Thursday, November 19, 2015

Eight is Great

 

Somehow my oldest baby, Joseph Mark, turned EIGHT last weekend!

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To celebrate, he wanted to have a few friends over to eat lots of junk food, play Wii, and watch a movie!  Well…at first he wanted to take his friends to a super-expensive play-land type place… but he was quickly convinced of this alternative plan.

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(Littlest brother “helped” to decorate while the big boys were at school.  He was also a good boy and only snuck one cookie off the plate before party time.  Ha!)

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Joseph is a voracious reader.  Yesterday he even took a book to the park and read on a bench while his brothers played!

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He is still very smart, and LOVES LOVES LOVES school!

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He also loves Legos, Minecraft, Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield, and wrestling with his brothers.  (And waking up early- STILL!)

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My oldest is a sweet boy, a rule follower, and a lover of justice.  Also, a lover of his Mama and Dada.  (although he calls us Mom and Dad around his friends)

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So thankful to have him as my oldest!

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PS

The day afterwards, he got this:

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courtesy of wrestling with his brother! Ha!  A little Isaac head-to-the-eye! Ouch.  He looks quite cheerful, because he couldn’t wait to show his friends, and have everybody “Think that I was in a fight or something!”

4 comments:

Maureen said...

WELCOME BACK, CAITLIN!!! We missed you and waited patiently for your stories and pictures...SO worth the wait :)

Freya said...

Hi Caitlin
I'm very excited to hear your buy-one-get-one-free baby news - congratulations! I have also had a little one since we last emailed - a little girl who is ten weeks old today.
Good lucks for the next 6months/18years!
Love Freya

Caitlin said...

Freya!! How exciting! Congratulations to YOU! I know you mentioned wanting to be a Mama years ago- and now here you are! And with a GIRL! :) Enjoy this Holiday Season with your little one!

Freya said...

Thanks Caitlin! Merry Christmas to you too x