Mercy & Grace: July 2008

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Notice below the piece missing out of Ryan's cake. Noella was SO excited for the birthday party all day (and especially having cake) that Ryan decided to cut into his cake before his official party so that Noey and him could enjoy a special piece together. I started to object but Ryan insisted that it was his birthday and he could eat his cake early with his daughter if he wanted to. He had a point.

This is a picture of what Noella got for Ryan for his birthday. I asked her multiple times what she wanted to buy him for his birthday present and each time she said a horse. So that's what she got him. Thanks goodness for dollar store play horses. She named him Grace.

4th of July

The 4th of July kind of snuck up on me and I forgot to make sure I had holiday appropriate outfits for the girls. I managed to find something suitable for Noella (thanks to my cousin, Robin) but poor Mercy ended up in a bathing suit and white sweats. Only thing I could come up with on such short notice (short notice? as if the 4th of July was a different day this year?) but at least she was in the right color scheme. I thought it turned out OK until Ryan made the point that she looked like one of the trapize people in the circus from the 1950's. It oddly rang true. Poor little Merce all ready for the circus when her best friends are all cutey and frilly. I'll do better next year.

And here's a pic of the whole crew. Ashton/Layla, Lily/Bryn, Noella/Mercy. It really is a unique blessing to have such close friends who all have kids the exact same age as our own. And this round we all had girls!

Monday, July 14, 2008

OH Kitty!

"OH Kitty" is all Noella said for about 3 hours straight. We headed to Maryland to make a visit to Dan and Molly's farm house and Noella was OBSESSED with the three little kittys. This one in particular who's name is Spring. Ryan and Dan took the girls on about a 1/2 mile hike and Noella carried this cat the entire way.