Building creativity

They love to have me take pictures of their creations.

I love to see their cute little faces smiling!

Not sure what's up with the bow.

Yikes! Where did that come from?

Harmonie was doing school and she colored the snow red. I asked her why she had colored it red. She said, "Lots of dogs died, so there's lots of blood."
Whoa! Where did that come from? I don't even know why she would think about that.
Then she said, "The dogs were freezing because the owners didn't let them inside. It's a sad story."

Harmonie turns 6!

Happiest birthday wishes to our happy Harmonie. Since her birthday is on Sunday, we will have pancakes and ice cream tomorrow. Marissa helped Harmonie with the cake on Saturday so it would be ready for today. Harmonie asked for Darth Vadar and I talked them into just putting a flat picture on the cake, instead of trying a 3-D head.

Opening Grammy and Gaffa's card.

Finished cake.

I think they did a great job.

Getting a birthday call from Grammy and Gaffa.

I put it on speaker phone so everyone cold hear their wonderful song.

(They will often alter the song depending on the age of the person

so it's really fun to hear what they sing each time.)

Party crew!

Singing happy birthday while dad brings in the cake

is our standing tradition.

Not very nice - he split the candles up!

Big breath...

One side done...

Now the other...

Sorry about the smoke guys!

Baby holder for the party.

Drawing of a cat from Camdilyn.

Pepere and Jerry sent a package.

wings

headband

She asked for these... Lindor chocolate balls

She asked for this one, too.

And this one.

And this one.

Do you see a trend in the things she asked for?

We love Gerald and Piggie.

5 stories in one book!

Everyone wants workbooks for their birthday, right?!?!

Fun game off the neat books.

It was a good birthday. We all enjoyed the Darth Vadar chocolate cake with ice cream. It was fun to celebrate Harmonie. She is so happy, most of the time. She is very energetic and excitable. She loves to play and run. She tends to look for the good in things - people or situations or events. We love out sweet little Harmonie!

If only

 We took out her braids today so she could have a shower. She was so happy to have wavy hair and she was so sad to have to wash it away.

 

 

She always has crazy hair because of static electricity but this is beyond anything we have seen. She loved the feel of the wavy hair and the look and everything. I guess I will have to have her shower early some Saturday so we can put braids in so she can have wavy hair at church. Some day...

Different perspectives

During lunch, while eating cantaloupe, Harmonie said, "This is disgusting." to which Domonique kindly said, "Yes, it has a little rind on it, and it tastes like dirt. So what?"

What funny girls.

Lots of learning going on

Camdilyn wanted to show me how she can ride a bike all by herself! Go, girly, go!

But what I really came out to see what Harmonie riding without training wheels. Yes, that's Emily who is helping her. Yes, Emily is the one who helped Domonique with this skill, too.

Naomi just wanted to chase everyone around.

Ready...

Set...

Go!

KEEP GOING!

Awesome!

Emily also helped Domonique with her birthday cake.