Birthday: Abrianna is 2!

Birthday's again. We are rounding off the Crispin 7's birthday season. Sijah and I will be next month and then we take a 4m break. Abrianna had her day today.

I did something different, less messy. Birthday cookie. I made a very yummy peanut butter cookie with peanut butter chips, chocolate chips, and pecans in it. Very good!


Abrianna blow out the candles before we were done singing to her so I lit them again and she grabbed the fire with her fingers... ouch. Out of 5 kids, she is the first one to touch fire... i think we're doing good. :)


I love how she holds her fingers to say she's two. Too cute! (Like that play on words?!)


Present time! After Christmas toys and... shh... bikes out back (we just need to get the two oldest bikes), I didn't want to spend much and she doesn't need much. Aunt Rachel gave her 2 dollars and I took that to the 99cent store and got her some princess items. (Thank you Aunt Rachel!)



If you know Abrianna, you know she loves shoes! These pretty slippers are perfect for her, and she loves them!



A fun family time!
Next up... my birthday!!!

Birthday: Sarah's 3 years old

A little family party for Sarah on her Birthday. Hannah and Caleb wanted to have a surprise party. Daddy took Sarah into the office with him while Hannah, Caleb and I got the kitchen ready. When Sarah come around the corner, she was surprised. How much fun!





Good fun for the family! This lucky girl is going to have two parties. We'll have a special party later... stay tuned. :)

Birthday: Hannah's Birthday money

Thank you Aunt Rachel!!!

Birthday: Hannah is 5

And now it's Hannah's Birthday. The big 5... every year is a big deal with us. :)
(Joshua and I are both writing in this post so you can view his comments by the centering style.)

Hannah and I went to Tom thumb

so Hannah could pick out her very own
cake! She also saw this giant balloon with
Ariel hanging inside. "Daddy...I like that balloon."

If only you could have seen Hannah's face when she brought this giant balloon in the door. She was so smiley! I, on the other hand, am thinking of how many ways this balloon is going to cause problems with her siblings... as you can imagine... What fun for Hannah to get such a cool balloon.

As they walked towards the store Joshua asked
Hannah what kind of cake she wanted. Hannah
said "CHOCOLATE" with a BIG smile.

Hannah also got to choose her ice cream
for the birthday party. She looked at all
the different types, then selected
ice cream sandwiches.

Us Crispin's love us some choc. (add the hick accent and you've got it!)

("yeah, a little messy and lots of stains.")

Sijah just couldn't hold out till his birthday... he needed in on that choc business.

He's really just making sure it's dead....whatever it is.

Daddy's gift for Hannah... the face says it all!
(Yes, that is Sijah you see on all fours in the background. The boy is trying so hard to crawl... a couple more weeks and he'll be chasing the kids up and down the hallway.)

Mommy and Daddy helped put this large puzzle
together for the first time. It was great fun.

As you can see, she does not get her olive complexion

from Daddy. Brown eyes, yes.

A 'play dress' for Hannah. She loves to dress in dresses and be a princess. I also got for her 'glass slippers!'

I have been wanting to get this book for my girls for so long now. It is about a girl that is given a gift, her first kiss, and the quest to find who to give it to... She waits for the right man and then doesn't give him the gift till they are married. Every princess-loving girl's must-have-book. The Princess and the Kiss. Aunt Lindsay came over and gave her a gift... what else but princesses? A color book, fabric book to sew with mom, and a table cloth. (Aunt Lindsey gave Caleb a 'Cars' one for his birthday)

And then Grammy came over. And what do you think she had? You guessed it!
More princess stuff!

Grammy is good at getting the others something little they can play with so they don't take the birthday kids toys too soon.

Happy birthday to Hannah! Happy birthday to Hannah! (sing with me now!) Happy birthday to Hannah! Happy birthday to Hannah!

Birthday: Caleb turns 4...continued

It's August again and time for Caleb's birthday shopping spree!
Joshua here to tell the tail:

Caleb received a few dollars from Aunt Rachel.
Joshua and Caleb had a guys time at Target.
As they drove, Caleb strained to see Target come into view.

Yes Caleb, calm down you crazy boy.
He ran into the store and headed straight for the
"dollar spot" where we usually do our
birthday shopping.

He starts pointing out everything he recognizes.
Pencils! Stickers! Flashlight!
Then he finds a train whistle, and
THOMAS THE TRAIN !!!

Then Caleb finds a boat...and a tape measure.....

We also perused the real toy section for trucks and cars.
He found a green monster truck and just went nuts over it.
His favorite color is green.

He did a great job paying for his new toys and wanted to carry
his own bag to the car. Then Joshua had to
keep him from opening the toys until they arrived home.

Everyone was excitred to see what Caleb bought, but he was not
ready to play with his brother and sisters.

After some time passed he wanted everyone to see his wonderful
playthings. Here he is showing off his giant wheeled vehicle
and Thomas the train.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALEB !!!

Birthday: Caleb turns 4!

It's that time again... Birthday season! Joshua started us off last month and now it is Caleb's turn.

Aunt Rachel sent the coolest card! It had punch-out animals (not to mention 4 birthday-dollars) that Caleb and the kids played with for hours... until the paper got into Abrianna and Sijah's mouth. :) What fun! (Caleb also received cards from Great Aunt Katherine, Grammy and Sheila - Thanks to you all!)


Daddy took Caleb on a special birthday swim with just the two of them.


On this day of turning the monumental 4 years of age, Caleb swims. He just started to kick and away he went!


Along with swimming he also got very brave and jumped off the latter for daddy to catch him.


(This one is blurry, but I love the shot too much to not share.)




After the swim Caleb had present time. Always the child's favorite part of a birthday.



One of Caleb's favorite super heroes is Larry Boy! (I spelled wrong in the caption and really don't want to take the time to fix it... I know, spell check is there for a reason.)


Another super hero is Spiderman!

Green is the favorite color of our now 4 year old boy. He requested a green cake... yes green. I colored the icing and the cake mix with green food die. He loved it!


Milk to go with our cake... but not just in any ol' cup... no... a supper cup... a spider man cup!


Little guy feels left out of the cake fun... his turn will come.