Our little man turns 7!

To know our little man L is truly to love him. He has quite the personality and what he lacks in stature, he makes up for in spirit! He is my mushy boy and often throughout the day will spontaneously approach , wrap his arms around me and tell me,"I just love you and Daddy sooo much!" He is quick to feel conviction when he is being a stinker and often needs reassurance that our love for him and more importantly, God's love for him has not changed because of his disobedience... he has a quirky sense of humor and keeps us entertained with his antics. He continues to have a passion for drawing and spends many hours each week during the school day sketching(yes, sometimes when he is supposed to be doing work!! ) He had a significant role in our Homeschool play a few weeks ago and said his lines with gusto...he played the part of Marvelous Marty, a heavy weight wrestler who represented the great Reformer, Martin Luther. He charmed us all as he swaggered out with his dumbell, sweatband, and towel draped around his neck. He didn't even flinch when his wireless microphone malfunctioned and he was asked to say his lines again using a handheld so we could all enjoy his fun lines. By God's grace at work in his heart, I have seen L grow so much in recent months with regards to conquering fears...he eagerly spent a night alone at Mimi and Pop-Pop's to celebrate his birthday and he handled 2 dental visits like a pro in the past few weeks. How grateful I am to be this little guy's momma!

Thanks for stopping by...I promise no more birthday celebrations to report until September!


L was so excited about his upcoming birthday because he knew he was getting his very own bible and case. All day long he kept saying,"Thank you! I just love my new bible" so sweet :) We pray that one day this will transfer into a love for

God's word~

Inspired by my Mrs. Di's birthday cookie made for me, I decided I'd make one for L. I spread the dough on my handy dandy pizza stone and stuck it in the oven. It's been a while since I've made cookies and I obviously forgot about the 'spreadibility factor' of cookie dough....I was just a bit generous in the amount I plopped on the the stone which of course has no edges to catch my blunder.During school time, I smelled something burning and sure enough the dough had expanded and was falling off in chunks onto the flames in the bottom of my oven. I quickly placed baking pans on the rack below to catch the goop dropping off ...smoke was literally pouring out of the oven door...the smoke detector went off, the windows and doors were quickly opened to air out the place. The kids were thrilled that they were able to eat the 'droppings' once they cooked and cooled! Oh, and just as the drama was unfolding there was a knock at the front door...it was a postal worker we had never met before asking me to sign for a letter...of course Mercy being the outgoing friendly girl she is, managed to explain the reason for the smoke billowing out the front door in just a few sentences...so much for first impressions :)...

Here is the B Towel Brigade hard at work eagerly attempting to rid the kitchen of smoke! At least they were amused and nobody complained about eating the finished product below!

The girls had a party at friend K's house so after a birthday dinner, I dropped off the girls at K's and picked up oldest brother to spend the night with our big boys. L's special friend MD came for the evening as well. It was an all boy night except for me!

Our resident artist!

Yes, even schoolwork has the potential to become an an art project with L!!

I just love this picture...I took it early one morning shortly after we arrived at Homeschooler's Day Out...L found a quiet nook and was diligently memorizing his lines~

Phew , we made it through all the birthday updates....and only a month late :)!! Thanks for checking in~