Yesterday my oldest baby turned 6!!! I seriously don't know where the time went! I remember being wheeled down the hall in my hospital bed with her in my arms after she was born and wondering how the world could continue to go on as if nothing had changed when this incredible little person now belonged to me :) Megan has brought so much joy into our lives! She continually amazes me with her accomplishments and her never-ending interest in everything. She loves learning and always has so many questions - I seriously should have gotten a PhD in philosophy and another one in science before having her so that I would be more prepared to answer her questions :) I love her imagination and her innocence; her enthusiasm for life and her desire to throw herself into anything and everything.
Yesterday we took it easy for most of the day. Jack has been teething and therefore really fussy. All the kids have been stuffed up and feeling slightly under the weather, so we've been trying to rest a bit more than usual. The girls spent much of the day playing with their My Little Ponies - currently their favorite toys. Later in the afternoon they migrated to the library and all three had quietly staked out little spots for themselves. Jack played in there for a while. One of his favorite things to do is pull all the books one by one off two specific shelves that are at just the right height. Megan used to do stuff like that too. We figure at least he's learning to love books!
Jack decided he had pulled enough books out and came and cuddled with me :)
That evening, the kids and I loaded up into the minivan and picked up Rob from work. We have a family tradition that on your birthday, you get to go out and eat wherever you want. Megan picked Mimi's Cafe. We had a lot of fun! I was really impressed that virtually as soon as we sat down, they brought out a small bowl of cheerios and some saltines for Jack. The girls loved the bread basket and Kylie ate so much of my salad that she didn't eat much of her chicken fingers, but salad is healthier anyway :) Beth and Megan ordered fruit instead of french fries with their meals (Meg got a hamburger and Beth got choc chip pancakes for those of you who are interested) and Beth LOVED the fruit. She didn't eat almost any of her pancakes, but her fruit was demolished :) The got little cups with choc pudding and crushed oreos and gummi worms for dessert (they were called "dirt cups" and Meg was originally very concerned about eating dirt).
After dinner, we drove Rob back to his car (which was still parked at Fidelity) so that he could go with the elders to an appt. and we headed to Christy's. Christy had planned on joining us, but was sick, so we got her a muffin to bring to her instead. Christy asked us to stop by on our way home anyway so that she could give Megan her presents. She got Meg two My Little Pony houses - the rainbow house and the popcorn movie theater! Megan (actually all the girls) loves them both!!! She also got each of the girls lei's and cool pens with feathers and springs with toys on top of them.
Beth found Christy's skydiving helmet and wore it around the house for a few minutes :) I think I may have a future skydiver on my hands! Kylie tried it on too, but took it off before I could get a picture of her in it.
Christy got out little sundae cups to celebrate Meg's birthday, but she only had two candles - a 3 and a 0, so Meg got to blow out a 0 candle since that looked more like a 6 then the 3 did.
We headed home and as soon as Rob got home from his appt with the elders, we gave Megan her present from us. She got a pink Barbie scooter!!! Rob and I thought about getting her a basic silver one that she might be able to use for a longer period of time, but Rob really wanted to get her this one - he said that Meg is still his little princess and he wants to hold on to that as long as he can :) We did ask Meg if she would prefer to trade this one in for a silver one and she said no, she loved this one :) I told her why Rob picked it out and that made her feel really special!
Meg was really sweet and let everyone have a turn using it . . .
That night we got to bed really late. Meg and Jack share a room, but she asked Rob that night if after Jack was asleep, she could go into Kylie and Beth's room. I went in to check on them before I went to bed and this is what I found . . .
All three snuggled up together on Kylie's little pull out couch :) I'm so glad my girls are such good friends! I am so blessed to have the children I have! Happy birthday Miss Megan!!! I love you!!!
These are pictures of Megan in her birthday princess gear that Molly bought her. She wears at least some of it around the house almost every day!
This week things cooled off down here. It rained on and off for most of the day on Monday. We spent the morning playing at a friend's house then when we got home I let the kids go play outside in the back yard in the rain. Jack wasn't quite sure what to make of the wet grass and Beth came in after just a little bit (she got wet and didn't like that), but Kylie and Megan stayed outside for quite a while. They jumped on the trampoline and loved making the water bounce around on it. By the time they came in, they were soaked and happy :)
Last night for dinner, I made potato vegetable soup. This has become a family favorite as I season the broth with the makings of alfredo sauce. Usually the soup includes potatoes, carrots, celery, onions and kale. Last night we made a small change and added the beets we got in our last co-op order. Not surprisingly, iturned the whole soup very pink. Kylie was thrilled as pink is her favorite color :) The soup tasted fine, but man, the color really threw me off when I ate it! Beth and I also made homemade bread with organic whole wheat flour and oats and it turned out fantastic!
