My mother gently reminded me that it was Sean's 13th birthday yesterday, so surely I could at least post a picture? Of course...here is Sean guarding his birthday cake from Jordyn:
Notice how he's holding her hand in an attempt to guard his oreos?
So, other news about Sean's birthday: he got pancakes for breakfast, lovely gifts including an MP3 player, more software for his FLY pen, office supplies and cash from Grandma and Grandpa Lee, candy from Nathan and Dylan, and cash from Grandma and Grandpa Murphy. He's going to bank most of the cash, and buy a Nintendo memory card with the rest.
We went to church yesterday, and then came home to homemade pizza and a play date with Sean's good friend Daniel. Dinner was crepes, and then we had this lovely cake with ice cream for dessert.
On other subjects, Don and I spent a lot of time this weekend painting Dylan's and Sean's new bedrooms in the east wing of the house. They turned out really well and we're hoping to have them moved in next weekend. We're just priming and painting the trim and doors right now. I'll post pictures as soon as we're done.
Here is a picture of Jordyn with her clown nose that Don brought home from his trip to California last weekend:
And here's a picture of Patience and Jordyn all ready for bed recently:
Patience started ballet classes on Saturday. It's a Parks and Rec class for 3-6 year olds. It's very cute and very funny to watch the girls "dance." I had to explain to Patience after the class that ballet is not a contact sport. The teacher had all the girls "dance" to the music and all the other girls danced in a clockwise direction around the room. Patience danced counter-clockwise. With her eyes closed, because she thinks that is how ballerinas dance. That's probably how Angelina Ballerina does it on t.v. Anyway, it looked like a game of pinball, with little tiny girls in tutus getting flattened by Patience the Huge. The other parents thankfully didn't seem to hold it against her because a) their tiny daughters didn't seem to get hurt, and b) it was so darn funny. I told Don he's taking her next week.
So, yeah, the renovations are taking most of our spare time and money.
Nathan is working hard to get back on track with school. He promised (again) that he was all caught up in his classes and was passing them all. But this time I told him I needed written proof from his teachers before he sets foot on the basketball court. On a bright note, Nathan is really getting set up to join the Coast Guard. He ordered a set of books that will help him get through bootcamp and he's been doing a lot of online research. I think he'll do well regardless because he's in such awesome physical shape, he's got his Sea Cadet background so much of what he'll learn there (seamanship wise) he'll already know, and he's used to living with strict rules and people who will yell if the rules arent' followed. In fact, he'll probably feel right at home.
Dyland and Nathan are in their last week of school fo this semester. Dylan is working hard to improve his science grade by 2 percent to bump him from a B to an A.
I'll post more later. I promise!
2 comments:
Thank you! I feel like I've been given a gift! What a great post and great pictures, too. I feel like I'm mostly caught up, now!
Yes, I could see how Sean had Jordyn's hand well under control, lest he be one oreo short on his cake! And loved the clown nose, too.
You must be very busy on the "east wing of the house" - Don had told us that his parents were in the process of final move-out when they were here for their Sharks weekend. Pretty exciting for all of you to be able to spread out, and the most exciting of all is a second bathroom, huh? Can't wait to see pictures!
You should have taken the movie camera to ballet lessons - must have been hysterical!
Glad that all is well, and that Nate is back on track - pending proof!
Love you!!
I agree! take the camera so we can all enjoy ballet class!
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