Parent Quotes

Scene: Daddy and Matthew are sitting next to each other in a booth at a restaurant with a lot of TVs. 

Daddy: Matthew, if you want me to look at a TV, just tell me. You don't need to grab my throat. 

Thea's Second Birthday

A photo storybook of our wonderful Thea Bean's second birthday:

 

A new PINK bike from Mommy and Daddy to start the day!



When asked what to get Thea for her birthday, Matthew chose Band-Aids.  He knows his sister well.



Thea's first dress-up outfit came from Grammy and Papa.  Meet Doc McStuffins.

Doc giving her first toy a check-up.

Thea's birthday party was at one of her favorite parks.

Making matching funny faces

Thea telling Uncle Johnny she didn't need help with riding her bike.

"Happy Birthday to YOU"

Thea asked for her picture to be taken one more time before going to bed.  Here, she can be seen riding Floppy and thinking it is so silly.



This day has been absolutely wonderful. The weather was perfect and we thoroughly enjoyed a family day of playtime. We love our sweet, smiley, playful little girl.

God is so Good, Thea

Last night, when Thea picked out a book for story time before bed, she came running to me with the Bible in hand, proclaiming with great joy, "God book!"

While snuggling in her room, I asked her what song she wanted to sing. "God is so good!" 

God is so good

God is so good

God is so good, he's so good to me

Just before laying her down I whispered to her, "Thea, I really, really love you. And so does God."

Not coincidentally, the devotional I read last night (that I don't always read), spoke about God's faithfulness to Abraham. It emphasized that it's not always easy to remember this; it took 25 years between the promise of a child to Abraham and the birth of Issac. On the Eve of Thea's second birthday, my frequent prayer for her is being brought top of mind - that no matter how bright and joyful, or dark and hard, that she remembers God is faithful and He really really loves her and that with that, she remain strong in her faith and joy and loving of the Lord. 

Looks are deceiving

While this little girl pictured below depicts  peace and rest at it's best, that is NOT how the evening played out. 

Thea has been sick all week and is thus sleeping horribly (coughing, crying every hour). All this we have great sympathy for, but what she also does when she is sick is wake up at 8pm, 10:45pm and 1:30am screaming bloody murder until she can watch Peppa Pig or Doc McStuffins. And she wants to watch it in the family room, by golly. 

And then Matthew wakes up.*

I haven't even mentioned our upstairs neighbors who had friends over last night. They don't do this often but when they do, wow.** Their friends stayed till 4am and were either playing who can jump with the loudest thud, who can throw who across the room, or wii.

She rested with the humility of a Kim Kardashian until 8:35am, when she woke up and offensively requested pancakes. 

*(Thankfully he goes right back to bed after the situation is explained and he is snuggled with for a few minutes.)

**On a night that they warned us they were having a party that had a legit DJ and entertainment system  

Kids Quotes XXV

Matthew: I want Chinese!

Mommy: What do you want from the Chinese restaurant?

Matthew: A hot dog with ketchup and french fries. 

Yep, that's a hot dog kiss. 

Thea's First Haircut

Despite being a female, when you have never had a daughter, you may find yourself clueless on girly things, like hair. Mike and I had no idea when to cut it for the first time, so we consulted with many a friends who had daughters. They recommended we wait until she was at least 2 years old. One even said 4! But as the mullet continued, we reconsidered this advice for our Bean.  

As you can see in the before picture we have a lovely, short on top, long in the back situation going on. What you can't see is that on the other side of her head, the hair in front of her ears in still peach fuzz length. 

We were also unsure of how she would respond to her beautician. She can be quite shy, so the idea of being touched with scissors by someone unfamiliar-eek! We had the same person that cuts Matthew cut her hair so maybe that was going to help a bit. 

She was amazing! Seriously, she actually loved it!

I mean, she's nervous when I blow dry my own hair, so this?!?!

Bye bye mullet. Hello pretty little girl. 

Mask Making

Nope, they're not Jason masks, they're Happy Purim masks! Homemade ones, with glitter, believe it or not!