As always, birthdays are a big deal around here. But we didn’t have a big PARTY for Johanna this year. See, it’s ALWAYS a party here… or something like that.
Actually – everything is just moving along at a slightly slower pace around these disciples’ house this year. I’m not about to blame it on having a new baby. I’m blaming it on me getting older.
But even though we didn’t par-tay like we normally do, we had a splendid day.
At 6:30 A.M. Marie and I hit the road and got bagels at Brueggers. Johanna is a big fan of bagels.
We were home in time for our traditional “wake-the-birthday-child-with-the-birthday-song” serenade. We did this without Katriel as she decided to sleep in that one day.
Nan joined us for breakfast and brought some gifts. It seems I did not take photos during that portion of our day.
A little later Johanna’s speech teacher came by with a little something for Johanna. She felt badly at how abruptly services ended. I had to tell Johanna that we wouldn’t be seeing Mrs. Chapman again. There were a few tears but Mrs. Chapman ably eliminated those by reminding Johanna of the mini bag of M & M’s she had brought, along with a book and some bubbles.
A short time later Auntie Emily and Baby Anna came to visit. Anna brought Johanna a sweet princess T-shirt. She has worn this shirt since with a great deal of glee. Again… I seemed to have failed to record this with my camera.
After lunch our friend Ella came by also baring gifts. We had hoped Ella could stay for supper, but baseball interfered.
I tried to get a few photos of our three year old… she was less than cooperative.
Nan and Nene came for dinner. We ordered pizza. Ba and Poppy couldn’t join us as Ba had surgery last week. Daddy picked up hats and those silly blow-y things. We are a wild-and-crazy-bunch, no?
After dinner we opened family gifts. Nigel gave her a print of Tic-Toc-Croc from Walt Disney’s Peter Pan. He found the picture online, printed it, and went to the store to buy a frame. (Said frame was broken before the day was done. Just sayin’.)
Mom and Dad produced a box FULL of clothes… none of them fit. 😛
And she opened her very own “bike,”
I slowed her down long enough for a photo. Hey – I thought I had a princess hat on. Nope – I’m a monkey… Figures.
The requested Bolt cake (finished around 3PM for a 6PM slicing…)
Even Katriel joined us to sing Happy Birthday.
Dayspring Disciples 
