I guess it's been about a bit

Here's some pics from Ellie's birthday party:

Ellie in her birthday dress


Looking at her balloon. Every time she sits in that chair now she pulls the balloon down and says: "Oh, hi, Dora's adventure."

Quite obviously blowing out her candles

Showing everyone how old she is
Playing with some of her birthday presents (yes, that is beautifully braided hair and a fairy-peacock-princess outfit)


Blowing out the candles on her actual birthday

And this one has nothing to do with her birthday but I just thought it was cute

Ellie's also been cracking us up, lately. The other night at dinner, she said something that made us laugh and she sat there smiling for a minute then said "I'm funny."

She was pushing around her new Dora doll in her new baby carriage one morning.

Ellie: Dora's making good choices.

Kurt: Oh, good, that means she gets to do fun things.

Ellie: Yep, for Jesus.

Every night during prayers we ask the kids to think of something they want to thank Jesus for (I mean, something for which they want to thank Jesus. Sorry . . . Sorry, Everybody!). They usually mention something fun they did that day like playing Wii bowling or making popcorn but, last night, Ellie said: "Thank you Jesus for going to Heaven."

Which reminds me of 2 Walker things. First, remember how he used to tell us to spank Ellie whenever she did something bad? Well now he says "Dad, Ellie's not sharing. She's making bad choices so she doesn't get to go to Heaven." Go ahead, try to explain to a 3 year old that salvation is not based on works but on faith in Christ. Second, at preschool, his class made construction paper feathers to put on a giant poster of a turkey. On the feathers, they all wrote something FOR WHICH they're thankful. Most kids wrote Mommy, Daddy, Brother, Sister, whatever. Walker wrote that he's thankful for bowling. It's ok, though. One kid wrote that he was thankful for legs.