In my daily trolling through my RSS feeds (which, for older generations, is the equivalent of daily reading the newspaper with the exception that you choose the subjects and source from which it comes) I was fascinated as I read all about how to talk to strangers. The author …
I love birthday parties. The kids, the chaos, the decorating, the cake, the pure joy of it all. And I love it when they all go home and I can crash on the sofa and say, “It was good”.
For Isaiah’s 7th …
We have a wonderful friend named Liz Hollenberg. She worked with me at WMC-AP for about 16 months as a volunteer doing things from production, to writing and program development. During this time she also became a dear friend of ours. Our kids still ask us when Liz …
I don’t know about you guys, but taking a family picture is a big deal for us. Just getting three kids all looking the same direction with a somewhat acceptable expression on their face is a complete impossibility! I can so distinctly remember myself as a 7 year old boy …
Life with children is a constant adventure. I love when the kids come up with something so cool that hours later I find myself still smiling and chuckling about it. Tonight is one of …
Ian is in a gymnastics class and he LOVES it! You should see the way he lights up while at class. It is so perfect for him. We wanted something to get him ready for Kindergarten next yeah but we knew that traditional preschool would not work well for him. …
As many of you know I have been acting as Director of WM Communication Asia-Pacific since last June. Have you noticed the slow down in posts on this website since then? 
Well, it’s not directly related but things have been much more busy since June. And while …
Recently Daniel and I decided to set aside the first Saturday of each month to go on an outing with our family and dubbed it “Adventure Weekend” to give our children something to look forward to each month. To start things off right, we …
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Praise the Lord! We are able to continue our ministry here in the Philippines! At the beginning of July we sent out a letter regarding our urgent financial status and we want to thank each of you who responded by praying, giving and encouraging us over the past month. …
What do little girls want for their birthday? When asked, Elanor declared that it must have “balloons, cake and pink”. Pink what? Pink everything…and a little bit of princess to go with it. So Mommy started planning early this time around so she wouldn’t be up until midnight the night …
What do little girls want for their birthday? When asked, Elanor declared that it must have “balloons, cake and pink”. Pink what? Pink everything…and a little bit of princess to go with it. So Mommy started planning early this time around so she wouldn’t be up until midnight the night before.
We sent the invitations, we found the princess dress, we bought pink snacks and pink punch, we found pink fabric to decorate the tables and chairs, we found pink and white balloons to hang around the room and we raided the windows, closets, and beds to make a royal tent for Princess Ela, Princess Mari, and Princess Sarah to have their party in.
When the little girls arrived they received tiaras, wands and necklaces to complete their costumes and ate their pink snacks in the princess tent while the boys made crowns to be their princes. With three year old girls, we kept it simple. After tea time was over, we headed outside to blow bubbles. As the bubbles were winding down, Daniel and I snuck inside to bring out the Castle Cake bedecked with marshmallows and towers. We sang Happy Birthday and Elanor blew out her candle and then we all headed back inside to open shiny pink packages, which Ian pronounced were “what Ela always dreamed about”. As I cleared away the debris, Daniel served the cake and then we let the girls play with pink glitter play doh while the boys snuck away to watch the Sword and the Stone. Wait a minute, Elanor is in there too
All in all, it was a fun party. I loved the tent. Daniel loved the Red Velvet Cake. And Elanor loved having a Birthday. We love you Elanor! Thanks to all her friends who shared in this special day. You helped make it a day we will all remember.
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