Jonah turned 10 and Benaiah turned 7! They had been looking forward to it for so long, but the day ended up looking very different from what they had planned. I am forever grateful for sweet friends and neighbors who helped them celebrate while we were in the hospital. When, I finally got home to them at dinner time I realized I didn't have a cake or anything. What do you know? Here comes a cake to our front door. Jonah and Benaiah were so understanding and compassionate when their special day was turned upside down. I sure am lucky to have two super sons!
Jonah keeps getting taller and taller and checks to see how close he is to catching up with me every other day. He continues to devour books and especially enjoys books about the wild and all the creatures there. He is always up for one more chapter even if it is under the covers after bedtime. He challenges himself physically and is always learning to do new feats - any kinds of ball, frisbee, scooter, bike tricks, and roller blading. He talks big, but he still loves his hugs goodnight and cuddling with Uriah. Everything Jonah does is big - he eats more than everyone, talks more than everyone, moves more than everyone, and keeps me on my toes!
Benaiah is my little engineer. While everyone else is throwing rocks in the river, he is designing a harbor. When a he finds a contraption in the kitchen he examines it to see exactly how it works. He loves Legos and snap circuits. Benaiah has really taken off with reading and is speeding through chapter books. He is a whiz at math and makes my job as his teacher too easy. He can be rather stoic and then break out in super silly dance moves or a hilarious joke. He has learned to roller blade, write in cursive, and swim without floaties. He can listen to read alouds for hours and loves to cuddle. If he had it his way he would watch TV and eat toast with butter all day. :)
And here they are . . . birthday interviews!
Jonah:
What is your favorite color? green
What is your favorite toy? Small toy animals
What is your favorite fruit? Mango and apricot
What is your favorite TV show/movie? Africa’s Deadliest and Gummie Bears
What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Smoked pulled pork
What is your favorite thing to wear? camo
What is your favorite game? Hide and seek in the woods
What is your favorite animal? Any in the dog and cat family
What is your favorite snack? Heath apple dip
What is your favorite song? Go B-zerk
What is your favorite book? Hatchet, Old Yeller, and Bears of Blue River
What do you like to learn about? history
What is your favorite cereal? Corn Pops
What is your favorite thing to do outside? Sitting in trees looking for animals
Who is your best friend? I like all of them the same.
What is your favorite drink? water
What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
What do you take to bed with you at night? A flashlight and books
What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Homemade waffles and pancakes
What do you want to be when you grow up? African explorer and missionary
What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Chicken pockets, salmon, caribou, and a bunch of other stuff
What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy? Race
What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy? cook
What do you pray about? Lots of things
What do you love about yourself? I’m athletic.
What is your favorite thing about Benaiah? He puts puzzles together with me.
What is your favorite thing about Juliet? She scares away every bear within ten miles.
What is your favorite thing about Eli? He is smart.
What is your favorite thing about Theodore? He’s loud.
What is your favorite thing about Poppy? She’s cute.
What is your favorite thing about Huck? He throws footballs with me.
What challenges you? All my brothers and sisters
What excites you? Going on a long trip
What makes you sad? Not much
What is one thing you want to accomplish before you turn 11? Shoot a moose
Benaiah:
What is your favorite color? Blue and maroon
What is your favorite toy? Legos
What is your favorite fruit? pears
What is your favorite TV show/movie? Chip and Dale
What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? toast
What is your favorite thing to wear? neon
What is your favorite game? Matching game
What is your favorite animal? Rhino and bat
What is your favorite snack? Fig bars
What is your favorite song? Throw Up Your Rawk Fist
What is your favorite book? Mirette on the High Wire
What do you like to learn about? Reading
What is your favorite cereal? Cookie Crisp
What is your favorite thing to do outside? Go up the Butte
Who is your best friend? Claire
What is your favorite drink? Hot chocolate
What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
What do you take to bed with you at night? Patchy
What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? toast
What do you want to be when you grow up? engineer
What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta
What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy? Go to his work and eating a Lunchable
What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy? Listen to story after story after story
What do you pray about? Getting Uriah out of mommy’s tummy
What do you love about yourself? I’m a genius.
What is your favorite thing about Jonah? He’ll get the mail when it is cold outside.
What is your favorite thing about Juliet? She plays with me.
What is your favorite thing about Eli? He’s a good artist.
What is your favorite thing about Theodore? He is really cute.
What is your favorite thing about Poppy? She is really sweet.
What is your favorite thing about Huck? He plays with me.
What challenges you? Races
What excites you? When Mamzie comes to our house
What makes you sad? When a baby dies in mommy’s tummy
What is one thing you want to accomplish before you turn 8? Get all my facts on Reflex
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