So So much has happened in the last several months. E's birthday, with a splendid M&M birthday cake and, to her delight, her first Bible, was followed by her dropping her afternoon nap completely and losing her front two bottom teeth. K's birthday cake was more of a flop. . .or the candles were, at least. The cake hadn't cooled, and the warm temperature melted the bottom of the candles, which fell out of their holders. Doesn't it look like he's blown the candles over?
Our last trip of this "winter" was to Cincinatti, OH, to see friends, relatives, and the Creation Museum. Our plans were Providentially changed, and we got blizzarded into our hotel room and saw, well, our hotel room. And the next-door local Meijer. The girls and I took a trip with my mom to hear a senior piano recital at Wheaton College in Illinois. This classic picture shows that my siblings and I aren't the only ones to hold a three-way conversation in the "everyone has the floor at once" style.
When spring came, we planted a garden. I say "we," but really K and the girls did the majority of the work while I stayed inside feeling queasy. Here are some shots of L watering the apple tree, the dandelion plant, and the true garden, with the help of her enthusiastic sisters. Our most beautiful bulletin board to date was assembled between Easter and the following month. The best of the girls' projects get pinned up here. We had a lovely long spring break this semester, and are just finishing up the year before heading out to K's sister's wedding. The girls are already plotting what they will wear. Their junk jewelry is high on the list of "glorious" apparel appropriate for the occasion.
