Celebrating Mig

Mig turned 7 on October 12 and we celebrated at home with pizza and cake. 

He thinks the Poop Emoji is hilarious and all of his siblings got him a poop emoji gift. 

He also received glowing drum sticks!

He even asked that I make a Poop cake! 

On the weekend we went to the Pumpkin Patch with a friend of Mig's.

Everyone had a great time!!

We even found the Number 2 dude! 

These are the last year growth charts next to this year. Look at how much Faith and Selah have grown!!

How great is it that the boys wore the same clothes as last year?!? 

I think everyone had fun celebrating Mig and the start of fall!!

Mig is SEVEN!!

Seven years old! I can't believe how big he is getting. Every morning for the last almost 7 years, Mig would wake up and come sit in my lap and cuddle for at least 5 minutes. Just about two weeks ago he was sitting in is spot and looked up at me and said, "Mom, I think I am getting too big to sit in your lap. Starting tomorrow I won't sit in your lap anymore." Oh, my, goodness - talk about break a momma's heart!! True to his word, the only morning since then that he has sat in my lap was a morning he woke up sick. He is getting so big! 

This year Mig has had a real interest in learning the drums - and he has great rhythm. Many times I can hear him playing drums while Gabe plays piano - and they actually sound pretty good!! 

He is still my class clown and will do almost anything for a laugh. In fact, he thinks the poop emoji is the funniest thing ever and has asked for a poop emoji birthday cake. I hope it will taste better than it looks....

 

Happy birthday, Mig! We love you and the joy and happiness you bring to our family. We are so blessed to be your parents! 

Not over the hill yet...

Byron celebrated his last 30-something birthday this month. 

We celebrated with his niece, Emily and nephew, Jonathan who are both in college close by. 

Gabe thought it would be funny to put trick candles on his cake. It turns out, it was both funny and useful!! I had many opportunities to get a great picture! 

Of course - there were also plenty of opportunities for silliness, too. Don't ask....

We were also able to celebrate with some of our dearest friends who invited us over for fajitas and fun! 

Such a fun birthday!! I'm already trying to think of something big for his big 4-0! 

Homeschool Spirit Week 2017

We've got spirit, yes we do! We've got spirit, how about you?!?

The last week of September is International Homeschool Spirit Week. We love to join in and post our spirit days.

Monday was Pajama Day:

Tuesday was Giving Day. We decided to give with crazy socks on. This year we chose gifts from Compassion International's Gift Catalog.  

Wednesday was Super Hero Day. Faith was Super Doctor (her shirt looks like a lab coat), Selah was Sky Volt from Liv and Maddie, Gabe was Super Akward Dude and Mig was the infamous Captain Underpants!

I joined in as Super Mom, too!

Thursday was Crazy Hair Day:

Friday was Out and About Day. Selah and Mig had dentist appointments, so we went to the dentist office! 

Spirit Week is really a fun way to celebrate being homeschoolers and to take a break from the mundane. The kids look forward to Spirit Week each year and every year is more fun than the last!