Have your Eclipse and Eat it too!

I hope you didn't miss out the full eclipse of the moon this week! Mima and I bundled up the kids and went outsite to view the "disappearing moon" while Jason was at youth group. The sky was pretty clear while the moon disappeared and then it got really cloudy so we went inside. Then we watched the moon reappear through the window (when we weren't watching American Idol). It was so beautiful! Aurelia kind of understood what was going on, but I don't think she really understood how special it was that the moon was going to disappear and reappear all in a few hours (we watch the moon's cycle all throughout the month). Ezra was really affected by the experience. He wanted to go out first thing the next morning and see the moon and he has been talking about "see the moon" all week, He even puts on his boots at random times so we can go outside and see the moon, even if it's not out.


See the cake? See the frosting? Auntie Becky came over Saturday cake in hand to let Aurelia help decorate it for Jason's birthday (which was TODAY!) Aurelia really got the handle of making flowers and leaves with Auntie Becky's experienced help! Aurelia was SO PROUD when Jason came home and saw it sitting in the fridge.

Ezra enjoyed "being a tree" everytime A/Becky put leaves on his fingers and let him eat them. He IS the cutest tree in the world (if I do say so, and I DO!) We got to eat the lemon cake with lemon pudding filling today after singing to Jason and relighting the candles two times so the kids could blow out the candles too.

So you see that Jason keeps his head shaved. That's because his hair is much sparser than in was in his younger days. The kids have never seen him with hair, which is what made me laugh this morning when Aurelia found a picture of Jason next to our bed. The picture was taken when he was only 18! She said, "why is he wearing a helmet?" She didn't realize that thick mop of blond blond hair was growing from his head. I laughed so hard I cried. Happy Birthday, Jason! Helmet Head! That was pretty good.

What else did we do this week? Oh yeah, My Aunt Betty had a birthday party this week on Monday. We had BBQ and potato salad and lots of fun with the Aguilar family. I found out that Cory has tried lettuce ONCE in his life and Aurelia spent a lot of time caressing the back of his head. Hair on a guy, what a novelty for her, poor thing. And Ezra did alright without a nap.

That's pretty much it. Have a great week! Sarah