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A wonderful celebration.

| Stacy
Preparing for the party.
We took this picture before she started running around and playing.
God has blessed us SO richly in the friend department. We had such a fun time celebrating Skeezix’ birthday with some of her friends from church, our homeschool group and long-time “cousins-by-association.”
I normally do not serve party guests macaroni and cheese [the boxed kind], much less out of a crock-pot. However, that is Skeezix’ favorite so it was item #1 on the menu. We had a few other, not-so-gross choices as well.
We a little parachute playing, a little tape-the-nose-on-the-kitty game, and then we had The Storylady come with her puppets for a show. I confess that I hesitated in spending money on entertainment, knowing that kids do a fantastic time entertaining themselves, but I am so glad we asked her to come. My children were delighted by her performance and are still talking about it. It seemed that all the other kids were enjoying it a great deal, as well.



I know this is blurry, but it shows her with the new turtle puppet she picked out to keep. She loves him. Although she changes his/her name every time you ask what the name is! At last inquiry, it was “Ben.”

Skeezix' Birthday!!

| Stacy

I don’t know what we were thinking this morning. While we took lots of camcorder, I forgot to take any real photos!!!! She woke up so excited and happy that it was her birthday. She picked out the fanciest dress she could find in her closet and she wore a beautiful corsage to church. She beamed from the attention she received from friends there.

After church we were off to Chuck E. Cheese’s. Where a kid can be a kid and a parent better have some Tylenol. Can you say, “LOUD?”



Skeezix and Daddy on a motion simulator ride. She was a riot.

We tried this shot NINE times. The girls could NOT keep their eyes off the TV monitors.
Happy girl.

Kitty cake.
[She looks like her cousin Katie, I think.]

All the kids were ecstatic to see “Tomato Sawyer and Huckleberry Larry’s Big River Rescue.”
It was released yesterday.

Skeezix called it, “hucka-buckle-larry-berry.”

Oh yeah. She KNOWS she got something good! 😉

New bathing suit.
A “plane” costume. A/K/A flight-attendant.
Her OWN sleeping bag! In a “pack-pack.”
GIGI! Movie and colorforms.

A puppy!
We had a boring, quiet evening at home, watching her new movies and preparing for her party tomorrow.

Skeezix’ Birthday!!

| Stacy

I don’t know what we were thinking this morning. While we took lots of camcorder, I forgot to take any real photos!!!! She woke up so excited and happy that it was her birthday. She picked out the fanciest dress she could find in her closet and she wore a beautiful corsage to church. She beamed from the attention she received from friends there.

After church we were off to Chuck E. Cheese’s. Where a kid can be a kid and a parent better have some Tylenol. Can you say, “LOUD?”



Skeezix and Daddy on a motion simulator ride. She was a riot.

We tried this shot NINE times. The girls could NOT keep their eyes off the TV monitors.
Happy girl.

Kitty cake.
[She looks like her cousin Katie, I think.]

All the kids were ecstatic to see “Tomato Sawyer and Huckleberry Larry’s Big River Rescue.”
It was released yesterday.

Skeezix called it, “hucka-buckle-larry-berry.”

Oh yeah. She KNOWS she got something good! 😉

New bathing suit.
A “plane” costume. A/K/A flight-attendant.
Her OWN sleeping bag! In a “pack-pack.”
GIGI! Movie and colorforms.

A puppy!
We had a boring, quiet evening at home, watching her new movies and preparing for her party tomorrow.

Sesame Place

| Stacy

Sesame Place was a blast. The LORD blessed us with just amazing weather. After the cold, rainy May we had it was such a treat to be so hot!

The park was a zoo on Sunday, as it was Passport Members Bring a Friend Day and western NYer’s suck-it-up-and-make-the-best-of-it day.

Beau loved the rides and the waterslides, trying out a few new ones. He found that he had aged out of a few attractions, but he handled both that and the food restrictions with grace and maturity. He was outstanding on our trip and recieved great praise from us. And some fancy markers. 😉 He squeezed in a few last times through the 7 and under attractions, knowing it was his last time.

Champ had a super time, as well. He loved the rides and tried a few new waterslides. He enjoyed being 5 and his last year on a number of attractions. Five is really a perfect age for the park. Old enough for everything, but young enough for everything, too. He ate like a Champ, too!!!

Skeezix didn’t like the rides as much as we thought she would. She got scared a bit, and didn’t love the waterslides, either. But she did have a lot of fun, and loved the water attractions. She and Champ both got picked to be Elmo Dancers, and she was so cute! She was NOT so great in the car, but man can her smile light up a room! ♥

Angel hated the rides. Even on the Carousel she wanted us to hold onto her. She did enjoy the water attractions but NOT the slides. She had NO potty accidents the entire trip. YAY! She ate more french fries this week than most people do in a year. Gag me.

Our dear friends the Skoorbs, came as well. Their little Bear and LaMB are the other adorable girls in the matching bathing suits! At any given point there were a dozen little girls in said Target bathing suits! We have good taste! 😀

Thanks for looking – and watch the video! Go to the second half for the dancing! 😉