Monday May 28, 2007

 

 

Saturday Evening

Jared’s Third Birthday

John Deere was the theme for his party.

 

Napkins

 

Table Setting

 

A new lawn chair from his other Grandma.  (We will take him to Chuck E. Cheeses in a few weeks.)

 

A perfect fit.

 

Jana and Ian remembered their cousin Abigail, but Jared wasn’t sure about having her move into their house.  He watched carefully as Ian showed her one of his “small wounds.”

 

Abigail won over his heart when she gave him a Maine sip cup for his birthday.

 

Hezekiah and Josh needed no introductions!  They are just five weeks apart in age. 

 

Jared played peekaboo with his balloon.

 

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Papa John’s pizza was on the dinner menu – since pizza is one of his favorite foods.

 

He’s still working on showing three fingers when telling his age.

 

Rubbing noses with Dad.

 

Mom and Jared are excited about the arrival of his birthday cake.

 

Daddy said, “Close your eyes.”

 

Blowing out the #3 candle.

 

The decorator misspelled his name as Jarod instead of Jared, but that didn’t affect the taste.

 

Can you tell that he is pleased with the gift from his parents – his own tool box.

 

 

Showing Grandpa how each tool works.

 

Abigail and Jana got kitchen duty.

 

Jana getting her hair braided for bedtime, after taking her evening bath.

 

The boys surveying the landscape from the front porch.

 

What could be this much fun?

 

Playing basketball on the XBox 360 Josh won in a contest a few weeks ago.

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Cerwin and Jere wanted to show me what they did earlier in the day, so asked me to come to the new barn.

 

They installed these used cabinets – purchased from a Christian School – and work area for Jere’s tools.

 

The evening closed with a beautiful sunset.