Gerhardt turned SIX on August 28th. We celebrated his six super years with a Superhero party.
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First Day of School – 2016
Sunday, August 21st, 2016
Wednesday the babies were back to school and this year our Gerhardt joins them. All ready for Kindergarten! Per our tradition, a schultüte for his first year. The girls were bummed they didn’t get one, but I’ve decided this is only going to be for Kindergarten kids, not for all the babies every year. Instead of a cone I gave the girls their school supplies and a few goodies in a basket on the table.
Book of Ages
Friday, August 5th, 2016
With all the anguish of naming our sixth daughter I got to thinking a lot about names over the past few months. For me naming a baby is no easy task. Phil says it’s because I have to have the PERFECT one, as if there is such a thing. I don’t look for the perfect name, just the one I perfectly want. I want to like the name I give my child! But I guess that’s a tall order at this point because I really did begin to fear that Josephine would be nameless for the rest of her life.
A while back I read Book of Ages about the life of Jane Franklin, the sister of Benjamin Franklin. They wrote many letters to one another but none of hers survive. What did survive was her handmade “Book of Ages,” where she recorded the births of her 12 children. I liked that idea and thought I’d create my own but including more, the stories of the names we have chosen for our children.
So, for my babies. These are the stories of your names.
Wild WildLife
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015
For Gerhardt’s birthday we thought it would be neat to check out the Wildlife Safari. We looked it up and found out they had WOLVES! So it was a no brainer. Gerhardt + Wolves = Yes.
