She requested purple cake, so Mom brought a white cake mix and we used food coloring to color the batter. So fun for the girls to stir, and it really turned out cool.
I think we'll be making more colored cakes, since it's just a fun and easy way to spice things up.
And the end result was perfectly delicious :)
After dinner, present opening! She dug into a big gift bag and pulled out our first set of Legos!!! I am thrilled and can't wait for hours of building fun. Lydia is definitely our best build-er to date, she just has a knack for putting things together, maybe it's her Daddy's engineering brain that passed on the right combination of genetic material? I thought this would be a great gift for her, and for the whole family.
Turns out Isaac was impressed too, everyone was. Matt is definitely hooked!
In the photo you can barely spot yet another huge goose-egg over Isaac's right eye. Matt's a proud Daddy tonight because this one came from Isaac's first over-the-handlebars maneuver. A sweet moment for a bike loving Daddy to share with his little boy :) Granted, it was over the 'handlebars' of a four wheeled riding toy, but Matt's glad to see his boy is headed in the right direction!
And speaking of bike riding escapades, I thought I'd share this one from Matt..... in my mind this is the perfect synopsis of "Matt's September". It is just a crazy busy time of year when he's got something boiling on all four burners, loving (almost) everything he does, head spinning from morning to night, dreaming and working and thinking and planning. It does make for some long days, long weeks for him, but he just loves it.
Anyways, yesterday evening he gets home just in time to finish up bedtime with the girls (but already missed Isaac who goes down 15 minutes earlier, usually). Mom and Dad left soon after the girls were down and the two of us sat at the kitchen table to catch up.
He pointed to new scrapes and bruises on his arms and legs and starts this story.... "So anyways, today I was on my way to campus, pedaling and pedaling, mind spinning with about ten topics, and trying to plan out what I was getting ready to say to the group [of visiting Americans that he was orienting, sending out for a day's work]. And it was time to stop the bike but I wasn't ready, so I pulled the brakes hard, still busy planning my talk. And completely forgot to put my foot down. I smacked right over onto the pavement, feet still in the toe straps, never once having thought about putting down a foot for balance."
We laughed. It's not funny when someone gets hurt. But you have to admit it is often funnier afterwards. Especially when you know Matt - he's an amazing biker, spends hours and hours on his bike, is as comfortable on two wheels as most of us are on two feet. That he would "wreck" simply by failing to consider the need to stop, and then forgetting to put down a foot for stability shows just how terribly distracted he is with other things!! I said, "baby, that's like the perfect picture image of your September."
We laughed even harder later, when he shared that he wrecked RIGHT in front of where he was meeting the group ...... and they pulled up about two minutes later. What if they had arrived first? A group of visitors, fresh off the plane, not sure where they were or what they were supposed to be doing, and their "guide" for the day pulled up on his bike and promptly fell square on to the pavement? He tried to imagine jumping up from his imperfect arrival and saying "don't worry guys, I'm here to help, I've got you taken care of, things will be just fine". Think anyone would have believed him?!?!?
In the end he must have figured out the right things to say, the group headed off for a hard day's work and he was super excited about all that happened that day. There is LOTS of exciting stuff happening, and I love to see him enjoy it all.
5 comments:
So glad you got to celebrate your birthday again, Lydia. Happy birthday to you, special little girl. Wish I could have been there. Love, Grandma
Legos are the best toy ever!!! I wish we could have a Lego building party with you. Building what you are supposed to build is great for teaching kids to follow directions, but I really love what they build on their own. Today, Andrew built a little robot that had all kinds of cool features. He only used about 10 bricks, but his imagination filled in all the details.
So fun! We love to make colored pancakes and cakes. Legos are the best. Caroline and Will like to build with them too.
If I could pick only one toy to keep from our collection, it would be Legos! Our boys spend hours a day currently playing and creating. I am sure you will get lots of leverage out of them. Hope you continue to feel better and better!
that's an awesome post, Laura! I enjoyed it so much. please,pleaswe keep writing. susan
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