The second grade at Oak Grove Elementary had field day today. I went to watch David compete with his class in all the fun activities. They did relays, dodge ball, tug of war, capture the flag, water balloon toss and a water war with squirt bottles. It was a beautiful hot day and I am thankful that his class had the morning shift as it is suppose to be 80 today. Next week will be his last week of school!!!
April 21st Abby turned 13. We celebrated in many various ways. A family party, a surprise party from her karate friends, a friends party with 17 guests, a sleep over with 3 friends and a day at the mall with those three friends and her Mom. Abby has so many great friends. She is very blessed. I am amazed at how easily she can make a new friend and keep in touch with old ones-I think it is a gift. These teen years will give her and us many new opportunities to trust and grow and laugh and we are looking forward to it!!!!!!
Saturday we celebrated David's birthday with his friends by playing football. The crew met at an elementary school nearby and played football for about an hour and a half then we went back to our house for cake and ice cream. We had all ages there playing and it was so much fun to watch. Thank goodness for dads who can keep up with that much boy energy. Happy Birthday David, it has been fun celebrating you and the gift you are to our family. God has done great things in your life these 8 years.
The lady we bought it from lived very close to us and she kindly gave Abby the metronome that you see on the piano. She said it was probably 50 years old! Abby looked forward to piano practice today on the new instrument and it sounded great having her play.
Phil had some family come to visit last week and they took a ride on the Silver Comet Trail. This is a bike & walking trail in metro Atlanta. They rode 15 miles last Wednesday. Even David went 10 on his own and 5 riding on the back of Phil's bike. It was a marvelous spring day to be out in such a beautiful place.
Today was David's eighth birthday. He woke up bright and alert like always but with even more excitement. This is spring break so he has the added treat of no school. He ate his meals off the family red plate and often reminded us it was his birthday so he should make all the decisions of the day. He had a friend over to play, picked the menu for supper, celebrated with his grandparents, opened lots of presents, built Legos and wrestled with his dad in his Spiderman suit. We had a full day with a great guy!! David is very thankful so just about every present he opened was followed by a gasp and " Oh this is what I've been wanting forever" He has birthday party coming up on Saturday where he will play football with some friends so I guess he gets to celebrate all week. We are thanking God that David is a part of our family.