Gwenevere turned 13 this week. We celebrated throughout the week. Monday her actual birthday was also Martin Luther King Jr. Day. James had to work, I woke up early to make Gwenevere a cheese quiche for her birthday breakfast. We where still late to Piano and the quiche wasn't that great tasting. Sorry honey. Elli gave Gwenevere a peace lily plant for her birthday. and after Piano lessons we but invited friends to come play at the signal point boat lunch in Lowell.
We roasted marshmallows, snacked on food and the kids explored all over. Edgar fell and cut his head. It bled pretty hard for a while but he seemed to be okay.
Oliver gave Everett and Edgar dinosaur toys
as we drove home from the lake we stopped by Fred Meyers to pick up ice cream. Gwenevere had haagen ice cream when she went to visit her cousins Daniel and Dalynn's family in Utah and had been wanting haagen ice cream since. as we walked out of the store we say the beautiful full moon rising in all her glory so I made Gwenevere take pictures with her birthday moon.
When we got home no one was really hungry since we had been snacking all day, so we skipped dinner and just opened presents and age Ice cream.
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| Papa got Gwenevere a compass |
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| Everett got Gwenevere a felting book |
We went all out with chocolate syrup, ice cream cones and mini Oreos. It was a fantastic ice cream treat.
After ice cream, everyone brushed their teeth and got ready for bed. I put Edgar to sleep and when I came out of the boys room I found the rest of them hanging out on Gwenevere's bed with Papa. We said family prayers and went to bed. But the birthday celebrating continued.
We wanted to take Gwenevere to sushi for her birthday but our favorite sushi place was closed on Mondays so we waited till Tuesday to take Gwenevere and the whole family out to dinner. Yummy.
When we got home the amazon package with Gwenevere's birthday presents arrived so she opened up another gift.
Wednesday, James asked to go hiking in the woods, so we packed a picnic lunch and got in the car. Not 100% sure where we would go, but as we all sat in the car it became unanimous that we should attempt Kentucky falls again.
We didn't make it to the second falls because we had to get back in time for Gwenevere's Gymnastics but we still had fun. We saw a salamander, and lots of fun mushrooms.
After Gymnastics we celebrated with the sparkling cider Gwenevere got as a birthday present from the Brazil family.
Thursday we celebrated Gwenevere's birthday by going to the movies to see Sing 2. It was awesome.
Not part of the birthday celebration but still an event worth documenting. Thursday night or should I say Friday morning at 2am we woke up to the smoke alarms going off and smoking coming from our intake vent for the furnace. We searched all over for the source of the smoke but never found flames. Since our furnace is gas I could imagine a gas explosion happening any minute. To be extra safe, we woke up the kids, got them out side and called 911. Thankfully, no gas fire expulsion happened and it was decided that the smoke was the furnace's last hurrah.
around 4 am in the morning we call crawled back in bed, (everyone in Papa and my bed), turned on some nature documentary and fell asleep. James had brought in the two space heaters we kept in the attic so we could stay warm. James took the day off to sleep in, and call the furnace repair guy.
Friday was another homeschool day, with James at home we also played some board games.
happy Birthday Gwenevere, I love that we got to celebrate you over and over again. You are patient with your parents, a great helper around the house and wonderful example of self directive learning. We are proud of who you are becoming and the love you share with others. Happy Birthday!
