A short four days after the birth of Heidi, we celebrated the birth of Evie! She turned eight years old!
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| Birthday Buddies! In matching knitwear! |
We celebrated Evie's birthday with cake and ice cream, of course, and presents (of course)!
Mark picked the cake out at Costco the other day. When I asked what was on the cake he said, "A pumpkin. Or maybe it's a basketball. I couldn't really tell. But it does say Happy Birthday." Oh, that man
loves to tease me! I about had a panic attack thinking it was a basketball cake!
Evie's gifts were her very own ball of yarn and knitting needles, a giant coloring book and new colored pencils, and, best of all... her first Breyer horses AND a trip to horse camp next summer! It is hard to get a birthday present that is so far in the future, but we know that a week of horseback riding this summer is what she wanted most in the world!
I would like to say that our gifts to her pale in comparison to her gift to us. Every day, this beautiful little girl blesses us with her love. She has spent these last difficult weeks taking good care of her younger siblings. She plays school with them, reads them stories, teaches them simple math concepts, takes them outside to play, and is always willing to run little errands all over the house. She is patient, kind, and understanding. She is loyal to her older brothers, even though they tease her. She really is a gem of a girl and I was supremely blessed eight years ago the day she was born.
Evie's gifts were her very own ball of yarn and knitting needles, a giant coloring book and new colored pencils, and, best of all... her first Breyer horses AND a trip to horse camp next summer! It is hard to get a birthday present that is so far in the future, but we know that a week of horseback riding this summer is what she wanted most in the world! 
I would like to say that our gifts to her pale in comparison to her gift to us. Every day, this beautiful little girl blesses us with her love. She has spent these last difficult weeks taking good care of her younger siblings. She plays school with them, reads them stories, teaches them simple math concepts, takes them outside to play, and is always willing to run little errands all over the house. She is patient, kind, and understanding. She is loyal to her older brothers, even though they tease her. She really is a gem of a girl and I was supremely blessed eight years ago the day she was born.
