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A Bundle of Myrrh

"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13

Archive for the ‘Lily’ Category

The Things They Say

Thursday, October 4th, 2012

Before bed while we prayed The Lord’s Prayer Lily asked our Father to:

“Give us this day our staley bread.”

Poor babies.

Lily’s Re-Birthday

Monday, August 27th, 2012

Lily became a child of God 4 years ago on August 17th. We celebrate baptism days with a little party and a reading from our Catechism,  a prayer and the hymn from that child’s baptismal service.

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First Day of School

Monday, August 27th, 2012

My big girls started school on the 16th. For their first day I made them each a Schultute to celebrate the special occasion. Traditionally in Germany they are for a child’s first day of the first grade, but I think I’ll start doing this each year just because it’s fun.

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Happy Birthday Lily

Monday, August 6th, 2012

 

My first baby turned 4 on July 28th! A couple months ago I asked her (with hesitation) what kind of a birthday party she would like. She immediately said “A mermaid party!” Ok, I can do this, I thought. I didn’t want to have to go the Ariel Little Mermaid route and as I began to search for ideas I became quite discouraged. This was gonna be difficult to pull off.

I decided to just keep it simple with a few “ocean” touches, shouldn’t be hard right? Eh, well after much looking and eliminating, I broke down and bought a Barbie Mermaid Adventure sticker book and had my mermaids. Done. And thanks to my Mom, who came for my birthday and stayed for Lily’s, I was able to add more “mermaid” to party!

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