Christmas Cake?

Last Monday while volunteering in Ehric's class his teacher made the following comment to the class..."All during Christmas break I kept wondering about Ehric's Christmas cake." I thought to myself, "Christmas cake?" A few minutes later I remembered that Ehric wrote a Christmas poem about Christmas being about Jesus' birthday and cake. I went over to his seat and asked him, "Is Christmas cake when we bake a cake for Jesus' birthday?" He said, "Yes!" Then it all made sense to me...for the past several years we have baked a simple cake on Christmas morning and have sung "Happy Birthday to Jesus" before eating the cake. In that moment I felt bad that I hadn't baked a cake this past Christmas. I told Ehric we would bake a Christmas Cake ASAP and sing "Happy Birthday to Jesus"!

Before Ehric got home from school I baked a spice cake. While it was starting to cool the cake split on the top. At first I was disappointed that the cake split, but when I looked closer I started to laugh when I saw that the split was in the shape of a 'J.' Apparently Jesus approves our our Christmas Cake!

Easter 2009

We had a pretty relaxing Easter. When the boys got up they each searched for treats from the Easter bunny. It was a lot of fun to watch them as they made new finds. We read some books about Jesus at breakfast. Later in the morning we decided to all go for a walk and took our dog, Nanook, along. Aiden suggested we get chinese food for lunch so after our walk we went to our favorite Chinese buffet. The boys ate really good after the long walk. In the evening we went to my parents house for dinner. Oh yeah, and hubby used the bee hive pan I gave him for his birthday to bake my birthday/Easter cake! I think it was a great day and we didn't even get dressed up!

Thankful Thursday-Random

What am I thankful for this week so far?









Monday: The boys and I baked a spice cake with caramel frosting and a lemon-meringue pie for hubby's birthday. It was a lot of fun.
Tuesday: Despite a really jam packed day, things worked out so that we could go out to celebrate hubby's birthday. It was nice because we went early enough and had the whole place to ourselves.
Wednesday: Ehric had a fun playdate with a friend. Ehric told his friend..."You know who I really like as a friend? You." I am thankful Ehric has such a big heart.

A fun day out with the boys yesterday.








Ehric having a fun playdate with a friend. Can you not picture them getting Senior portraits that way. Too cute!

The Rest of the Week: This week is super busy...but I am thankful that we are going to be doing a lot of fun things; learning a lot; and that there are people in my life who are willing to support me in my endeavors.

Thankful Thursday is at Spiritually Unequal Marriage for the month of March.