First off, I have to say that birthday parties (or parties in general) are not my forte. I was a bit worried about my hostess skills. At the beginning of Sydney’s 8th birthday party, all of the girls picked up the balloons that were scattered on the living room floor and they rubbed them on their arms and heads and then stuck them to the walls. I highly suggest this activity to anyone – it took up a full 20 minutes!
Here is the group of gaggling 7 and 8 year old girls making flower baskets with paper plates.
Sydney made her own game of “pin the tail on the cat.” This was also a big hit. The favorite activity was frosting sugar cookies – sorry no pics. Each girl got to go home with a plate of cookies to share with her family.
If you know me, I don’t do cakes. Instead I (meaning Peter) made cupcakes – since I already had sprinkles out for cookies, each girl got to decorate her own cupcake!
Sydney’s friends were looking at her a little weird because she was so excited when she was opening her new set of scriptures! They didn’t know what to make of that I guess.
After the birthday party we drove over to the church for Sydney’s baptism. Here she is all dressed in white. She was so excited that she was jumping up and down – she had a permanent smile on her face!
Days like this make being a parent worth your while!
Grandma Gardner got Sydney this pillowcase. Thanks grandma!
“If you chance to meet a frown do not let it stay…”
“Quickly turn it upside down and smile that frown away!”
I haven’t seen any gray hair yet, but time is sure marchin’ across my face!
- Scriptures and CTR scripture case
- Bookmarks, Baptism pillowcase, CTR butterfly necklace (to replace the one that Isaac ate last year)
- Scissors, pin cushion, ribbon, needles, thimble, material, etc… for her sewing kit.
- a Siamese cat Webkinz
- LPS ferret (LPS stands for Littlest Pet Shop just in case you aren’t in the know)
- Stickers
- Framed picture of the Jordan River Temple (where Peter and I were married)
I am not a sentimental fool (in case you didn’t already know that) but seeing my husband baptize my daughter stands as one of the most precious moments of my life. It was wonderful seeing how happy she was after she came out of the water (and how cold she was) and after she was confirmed. Peter’s uncle and a couple of his cousins (that just happen to live here in Melbourne, Florida) were able to be there.
Life in general right now is busy busy busy. I try to use my time wisely while Isaac is at preschool and unfortunately for my mom, that time does not necessarily get used for blogging. My plans to practice the piano everyday have been completely shot down but maybe it will be more likely next year when he is in kindergarten. Right now I have 10 piano students (three come Tuesday mornings and the rest come Thursday afternoon/evening). Last year was too crazy when I was teaching two nights a week. Sydney’s homework load has gone up a bit this year and so I am really glad I was able to rearrange my piano teaching schedule.
Peter has been going through another round of TDY’s (business trips for you non-military folks) and will be in Las Vegas the last two weeks of September (actually out in the middle of nowhere in Nevada). And lest you think he plans to spend his extra weekend strolling down the Vegas strip and gambling away our life savings you will be surprised to hear that he plans to spend his extra time at the Las Vegas temple.
And you fools who think I have too many blogs just don’t know how much fun it is. Take a minute to check out my newly-designed FHE blog entitled Born of Goodly Parents and my Dizzie Lizzie blog. My daughter Sydney has a private blog that she posts her artwork and poems on and I have another private blog that I have only invited about ten people to view and for the rest of you I am not telling you what that blog is about.
That’s all folks…
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