A Special Day for a Special Lady

A Special Day for a Special Lady

Today was my Great-Aunt Mayme’s 95th birthday! We have a 3-day annual meeting at church this weekend, so we threw a surprise birthday party/card shower for her this afternoon between services. Earlier I told you a little bit about Aunt Mayme. At lunch we...
Sweet 16

Sweet 16

Henceforth, my fifteen-year-old son will be referred to as my sixteen-year-old son. We had so many things to do on his birthday Thursday–last day of homeschool co-op, chorus classes, baseball game–but I always take the kids out to eat on their birthday. We...
Happy Birthday, Honey!

Happy Birthday, Honey!

Hubby Dearest celebrates the big 40 today! I am one year and five days older than he is, and this is the first year in… well, the first year ever that he hasn’t rubbed in our age difference for the entire five days. He put a new pump/motor in my washing...
Happy (belated) Birthday, baby!

Happy (belated) Birthday, baby!

I almost did something that I haven’t done since starting this blog: miss a child’s birthday. Although at an interesting age (remember, he inspired this post?) he’s a super-sweet and helpful son. Somehow, I even talked him into sitting in my lap...
The Birthday Tea, Part 2

The Birthday Tea, Part 2

Here is the follow-up to Part 1. One of the first things we did was decorate cookies. We used sugar cookies and gingerbread men, and decorated them with icing, sprinkles, and colored sugar. It was messy but fun! All of the little girls had such a good time at the tea!...

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