sophia turns 4

Sophia will be turning 4 this Wednesday. (I know, 4! How did that happen?) We held her party yesterday and she informed me today that she actually 4 now because she blew out the candles yesterday. Fantastic. We had a lovely day, and our friend Sandra took some gorgeous pics as usual.* Enjoy!

Eleanor had her first hair cut yesterday morning before the party. Bangs trimmed. So big!

I got the idea to use cute wooden clips on goodie bags from the gorgeous photos of Ari & Noah's birthday! Thanks Heather!

Sandra's fave pic of the day.

Yeah, that's a rock so big it's taking Wade's eye out... yep. She was wearing it yesterday..... inquiring minds want to know, Pam!

The game below - I made the bean bags, Wade made the tossing board. It was a tea party theme, so you had to throw them in the cups.

Ange wanted to be there to make the cake, but Aus is long way to come, so we put her tea set on top of the cake instead!

* All photos (except birthday cake) copyright 2008 The Art Of Seeing Photography.
Not to be used without permission, please.

a song by Sophia

Today we did a devotional and afterwards we read a Psalm. Sophia remembered that I told her once the Psalms were songs. After I read it, she asked me to sing it, so I made up some music. Then she said, "Now I will sing a song", and this is what she sang:

I love you God
I love you God
I know that you love me the best.
Thank you for giving me perfect love.
I know that I am a princess of you.
Oh, I love you, youuuuuuuuu.
I love you!

For real.

hey hey

We're back. We had a week vacation in Vernon with our chosen family, the Wilsons and the Alexanders. We've known each other so long and the connections are so many that we just tell the kids "you're cousins". It was fun, fun, fun. Let's just say: beaches, deck, backyard pool, margaritas, cranium, mexican food, waterslides, more margaritas, thai food, orchards, peaches you have to eat over a sink, large amounts of '80's karaoke, greek food, some more margaritas, some more waterslides, some more karaoke.... sigh.

Here's Eleanor and I on the deck at the Wilson's house. By the way, I know I have shown on this blog pics of how much Eleanor looks like Wade, but check this out:

That's me on the right. (Sister Lizzy on the lft, brother Matt down front.) Eleanor-y, huh? Isn't that nuts how she can look so much like BOTH of us? Way to go, God.

P.S. How cool are my parents? This pic is taken in 1974. My Mum is actually wearing a polyester jumpsuit that would fetch a mint today, and my Dad's plaid slacks are amazing. I remember making him throw out the shirt, which was actually kind of sheer, in the '80s. I SO wish I had it now. It was awesome.

We moved Nori downstairs out of our room yesterday into Soph's room. She is exactly 18 months old as of yesterday. Wow. They did pretty well with the new set up. Wade was up 4 times in the night with them - power daddy. If you think of it, can you pray for a smooth transition? We moved S's toddler bed upstairs to our loft so she could have a 'quiet time spot', and we painted the bed. it looks great. Here's pic i took of her while we were painting:


And to continue with the theme of "isn't DNA a wacky thing" here's picture of my Mum and her little sister Trish taken some time in the early 1950's. My Mum is on the left. Fun!