Of slaps and tombs
Grandma had to give Cristian a little slap on his hand for disobeying. Alice immdediately came to his rescue and told Grandma that she shouldn't slap him. Grandma explained that sometimes when kids are naughty, they have to get a little slap. She went on to say that she had to slap Mommy (me) sometimes too when Mommy was a little girl. Alice's face registered horror! Then she said, "Grandma, then I'm going to teach you how not to slap people all the time!"
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When asking where her great Grandmother lived, she was told that she lives in Thun (pronounced toon). Alice, having just learned about the Easter story, understood "tomb" and exclaimed, "Yes, just like Jesus!"
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When asking where her great Grandmother lived, she was told that she lives in Thun (pronounced toon). Alice, having just learned about the Easter story, understood "tomb" and exclaimed, "Yes, just like Jesus!"
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And one of Evlyne:
Alice's Birthday
Here's a few pics from Alice's birthday party. It was lots of fun with pizza, fingerpainting, a bubble bath, treasure hunt, cake, ice cream and more to make it a birthday to remember. Alice had a blast and wants every day to be her birthday!
The cake was great fun to make, Alice helped come up with the concept (she insisted on having a snowman somewhere in her cake!) and even tho it was so hot and humid that the fondant and icing start to melt before everyone got a piece, it was still yummy and she liked it! Thank God! HA!
Thanks to Nick, Mike and Coral for taking pics as Tino and I were too busy. It would have been a shame to have planned this whole party and not gotten any pics!
The cake was great fun to make, Alice helped come up with the concept (she insisted on having a snowman somewhere in her cake!) and even tho it was so hot and humid that the fondant and icing start to melt before everyone got a piece, it was still yummy and she liked it! Thank God! HA!
Thanks to Nick, Mike and Coral for taking pics as Tino and I were too busy. It would have been a shame to have planned this whole party and not gotten any pics!
More pics coming as soon as I can get them from Mike's camera.
Thank you...
Here's a thank you email Alice wrote recently to someone who visited us:
Dear _________,
Thank you for the presents you left for us. It was very sweet of you. Thank you for visiting us, it was very nice to see you. I love you. I let you borrow my play room. Today I used the paint brushes and the book and painted a helicopter. I want to show it to you because you are a boy like Gaby.
Lots of love,
Alice
Dear _________,
Thank you for the presents you left for us. It was very sweet of you. Thank you for visiting us, it was very nice to see you. I love you. I let you borrow my play room. Today I used the paint brushes and the book and painted a helicopter. I want to show it to you because you are a boy like Gaby.
Lots of love,
Alice
Problems...
Alice and I were walking outside the other day when she surprised and then amused me with the following conversation:
Alice (sighing): Mommy, I have a problem.
Me (thinking): Gosh, she young to be heart-sharing so seriously. (aloud): What is your problem, baby?
Alice: I like ice-cream.
Me (a little bewildered): How is that a problem? Ice-cream is yummy!
Alice: No, see Mommy, it's a happy problem!
She's so funny!
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...and a couple pics from a few weeks ago:
Alice (sighing): Mommy, I have a problem.
Me (thinking): Gosh, she young to be heart-sharing so seriously. (aloud): What is your problem, baby?
Alice: I like ice-cream.
Me (a little bewildered): How is that a problem? Ice-cream is yummy!
Alice: No, see Mommy, it's a happy problem!
She's so funny!
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...and a couple pics from a few weeks ago:
