Birthday Questions

I have read about people asking their children the same questions every year on their birthday so that they can see how the answers evolve over the years and so that they can have a little glimpse of what their children were like at each age.  I am excited to try it with my kids, and we started this year with Henry's fourth birthday.  Here are the answers he gave me.

1. What is your favorite color?

orange and green and red (these are the colors he told me, but his "favorite" color changes daily right now)

2. What is your favorite toy?

my bouncy things (he is referring to a hippity hop and a pogo stick type toy that he stands on and jumps)
3. What is your favorite meal?

black bean, sweet potato and corn tacos
4. What is your favorite outfit?

red
5. What is your favorite game?

candy land

6. What is your favorite snack?

peanuts and raisins

7. What is your favorite animal?

birds
8. What is your favorite song?

Give Me Men To Match My Mountains
9. What is your favorite book?

library books and Dinotrucks
10. Who is your best friend?

Jaden and Kelsey -- the Kaldenbachs

11. What is your favorite sport?

racecars
12. What is your favorite thing to do outside?

ride my new bicycle
13. What is your favorite holiday?

Christmas
14. What do you like to take to bed with you at night?

Fluffy One and Woof (he always takes his blanket, too)
 
15. What do you want to be when you grow up?

One thing I don't want to do when I grow up is take a shower.  But when I grow up I want to make something.

16. What are you really good at?

drawing H's and pedaling fast and riding my new bike

17. What would you buy if you had $1000?

New bikes, and pretend cars, and everything!  And I would buy something from Toys R Us and everything!

18. What is your least favorite vegetable?

broccoli and spinach and chicken

19.  If you could have a wish, what would it be?

I don't have a wish.

20. Who is your biggest hero?

superman

21. What do you like to do best with your friends?

play run away from Samuel

The Difference in Boys and Girls

Henry:  Why didn't you get my painting things out?
Me:  Oh, I forgot!  I'm sorry.
Henry:  It's okay.  Sometimes women forget things.  But guys usually don't.
Me:  They don't?
Henry: No, they don't.  I think that's just the way God made boys and girls.

Life with Violet

Just some things we've been up to lately...and by lately I mean several weeks ago :)

Peek-a-boo!

One Month

Violet is one month old! 

 She has been such a sweet baby and we are starting to settle into our new normal.  She usually only wakes up to eat one time during the night, and is pretty quick to go back to sleep.  We have seen a few smiles, but think we will start to see more soon.  She already loves to watch her siblings, though, and follows them with her eyes when they are nearby.

They love her too...sometimes a little too much!  Cora always wants to give her kisses and is quick to find a burp cloth and wipe her mouth -- whether or not she needs it.  Henry likes to talk to her and try to get her to smile.

I can't believe that Violet is already been here a month, but at the same time it seems like she has been a part of our family for much longer! 

Springtime

We are loving this warm weather!

It is so nice to be able to play outside and the kids have really been enjoying our huge driveway :)

They have also been enjoying playing ball in the yard.

"Up high!"

Even when their hands get dirty :)

And also

love these curls! 

Twenty-seven

I celebrated my 27th birthday a few weeks ago -- March 3rd, just three days before Violet was born.  I am so grateful for the 27 years of life that I have been blessed with and for these sweet little lives that the Lord has brought so closely into mine in these most recent years.  As I start my 28th year, I pray that, by God's grace, I will love him and those around me well.