Also let me preface this post by saying that I am tired. So if this post (or any in the near future) seems odd or is riddled with errors, it is the fault of the babies. June is sleeping as well as can be expected but unfortunately she is not the only child in the house. And making it to bed between ten and eleven, then getting up for forty minutes sometime in the night, and then being awake again between five thirty and six is beginning to take a toll on the sanity of this household. I am not complaining, we love our babies (and Gem), I am just explaining that for the time being you can just assume that Tyler and I are only about half here, if that makes any sense.
Anyway onto the post. Saturday was Tyler's birthday so to celebrate we threw Gem a birthday party. Tyler is always very concerned that our daughter has a birthday party, so this is the second year I have consented to let him have a party. We just invited the family, which was still a living room full of people.
The party began with a treasure hunt for Gem and her cousin. We had put clues in envelopes through the house and they ran from clue to clue, until they found the "treasure". Which was Gem's cake.
Neither of them were to concerned about the cake but they both wanted to play the "envelope" game again.
So then we ate the treasure cake and then it was time to open presents. Tyler and I being the incredibly generous parents we are gave Gem a potato head that we have had in our closet for the last two years and a five dollar set of pirate accessories. Luckily Gem loves the pirate stuff, she asks us all the time if we will play "Jake and the Neverland Pirates" with her. Also she wears her hook around and follows Levi calling him a "scurvy brat". I am going to let that go for now since Levi seems unaffected by the taunting.
She also got some flashcards and workbooks from her Grandma Joe, and Tyler has put her on a strict regime of 4 or 5 adding flashcards per night. It seems to be going ok. She really enjoys using her brain.
She also got some fun crafty things from her grandma Ross. She got some big Dora coloring pages, which I have been letting her watercolor. I took a picture of this one because I wanted to show that she has begun putting certain colors in certain parts of the picture. She painted the characters in this one all by herself (I helped with the leaves and the sky).
Also she got some little sun catchers to put in her window. She painted two on Sunday morning, but we still have a few more to keep her busy when she gets bored.
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