They didn’t come home with prizes… but they had smiles for miles.
And Daddy survived another Pinewood Derby.
Katriel
Derby 2019
They didn’t come home with prizes… but they had smiles for miles.
And Daddy survived another Pinewood Derby.
K Day
It’s not uncommon for a Butler child to ask for a Mommy- or Daddy- date as one of their birthday gifts. These special times alone with a child typically bless the parent even more than the child, and they are an all-out good time.
Katriel didn’t know what she was dressing for as we dolled her up a bit. We headed to JCP where we had a few minutes to take in all the fun clothes and toys at in the Disney section before her photo shoot.
From there we had a quick lunch at the food court and took a stroll to the LEGO store.
She and I then headed to Color Me Mine so she could paint her own bowl.
She was a little hesitant and tentative at first, but she started to get into it and had herself a delightful bowl by the time we were done.
From there we tooled around a toy shop, where she couldn’t find anything she liked enough to spend her “college money” from Nan. A quick visit to Dunkin’ Donuts rounded our day out.
I hope we both remember it for a long, long time.
K Day
It’s not uncommon for a Butler child to ask for a Mommy- or Daddy- date as one of their birthday gifts. These special times alone with a child typically bless the parent even more than the child, and they are an all-out good time.
Katriel didn’t know what she was dressing for as we dolled her up a bit. We headed to JCP where we had a few minutes to take in all the fun clothes and toys at in the Disney section before her photo shoot.
From there we had a quick lunch at the food court and took a stroll to the LEGO store.
She and I then headed to Color Me Mine so she could paint her own bowl.
She was a little hesitant and tentative at first, but she started to get into it and had herself a delightful bowl by the time we were done.
From there we tooled around a toy shop, where she couldn’t find anything she liked enough to spend her “college money” from Nan. A quick visit to Dunkin’ Donuts rounded our day out.
I hope we both remember it for a long, long time.
Katriel is six!
I am excited to share some photos from Katriel’s super fun Froggy themed birthday party.
Hanny was eager to help decorate and she had a vision for the door way. She used almost two full rolls of green, but it was very cool.
Our pond.
I think I would like frogs better if they all looked as cute as this one!
They made froggy headbands.
And sat on lilypads (the white circles on the carpet) while I read some stories.
Some photos are uploading incorrectly, but I can’t figure that out…
We tossed froggies on to lilypads.
And did some water color painting.
Gifts are fun, too.
And Tabitha made her some frog cupcakes.
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As parents came to pick them up a few of the kids used the mom-is-talking-time to play soccer(?) in the front yard.
She’s so sweet. I love my baby girl.
Froggy Party–Katriel is SIX!
New blog, and I have some kinks to work out. With that said, I am excited to share some photos from Katriel’s super fun Froggy themed birthday party.
Hanny was eager to help decorate and she had a vision for the door way. She used almost two full rolls of green, but it was very cool.
Our pond.
I think I would like frogs better if they all looked as cute as this one!
They made froggy headbands.
And sat on lilypads (the white circles on the carpet) while I read some stories.
Some photos are uploading incorrectly, but I can’t figure that out…
We tossed froggies on to lilypads.
And did some water color painting.
Gifts are fun, too.
And Tabitha made her some frog cupcakes.
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As parents came to pick them up a few of the kids used the mom-is-talking-time to play soccer(?) in the front yard.
She’s so sweet. I love my baby girl.
A First for the Last
Katriel wasn’t quite sure she liked the idea of teeth coming out. Even though we celebrate with ice cream, she wondered about how the whole thing would feel. As it got looser and looser, she got a little anxious and confessed her concerns. I reminded her that Jesus knew exactly how she felt. I reminded her that Jesus was once almost six years old and how He had His first loose tooth and that He understood exactly how she felt. We prayed. She got braver about wiggling it, which we were happy about, because the adult tooth had already erupted behind the baby tooth. And then, she started asking Mama to try to pull on it. And most of the times we tried, it wasn’t quite ready. Then on Sunday night… voila!
She was ecstatic. Just one week shy of six, she danced around the kitchen and ran through the house to show all her siblings. Moments later she had her boots on and Daddy was taking her to Walmart to pick out her ice cream.
A first for the last
Katriel wasn’t quite sure she liked the idea of teeth coming out. Even though we celebrate with ice cream, she wondered about how the whole thing would feel. As it got looser and looser, she got a little anxious and confessed her concerns. I reminded her that Jesus knew exactly how she felt. I reminded her that Jesus was once almost six years old and how He had His first loose tooth and that He understood exactly how she felt. We prayed. She got braver about wiggling it, which we were happy about, because the adult tooth had already erupted behind the baby tooth. And then, she started asking Mama to try to pull on it. And most of the times we tried, it wasn’t quite ready. Then on Sunday night… voila!
She was ecstatic. Just one week shy of six, she danced around the kitchen and ran through the house to show all her siblings. Moments later she had her boots on and Daddy was taking her to Walmart to pick out her ice cream.
Reader Rewards!
Katriel finished her Kindergarten reader. We celebrate things like this. As we got closer to the end of the book Katriel asked if we could go to McDonald’s for ice cream once she was done. She also asked if Johanna could celebrate with us.
So even though it was about 13○F we went for ice cream.
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