lyla turns two

we had a little "max and ruby" party for her. she has been looking forward to this day for at least 6 months. every party, every cake, she asks, "my party? my cake?" so finally the day arrived, and i think she had a good time.

worm cake!

she was a little traumatized by all the hitting of her beloved max and ruby pinata. the eyes started falling of she began saying, "i don't like this!"

we had a water balloon fight. here she is getting daddy...

with the consumption of all the water balloons, the balloon fight quickly turned into a bucket fight

mr. wieber getting his girls...

luke and eli defending the ladies and paying mr. wieber back

Happy birthday Lyla!!!

how old are you?

happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, dear lyla, happy birthday to you.

i am beyond thankful for this beautiful little girl. some things i love about her...
-her awesome hugs.
-her love for her brother - imitation is a form of flattery.
-her since of humor.
-her sweet little spirit.
-the way she lovingly plays with her babies.
-her crazy dancing.
-the way she SCREAMS when she is excited. it's such a contrast to her quiet little voice.
-her quiet little voice:)
-the way she says, "awwww, that's cute!" to anything small or miniature. this includes small rocks, which i find hilarious. can a rock really be cute?
-her cute little legs...and eyes. her face. her hair...and everything else.

the float

we took corrie and mike for a float on the mighty boise river today. we ran into the hill's and floated with them for a bit. they even waited for us when we got stuck on a rock in the middle of the river. i'm surprised they were willing to float with us after that embarrassment. that's true friendship...

the boys caught some decent size fish. mike's excitement cold not be contained...

my parents brought eli and lyla down so they could float the last stretch with us. they LOVED it. even lyla!

adam filleted the fish when we go home. eli very much enjoys this task. he said, "mom, you've gotta take a picture of this fish head." so i did. then he really wanted adam to take out an eyeball. so he did.

super fun day.

little kt with mama

faux communion

communion has made a big impression on our kids. eli talks about it often and today lyla reenacted it with her medicine cup. she said, "look mom, i holding it up." just like we do in church....

"train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it."
- Prov. 22:6

3 going on 14 part two : 4 going on 15

almost a year and a half ago eli had this to say about katelyn. we've seen her a few times since then, which involves a lot of staring/watching on eli's part. a few days ago i informed him that we were going to katelyn and ryan's house to go swimming. he looked at me wide. eyed. and slightly horrified and the following ensued:

eli-but she'll see my nakedness!!!
me- no, you'll wear your swim trunks (of course)
eli- yeah, but she'll see my boobies!!!
me- well, it's okay if people see boys boobies, just not girls. that's why lyla has a swim suit that covers her up.
eli-i want a swimsuit like lyla.
me- now that would be silly.

from there i convinced him that it was okay for katelyn to see his "nakedness."
but when we got to her house it took him a while to shake off his embarrassed/shy self and begin to play. wow. it's going to be a loooooong 23+ years until that boys gets married.

we had a great time melinda, thanks for having us!

super hero...