Happy Birthday, Keira!

Today is Keira's official birthday, and I was saving these pictures that Iria took last week just for this occasion.

Sunday Afternoon

I'm not sure how much longer our internet connection will stay up (I have already lost it once tonight), so here are some semi-in-focus random pictures from Sunday afternoon before everyone left for a choir rehearsal and concert.

Lennon and Keira's Birthday Bash

Our internet has been down for most of the week, but the camera keeps snapping- especially as we celebrate Lennon and Keira's birthdays.

Lennon Noah Doescher - turned 2 on September 19.

Loves: Scooby Doo ("Doo Doo"), vanilla soy milk, books, peeing on the carpet after his bath, and hugs and tickles.

Keira Victoria Doescher - turns 1 on September 22.

Loves: Eating food, remote controls, throwing food on the floor, iphones, smearing a plate full of food all over her head, and being held and cuddled.

Iria made the banner (as well as organized the party), and the kids made the wall art.

We had the party at our church, which is a great facility for such an event. One room was for art and just running around.

The food was also in here.

There was a sitting area outside for mobile phone breaks..

There was a recreation room inside with a lot of fun activities.

Lukas napped on the floor for about an hour after smacking his eye into the corner of the ping pong table while running full speed.

Nolan goes to school here during the week, so he was very familiar with the layout. Here he is motioning "Trust me, I know where I'm going"... but he still had to wait for his Dad to come back first.

Keira's birthday hat,

and Lennon and Keira's birthday candles.

Keira was in fine form, having already smeared about half a scoop of ice cream into her hair before the other kids had finished.

Here you can see Lukas's eye wound, but the nap and ice cream would manage to perk him up again.

Outside was a playground, and we finally saw a bit of sun after almost a full week of rain.

Liam is really into tucking in his shirt and hiking his pants up at the moment, much to the amusement of everyone around him.

Lukas all better.

As usual; the Murphys, Martels and Doeschers closed out another party.

We finally gave out the last of the gift backpacks and everybody headed home (after a quick sneak peek to see what they got).

Fun times!

Sick day

Lukas doesn't get sick very often, but today he was running a little bit of a temperature and had a cough. Even a walk in the rain couldn't cheer him up.

He did appreciate the extended TV privileges for being sick... and although he is beginning to feel better we suspect that he is almost afraid to admit it :)