The Cake

Spongebob Squarepants' Pineapple House Cake

This weekend we are celebrating Emmy's birthday. She turns 5 on Sunday and the celebrating starts today with a party at our house for Emmy with the daycare kiddos. She really wanted me to make her a birthday cake that looks like Spongebob Squarepants' pineapple house, so that is what we did last night. Bria and Emmy both helped with different parts and the birthday girl was quite pleased with the results! So let the party begin!

Emmy pretending to blow out the candle!

Need a Laugh

Is anybody else having one of those days? It's one of those days around here for a whole world full of reasons. I know tomorrow will be a brand new day and the sun will shine again, but for today. . . we will muddle on through and start fresh tomorrow.
My dear friend emailed me a link to this blog, and if you have just a minute to read the entry "I Wish I Worked in an Office" for November 18th, it will bring a smile to your face - especially if your day isn't going particularly well. If you don't have a warped sense of humor, it might not be too funny, but it was just the thing to bring some smiles around here today.

Welcome Sophie!

Congratulations to Jason, Katie & Reed as they welcome Sophie into their family! They share a few photos with us and I was able to stop by the hospital last night to sneak a quick peek at the newest member of their family. Sophie was sound asleep and beautiful. We are so excited you have your newest member of the family with you now and wish you all the best as you bring her home and enjoy her. Thanks for letting me stop by and visit and we look foward to having her here for daycare after Christmas.

Thankful Trees

On Veteran's Day last week when we had no school, the daycare crew did a fun project. They made "Thankful Trees". I ordered the kits from Oriental Trading and with some help, we all put them together. It was fun to listen to the kids come up with a list of almost 20 things they are thankful for - they had really great lists!

So, what are you thankful for as we approach Thanksgiving?

Favorite Book Survey

Question of the Day: What was your favorite book when you were little?

We love to read around here. We tend to devour books of all size, style, topic and age group. Jon and I enjoy reading and always have and Bria is an amazingly fast reader herself. Emmy has books that are falling apart from the hours she has spent pouring through them or having us read them to her. And we have shelves of books all over the house. So I was thinking this morning about my favorite books when I was little: "Five Beds for Bitsy" and "Polly's Christmas Present" are the two that came to mind. I like to read them to my girls now, but those are kept on a special shelf so that they don't get accidentally mixed in with the kids' books!

Emmy says her favorite books are her Backyardigans books.

So, what was your favorite childhood book?

Outside Playing

Just thought I'd post a few fun pictures of the kids playing outside last week before winter hit! I'm having a hard time convincing myself to get them outside this week with the cold temperatures and no snow on the ground. . . . it's taking a bit of time to adjust to the fact that winter really is here! But, as soon as that snow comes down and sticks around it will be great. Good thing we like snow and cold!