My heart is all jumbled up on this big day. Last July, Griffin moved to Muhlhausen; Germany to attend university and live with his love, Alicia. He has regaled us with stories of exploring Berlin, using the train system on his one hour/each way commute every day to school, embracing the traditions and holidays of his new community, learning to live independently and all the responsibilities it entails and perhaps the biggest challenge of all...becoming fluent in German. I am so proud of him. This is what we raised him for, to be independent, to have big dreams, to work hard to make your goals a reality. I am stunned by his bravery, joyful at his quest for adventure and impressed by his commitment. And today, like most everyday, I carry a deep ache to hug my son, to go to bed and know he is tucked in safely just a few feet away, to make him a birthday fruit pizza and snap pictures when he blows out the candles. I will content myself to video chat with my guy tonight and spe
I have to say, Bruce and I totally knocked ourselves out to throw Lucy the best Dr. Seuss 4th birthday party that we could and I am pretty proud of the results! It was a wonderful day for her and hopefully for all her friends that came. Our kids have LOVED the story The Lorax for a while now and were so excited to go see the movie. Bruce had a brilliant idea to make his own truffula trees . With some PVC pipe and spray paint he put these together. I made the tops out of tissue paper (tutorials widely available). Of course, once I got started on them, I just had to make some extras to hang around the dining room. I used the extra paper to make a super colorful one for the front porch. These were so easy and cheap to make, I highly recommend them as party decorations for all different types of themes! I printed out some of my favorite Dr. Seuss quotes and gussied them up with some fancy paper cutters (Thanks, Lisa!) and hung them around the dining room
This is Big Poppa filling in for Mama Gast. I wanted to show a couple pictures of one of the most wonderful things to happen in our lives. She's an 8lb. 11oz. reminder that there is such a thing as perfection in the world. A 21 inch reminder that there is nothing that lifts the spirit as much as the limitless possibilites that comes with new life. And she's a living testament to the power of love. Momma and baby are both great and should be home soon (with more pictures to come.) Good- bye for now. Papa
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