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Gracie's Party

Here are just a few pics from our little birthday party. Blowing out the candles on the birthday cake and opening presents. They each got a 2 pack of plates, bowls and a cup. My kids love to have their own special plates, and when they are a buck at Target, why not!? I had these stashed away in my bag of goodies and since we often give the birthday kid around here their own special dining ware on their birthday, I thought it fitting that they get these on Gracie's birthday.

Random Things

Lily was playing with her cowgirl gun and she came over to me and told me to put my hands up, I said no, you put your hands up. She told me she couldn't put her hands up because she was holding her gun!

Chuck and I spell out words sometimes so the kids don't know what we are talking about. Last night I had used some wine for cooking dinner and after dinner I went and lifted up the bottle and took a swig. Chuck was laughing at me and I said it might be okay if the wine didn't taste like a@@. Skyler sounds out a s s and says hey, you just spelled ass! Busted! We told him ass was another word for donkey but that he couldn't say it. We have realized that our spelling days are over. Now what are we going to do?

Our Gracie

Nov. 6th, 2003

November 6th is always a difficult day for me. It's the day that our little Gracie Lynn was born and the day that she died. It is the hardest thing that I have ever been through and it still hurts me now. I was looking through all of my things from that time and we were so blessed to be surrounded by soooo many loving people. I am happy that Chuck and I both got to hold her and touch her while she was still with us. I remember her cute little feet and how she wrapped her fingers around my finger, it was just precious.

Today we are going to celebrate Gracie's birthday. Skyler was only 101/2 months old when Gracie died, but he has some kind of connection with her, because he speaks of her often. He wanted to have a birthday party for her this year. I thought it was a good idea, because we always have a big birthday celebration when someone turns five around here. So, we are making a special dinner for her; hamburgers and fries (Skyler's idea, funny, those are his favorite foods!) and we are having a birthday cake and Skyler and Lily are each getting a present. I think it is a nice way to remember her! We will go and visit her grave on Saturday and bring her some pink roses, they are her favorite.

Gracie:
How very softly you tiptoed into our world. Almost silently, only for a moment you stayed. But what an imprint your footsteps have left upon our hearts!

Happy Birthday! We love you!

My Little Man

On Saturday I picked out a book from Skyler's room and handed it to him. I told him, come sit with me so we can read this book. He, of course, said ok; he loves books. When we sat down, he handed me the book, which we normally do. I, however, handed the book right back to him and told him, you read it. He looked at me like I was crazy. I told him, hey, just look at the letter and sound it out, I just know you can read this book. He did! It was so amazing listening to him, watching his face as he sounded the letters out and figured out the word. He was so proud of himself and I was so proud of him too! My little reader!

Halloween

Halloween was not as great as I had imagined, but, I don't want to get into that right now. Here's what we did:

In the morning Lily and I went to the Learning Center for their parade, she had a blast getting candy!
Skyler had a party/parade at school and we decided not to go so that Lily could nap, but he had a blast and got lots of stuff too! We went and visited my parents and then we went over to Chuck's parents where we ate dinner and went trick or treating. The kids got an awful lot of candy and were pretty excited about it. The costumes turned out perfect for the kids, thanks mom for doing such a great job! I think the picture of Lily on the bottom is my favorite; I felt like that at the end of the night too!