Isaac David: 9 years old

1.  What is your favorite color?  blue and green

2.  What is your favorite toy?  my army toys 

3.  What is your favorite fruit?  mango

4.  What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?  fish (tuna)

5.  What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? sausage

6.  What is your favorite thing to eat for supper?  cold pizza

7.  What is your favorite thing to drink? coffee

8.  What is your favorite snack?  Rice Krispie bars

9.  What is your favorite show? Magic School Bus Rides Again & Wild Kratts

10.  What are your favorite clothes to wear?  Denver Aquarium shirt and blue shorts

11. What is your favorite animal?  horse

12.  What is your favorite song? "Urrigan's Song"

13.  What is your favorite book?  Wingfeather Saga Series

14. What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy?  play basketball with Dad

15.  What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy?  play chess

16.  What is your favorite thing to do outside? play Nerf guns

17.  What is your favorite holiday?  Christmas

18.  What is your favorite thing to take to bed with you each night? Stripey and striped blanket

19.  Where is your favorite place to go?  Colorado

20.  What do you want to be when you grow up?  a zoologist     

Isaac's football birthday party!

We played football pictionary in the schoolroom.  

The boys did a huge football-themed scavenger hunt & then played in our backyard.  They ate a lot of pizza and cake!  

Isaac got money for a new bike from Papa & Nana!

Isaac's birthday was the day we got our newest foster baby.  He woke up to a new National Geographic Almanac, and he ate a #9 pancake!

Grandma Debbie sent him money, and he pretended to fall on the ground in shock when he saw how much money it was!  She sent money for Isaac, Emma, and Josiah to spend.  We had to drop off the baby's carseat at the NICU downtown for his carseat test, and then we went to the children's museum for several hours.  The kids loved buying presents for themselves in the gift shop.

We had our family over a few weekends later to celebrate Isaac's birthday.  My mom brought and made the whole meal because I was so tired with the new baby!

Pictures from this year...

Siblings in cleats

This is the year Isaac's reading really took off!  It is so awesome to see how much he loves reading.  

Isaac proved he can build Legos even with a broken thumb.  

We love you, Isaac David!

Emma's 7th Birthday!

At 7 years old, Emma is 40 pounds and 45 inches!  

1.  What is your favorite color?  pink

2.  What is your favorite toy?  Samson

(Samson is the stuffed Beanie Baby dog that the ambulance personnel gave her when she had her concussion.)

3.  What is your favorite fruit?  grapes

4.  What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?  Chick Fil A - french fries

5.  What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? pancakes with syrup & sausage

6.  What is your favorite thing to eat for supper?  noodles with nothing else 

(She would eat plain noodles every day!  She usually eats 2 -3 servings each time.)

Birthday supper--her favorite! Plain noodles and peas!

7.  What is your favorite thing to drink? apple juice

8.  What is your favorite snack?  a chocolate covered bar

9.  What is your favorite show? Daniel Tiger

10.  What are your favorite clothes to wear?  new nightgown

(Mom-o sewed her a new nightgown, and Emma assisted in the sewing on her sleepover.) 

11. What is your favorite animal?  giraffe

12.  What is your favorite song? "Ariel" (I think she means "Under the Sea" or "Part of Your World")

13.  What is your favorite book?  "The Wheels on the Bus"

14. What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy?  go on a daddy/daughter date

Valentine's Day Daddy/Daughter Dance~ February 2019

15.  What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy?  baking

Emma does love to bake and is so capable in the kitchen!  

16.  What is your favorite thing to do outside? go on the swing

17.  What is your favorite holiday?  Valentine's Day

18.  What is your favorite thing to take to bed with you each night? my light-up pillow 

19.  Where is your favorite place to go?  Chick Fil A

20.  What do you want to be when you grow up?  a mommy

A few pictures through the year...

This is also the year Emma cut her own bangs the night before Easter!

First day of piano lessons!  This is the outfit she chose to wear because she was so excited to be starting piano!

First lost tooth!  Annika pulled it out for Emma at AWANA!  

Emma received this baby doll for Christmas.  She named her Rosie and diligently changes her into pajamas each night and clothes each morning.

Birthday Celebrations!

Nana flew through DFW the night before Emma's birthday!  We celebrated that evening at dinner with Emma's favorite meal and an egg-free cake she and I made that afternoon.  Emma chose the cake decorations!

We had a friend party on Saturday after Emma's birthday.  My mom took the babies, Dave took the boys to the zoo, and Annika came to help me with all the little girls!

We played a circle singing game and did crafts at the school table.

(notice the baby dolls in the swing)

This Anna dress is from Nana and Papa!  And, she received a matching dress for her doll, Rosie. 

My parents came over that evening for supper, and Emma opened this light-up scooter!  For weeks, she kept it inside and rode it.  Then, she'd take it outside to ride.  When she came back inside, she'd diligently clean the wheels with baby wipes!  (She loves to clean!)

We love you, Emma Victoria!