Becca's mobility improvement

I'm trying to give a week by week development of Becca's mobility. The last two videos were taken one Monday after the other. This one was taken on the following Tuesday, so it is pretty close. Sorry that I turned the camera. I always forget that you can't rotate videos.

This video was taken on Monday when Rebecca started to push with her feet to go forward while her head was on the ground. I thought it was pretty funny.

Sarah's Birthday

We couldn't let Sarah camp in the backyard because the grass was wet from a previous storm and we were on a tornado watch. Not good to have little girls outside for that!

Sarah told me that she wanted a butterfly cake for her birthday this year. I thought that would be easy. I would just go buy a butterfly cake pan and there wasn't much to it. Then she elaborated more. She wanted to have a sky with clouds, grass, a little girl and a butterfly. Well, there went my new cake pan idea. That's alright, though. I would just make a circle cake and draw the stuff on there. As Sarah and I were making the cake. I made sure that she wanted a butterfly, a sky, clouds, grass, and a little girl. She said, "Right, and a tree and flowers." This cake was getting more crowded. Ok. A tree and flowers aren't all that hard. So, I listed everything out once more and asked if that was right. She responded, "And the sun!" Of course, why hadn't I thought about that? Every scenic cake needs a sun! So I asked, "You want a butterfly, blue sky, grass, clouds, a tree, a little girl, the sun, and flowers. That's it right?" She got a little twinkle in her eye and said, "And a blue bird." I told her, "No bird! That's it!" (I did add the bird, though it took a while for it to meet her specifications.)
The cake was fun to make, but I almost ran out of frosting. There were a lot of colors and I had a hard time judging how much I should make of each color. Sarah told me exactly where to put everything and also told me exactly how she wanted it. (The butterfly had to have a purple body, pink wings, and red spots.) After I had everything on, I told her that there was no room to write, "Happy Birthday." She immediately pointed to the side and told me that I could put it right there. I was already planning on that, but I wanted to see what she would say.
I think I am raising an artist!

Sarah's two friends still came over and they had a sleep over in her room. They got to watch two movies and sleep on the floor. It was fun and the girls were very good. (The worst part was that they are both named Abby, so things got a little confusing.)

Wendy got Sarah a whole bunch of princess stuff in a purse. I think Sarah liked that gift the best, but she is having fun reading her books, playing with her barbies, and sleeping with her lamb, too.

She really likes the lip gloss.

Sarah's Build-A-Bear

I got Sarah a Build-A-Bear for her birthday. I told her that we were going to the mall to get her present and that I needed her help picking it out. On the way, she said that she wanted a princess bear and I asked her if she knew of a place in the mall that she could get one. She didn't. Then we saw the store and I asked her if she wanted to get a bear and her face just lit up. These things cost so much that I thought I might as well bring my camera so that I could get as much for my money as I could.

Sarah picked out the sheep because it was soft and had pretty eyes (eye lashes)
Sarah pushed the pedal to pump in the stuffing for a little while and then she let Jacob have a turn.

Jacob's exact words in this picture are, "I love pushing buttons." (After this experience he said that he wanted a bear, too, but I think he just wants to stuff another one!)

All done! I wish the picture was clearer, but it is hard with the glass.

We brought the newest member of our family, Leah Lamb, home and Sarah got her dressed. I guess we could have gotten her dressed at the store, but I didn't think about it. (She cost too much, but Sarah's worth it, right?)

Becca's Cord Snatching Attempt

She really wanted that cord and I was going to just put it out of reach, but I thought this would be a good opportunity to catch her rolling on video. She must be tired, though. I've never seen her give up before. She usually keeps maneuvering until she gets it. She must have known I was recording her.

Sprinkle, Sprinkle Little Seeds by Sarah Gibbons

Sprinkle, Sprinkle Little Seed

Here's some water that you need.

Down the Sun is shinning now,

Peek your head out, take a bow.

Sprinkle, Sprinkle Little Seed

Here's some water that you need.

We had a lot of fun for Jacob's birthday this year. We are going to go camping for the Elsmore Family Reunion this year so we needed to buy a tent. We thought we would try it out for Jacob's birthday. he got to invite two friends (one couldn't come) over and we had a campout in the backyard. We have a stump that we are trying to get rid of so we have been slowly burning it away. This allowed for a perfect spot to build a campfire for roasting marshmallows. The kids all had a blast. In fact, we will be having another campout next week for Sarah's birthday!

Jacob wanted a solar system cake. Oh, and if you are wondering about his hair, he has been wanting to experiment with his hair lately, so I bought him some hair gel and he is having fun with it. :)

Scott put a candle next to each planet. It worked out pretty good. I'm glad he wanted to have a solar system cake when he turned 9!

We bought trick candles that were supposed to sparkle, but they were just like normal candles. What a disappointment!

He wanted to eat the sun. It turned out that he only ate a couple of bites, though because we he wanted to go outside to set up the tent.

Scott and I ended up setting up the tent while the kids played. We'll make sure to have the tent already up next week when the girls come.

Becca spent most of the time in the tent. I didn't want to put bug spray on her so we just opened all the windows and he enjoyed the noise that the tent bottom would make when she rolled on it.

Scott takes advantage of any opportunity he can get to start fires!

It's a good thing Scott already lost all the hair on his head!

Let's roast some marshmallows!

Roasted Marshmallows are so good! I got stuff for smores, but the kids liked the marshmallows alone better.

Elizabeth wanted a video of her on the computer. So, here it is!