Happy Birthday, Cousin Fox!

Today is Fox's 2nd birthday.  You can read about his party here.

Tea Time

A new tea shop opened up recently and we called the Jippings girls to come try it with us.  Unfortunately, they don't have the easiest hours to work with our schedules, but we were able to meet up today (although Thalia and Sylvia were unavailable after all).  Evelynd had fun and loved the cucumber and chicken sandwiches.  Afterwards, we had fun at the used bookstore next door.  Plus, it was raining, so it all felt very Notting Hill.

A New Hat?

At GG'ma and GG'pa's today, Evelynd found the basket that holds her toys and decided it would make a nice hat.  Well, it fit her perfectly and matched her outfit, so why not?

Dassow Desayuno

Even though it's supposed to be 80 degrees today, the mornings are cold, so I made pumpkin spice pancakes and cinnamon rolls for breakfast today.  It was yummy and a nice change from eggs and cold cereal.

We ended the day with a prayer -- for colors.  Evelynd would remind me to pray for "pink, orange, blue, purple."

Cheesehead/Packer Backer

Evelynd got to watch the Packers game today (although I don't think there was much watching at all) wearing her first Packers gear, courtesy of her Uncle Michael and Aunt Judy.  I'm sure with all the family influence, she will be a loyal, lifelong fan.

 

Bad Blogger

It's been very difficult for me to get back into the blogging swing of things.  I haven't had my camera in my hands as much either, but I want to get back into it.  I want Evelynd (and baby boy) to have a record of their childhoods.  So, here it is a week later.  Not much to report beyond our usual lessons, library story time, and lots of playing.  Today, though, we were reading "Bedtime Peekaboo," a present from Cousin Maddy, and Evelynd saw a girl with pigtails.  She wanted some.  So here is my quick first version of pigtails on Ev.

  

 

 Then, she took the camera and snapped a couple of pictures of her favorite things: her new boots and her beaky (used to be blanket, then "B," briefly "beak").

 P.S. A very happy birthday to Evelynd's Aunt Cami!

Bo's 5th Birthday

Our day started very early.  Evelynd went to bed at midnight, woke up briefly around 2, and then was up for good by 5.  Dassow Mommy and Daddy are so tired!  At least we got to have fun, though.  Our neighbor Bo had his 5th birthday party today.  His family made it a block party and invited all the kids in the neighborhood.  They had blocked off the street and had a bouncy castle.  There was lots of delicious food, fun games, and Evelynd didn't even take a nap (big surprise).  It went all day (I even took a break to get a hair cut) and was beautiful weather.  Happy Birthday, Bo!

 

The birthday boy

 Evelynd's outfit was a birthday present from my harp student, Mary, and her necklaces were part of the treasure chest loot from the party.