Happy Birthday, Seth

Seth just turned 10! It is sad to think that I no longer have any children in single digits, but I am looking forward to all that God has to bring in this next stage of life!



Seth helping make Chayote Soup. This is what he requested for his Birthday Dinner.

Birthday Boy

Birthday Boy, originally uploaded by goodgollycr.

Today we celebrate Seth's 9th birthday. Our prayer is that God will use his unique personality, many gifts and strong will to become a leader with a desire to serve God and others.

Missing Tooth

This is the last time I will have a child missing a front tooth. Feeling a little mommy sadness.

Happy Birthday, Seth!

8 this year!

My Favorite Little Chef

Seth loves all things food. He would rather have a salad than a hot dog. He loves leftovers...for breakfast!
He likes things spicy. He loves to help in the kitchen.

Yum, Hot and Sour soup!

Happy New Year 2009

Nothing like finally getting a picture of the kids the day we take the tree down. I am a true procrastinator...

Happy New Year!

Photohunt: Wild

What do boys do with a jumprope? Tie each other up, of course!



Photohunt

Maybe you've been in Alajuelita too long...

when we walk past this field and Seth wonders aloud, "Why are they throwing out all that perfectly good stuff?"

Simon?

So it turns out that Simon is Simone. And this sheds a little light on why Alvin and Theodore have been fighting. (according to Seth, with whom I happen to agree :o)

The kids have had fun watching Mama take care of her two babies. At first they were concerned because she kept sitting on them, until Seth (again) came to the conclusion that that is where the 'milk holes' are.

Smart kid!

A friend gave me this link. Very informative!

Hey mom, come see what I found...

"I found a crab!" Seth calls as we are walking the path in Manuel Antonio..
"Oh, cool, where?"
"Right here!"

"Don't you see it?"
"Oh my!" What an observant little guy!

Can you tell what we are reading right now?

The boys came down excited the other day to show me this. This might explain all the racing up and down the hall I have been hearing at night. :o)

Happy Birthday, Seth!

Ant Wars

Hickey Anyone?

I was playing Disney's Scene It with the boys a few days ago. We came upon one of the scenes from the movie, The Kid. Bruce Willis was tucking his younger self in bed and they were talking about first experiences he was going to have..."When do I get my license? When do I get my first car? When do I get my first hickey?"

The scene is over and Christopher (age11) asks, "What is a hickey anyway?" Before I even have a chance to get nervous, Seth (age 6) confidently answers, "It's what you use to blow your nose."

You know it's time for a timeline when...

we were reading about George III marrying a German. Seth gasps and says, "but Americans are supposed to be fighting the Germans!"

(had to take a second and explain that there was no official 'America' yet and that WWII was still a long way off!)

Pilgrims

Nathan's Pilgrim House

Seth's. Looks like Seth's pilgrims are Ticos! :o)

Famous Quotes

Seth: "Murphy's not a dog, he's a spic -r- spaniel."

Nathan: While coloring an Indian picture, "I know there is Indian on dad's side. That makes us half Indian and half pirate!" (Blackbeard is on my side of the family)

Alix: "Now, which dishes did you want me to wash?"

Christopher: I sent a funny email to my mom which she read aloud to Chris. He says, "I didn't know my mom was funny. I've never heard her say anything funny before."

Spencer: I hear this as I am listening to phone messages, "Hey, the phone is going straight to voicemail. You might want to listen to messages."

Alix (again): after falling off my bed, "It's higher than it was before!" my response, "Well, it's not any more narrow!"

Sleepover

Last night I was waiting for paint to dry on my bed. Since Christopher and Spencer are out of town, I just decided to bunk in with the younger boys. We had an extra bunk on their new triple decker bunkbed, so everyone just moved up one.

After being mysteriously busy in their room for a while, Seth comes in and tells me they are ready! I go in to find that Seth had cleaned his room, made his bed and even set up a couple of bed buddies for me! They were all giggles while I was tucking them in. Finally, I ask, 'Does this feel kind of like a sleepover?' They grinned and the answer was a resounding 'yes'! I felt so blessed to be welcomed in with such excitement, and that they would be pleased with something so simple. (apparently we don't get out much :o)

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