was a baby and gave him a big george stuffed animal that has been in his crib his whole life. So he loves and recognizes George as a good friend. When it came time for him to dig into his yellow hat cake he picked around at it, then siblings and cousins began picking at it and trying to show him to eat it. Whenever a bite of cake was put in his mouth he'd spit it out. I'm not sure what that says about my cake making skills...hmmm. Happy 1st Birthday Kurt!














Kurt was so happy with his birthday pizza. My sister Tess sent him a b-day card with some stickers that he became very attached to. He's holding them in most of the pictures. The stickers are now covered with pizza grease and frosting. And the wiggley eyes are long gone.



















Monday, February 2, 2009

Taking a Sunbreak on a Happy Heart day

The other day I looked at the monster mound of clothes piled on the piano room floor (probably 7 or 8 loads worth) and I called everyone in for a laundry folding party. Nobody was very excited even though I called it a party. So the kids grumbled in and began folding. A few minutes into it Lauren surprised me and bounced up and said "I need a sunbreak". She walked over to the backdoor and sat in the sunlight that was shining through. Then she said, "I'm just taking a sunbreak on a happy heart day." It was so sweet and I thought to myself...'when was the last time I took a sunbreak?' We all need sunbreaks to make all the work we do bearable. So we went to the park.