I made crosses out of the palm leaves we got this past Palm Sunday and put them up in the “new” house this weekend.
Kevin and the boys buried the remaining strings and pieces that had fallen off the fronds. (Since they’re blessed, we can’t just throw them away.) Kevin dug a hole and put the palm pieces in, and the boys put the dirt back and patted it down. Then, they said the Our Father and three Hail Marys and sang The Gloria.
#tradition
Happy Birthday to our sweet five-year-old, Atticus!!
Yesterday, we had a birthday dinner with family and close friends at Chick-fil-A. Today’s his birthday, but CFA is closed on Sundays, and he really wanted to be able to play in the play place. (You can see by his sweaty hair that he’d already enjoyed quite a bit of that before cupcake time.)
I can’t believe it’s been five years since he was born, but he’s now in kindergarten, reading and learning. The days are long, but the years are short…
LOVE YOU, ATTIE!! =)
Atticus’ Grandpa posted a lot of pictures from last night on a blog, too: http://atticusfive.blogspot.com/
And here’s another picture…of my little superheroes-in-training, Atticus and Lucas:
The last time we were at my parents’ house, my dad gave Lucas one of the butternut squashes he grew in his garden this year.
So the next week, I cooked it in the microwave like he told me, just like a baked potato: poke a bunch of holes in it and cook it about 10 minutes.
When I cut it open, it looked like a pumpkin on the inside. Lucas and Kevin both liked it a lot. They both said it tasted like sweet potato.
If I cook one again, I’ll probably scoop the squash off the inside wall, rather than just cut it up with the rind, or whatever it’s called in squash. It was just SO hot that I had a hard time touching it enough to cut it off.
You may have noticed I’m not big on cooking veggies. It’s usually cans and frozen around here..
Kevin’s always telling the boys he wants them to be “smarter than the average bear,” encouraging them not to settle for doing or being the bare minimum.
Tonight at dinner, Lucas said he wanted to be smarter than the average bear, and Atticus repeated it, too.
Then, Attie asked, “Who is the average bear?”
I sure do miss my Mario.
Spring 2007.
This is baby Atticus’ foot on Kevin’s hand.
Yep, way back when he was a wee newborn. (Atticus, not Kevin. 😉
I took the picture with my old phone, so it’s pretty grainy, but I love it.
Now, Attie’s in school and headed toward his 5th birthday on the 25th…It’s crazy how fast time goes by!
As Gretchen says, “The days are long, but the years are short.”
We spent some time at my parents’ house yesterday afternoon.
While Kevin and my mom talked, Lucas played his DS, and Atticus watched TV, my dad showed me how to use the census search engine to look up some of Kevin’s ancestors, and he showed me this watch.
It was my great-grandmother’s sister’s watch. Her name was Ethel, and the engraving underneath says “1924.”
The watch band is so small; it’s about two-thirds the size of mine! And the face cover is made of pre-plastic celluloid, which is why it’s so scratched, my dad said.
Not only did Lukie Luke lose one of his front teeth today in school, but he also had his second smiley-face day in a row!! Awesome news!!!
Notice the smiley his teacher Mr. Monge drew is missing a tooth, too.
The little red chest had his tooth in it. He said Mr. Monge gave it to him to put his tooth in, after it came all the way out during class.
Over there is Lucas favorite picture, “the mean look.” 😛
