Monday assortment

Sister Shout-outs:

To Martha: For designing and executing a wonderful first birthday sign for Owen’s party yesterday. Having an artist in the family is extremely handy, especially one who loves your children. It’s hanging on his bedroom door now so we can enjoy it for weeks to come!

 

When I see this I understand how people can be tone deaf. I don't comprehend why they can't match pitch, but I also know I could never in a bazillion years draw something like this.

To Kylie: For lending me her kitchen counter space to store party supplies. Trying to pull off a party that’s 25 minutes away from your house is a huge challenge. (Especially when it’s Sunday and you worked all morning at church.) Having a pit-stop on the way made everything a lot easier to pull off. Bonus props for volunteering all of this when she was hosting her own company and celebrating her birthday.

To Beka: For miraculously being at the party venue an hour early, without knowing how many extra hands I was needing (I didn’t really know until I got there) and for my favorite hour of the day setting up and catching up together. Happy first day of work!

To Melissa: For knowing everybody at our party. It’s always a little awkward having friends and family at the same gathering, hoping it’s not too uncomfortable or segregated. Melissa ended up being a wonderful way to fuse the groups and prompted some great conversation.

To Emily: Who wasn’t at the party, and had nothing to do with our party, but is an incredible sister in PA who gave me a pretty pair of shoes to wear this week. And she keeps my little-big bro in line, which deserves a high-five right there.

Future blog prompts:

“Surviving Croup: The Kids Are Fine--The Mom’s Still Recovering”

“Plumbing: The Final Chapter”

“Owen’s Party Prep: A Review”

“World Gymnastics Championships: The Americans and Everybody Else Who Wish They Were American”

“Holiday Baking Wish List”

“Guess What We Discovered Right Up the Street?”

Today’s 1%: Owen got a lot of cars yesterday. A lot of them. (Thanks everybody!) Almost all of them are the kind you pull backwards and they self-propel across the floor. Needless to say, it took less than 5 minutes this morning before it became necessary to remove the table and chairs in the dining room. What fun it was for the four of us to be pulling and pushing cars all over the hardwood together on our day off together!