Ezra's B-day Party!

Ezra is 7!!

On Ezra's actual birthday we had a family party with cake and opened up presents that Nannie had sent in the mail. He was so excited to get pokemon and sonic toys!



The next weekend we had a birthday party with friends. By the time we invited friends on our street and friends from church (and some siblings came), there was 17 kids! I had a hard time telling Ezra he couldn't invite people, but next year I'm sure it will be easier. It was crazy chaos, but all of the kids had a good time. Joe and I were wiped out after it was over. The kids played relay games, tried to break the pinata and decorated cupcakes.

The kids doing the dress up relay.

The kids doing the crab walk relay.
Ezra taking a swing at the pinata.

Decorating cupcakes and getting messy.

All in all it was a great party and it seemed like everyone had a blast. Later that night I asked Ezra how his party was. He very excitedly told me "it was a rip-off!" He was about to be in big trouble until I asked him what rip-off means. He told me it meant a really super fun exciting time. I corrected him and let him know that he shouldn't tell people his birthday was a rip-off.

Family Snowball Fight With Nannie

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"I don't like Christmas, I love Christmas!"

We put up our fake Christmas tree. Every year I think, next year we will get a real tree, but so far no luck. It has been a while since we have had a real one and really, next year we are going to get a real one.
We had good time putting the tree up and decorating it. We listened to Frank Sinatra Christmas CD, the one where he sings J-I-N-G-L-E Bells. Ezra and River love that one. Joe put the tree together and the boys were very eager to "help" him. River said, "I like Christmas." Then Ezra said, "I don't like Christmas, I love Christmas." He was saying it all night, it was cute. I just loved how they decorated the tree. There are a lot of little groups of ornaments together. The branches near the top, don't have much on them. Ezra kept asking if he could put the topper on the top, so Joe lifted him to the top. I think he must have seen this on one of the Christmas movies.

Fun with the camera

So Ezra and River were playing with the camera they started taking pictures of the toys Ezra got for his birthday. (We are having a party with his friends on Saturday, so I will post about that later.)They took about a dozen pictures, or should I say Ezra took a dozen pictures. I will just show you a few.....you'll get the idea.
Picture 1 -toys


Picture 2- toys


Picture 3- toys


Picture 4 -"when is it going to be my turn with the camera?"


Picture 5- "You better let me have a turn!"


Picture 6-River running "I'm telling Mom you wont let me have a turn with the camera."


Here is a picture of two cabbage heads. Aren't they cute?


I feel bad that I haven't posted in a while. We had a good Thanksgiving. Our friends Rich and Monica Welch came over, plus Rich's mom came from Minisota. We had some delicious food, watched some football, took naps, and divided up leftovers. I have a lot to be Thankful for.