Boxes Spark Creativity

The box Maggie's bean bag chair came in was cut to be a castle.  The girls wrote a play.  Mena typed it and printed them each a copy.  They changed clothes to fit their roles and put make-up on, including mascara.  Then I was invited downstairs to watch their play.  They did a great job!  Love their creativity!!

Family Birthday Party

Maggie wasn't quite sure what to think when all she got was 3 birthday cards.  Then a box was brought in and she found the bean bag chair for her bedroom.  There was a second one in the car so when she has friends over they can sit comfortably in her bedroom, just like her big sister can do with her friends!

Friend Birthday Party

Friday night, Maggie had a birthday party.  Emily and Evelyn came for supper.  Josslyn came for an hour when we had cake and ice cream.  Emily spent the night.  They all played well together and I heard lots of laughter.

Happy Birthday, Maggie!

The morning of Maggie's birthday, I had a small game for Maggie's gift because she had received the loft bed early.  She spent the evening with her dad.

Serving at Matt Talbot

Mena's Youth Group at St Paul UMC served supper at Matt Talbot.  She helped make the food and then served the goulash onto the plates.

Joyful Noise

The kids' choir at church sang "God is so Good."

Joslyn Art Museum

We had a weekend with no plans and Mena asked if we could go to Joslyn Art Museum.  We visited the museum in the morning.  Then we met Beth and the boys for lunch at Runza.  Then on our way home we stopped to see how Papa was doing.  (He fainted and broke two ribs when he fell.  He'd been out of the hospital for a day.)  Peg, Jon, and Jake were also at Mom and Dad's house moving boxes into the garage since they were getting ready to move to Waverly.  So we ended up seeing the whole family in the same day and none of it was preplanned!

Mena Deciding What Shirt to Wear

Mena wondered what this shirt would look like for her school pictures so she asked me to take a picture of her posing.  She decided the heart looked good and she would wear it the next morning.

Maggie at School

Mrs. Hyde shared a picture of Maggie and her tablemates working on a project.