Michael's 12th Birthday

Chicken and waffles--his dinner choice...

Best brother and sister ever!

Joint present...their own pocketknives

Tera made Michael a fun-fetti poke cake with homemade icing for his birthday.  He LOVED it!  He's not been really excited about heavy desserts the last few year.  This light cake was perfect!  

Our baby...

 

Throwback to February

We take this same picture every year in the doorway the day before Michael's birthday.  Next year, I'm guessing he'll be taller than me!  

Bat houses for Michael's 4-H Wildlife project on "Save the Bats" 

My pickle was surprised about something...

The sunny days are calling my name...

A friend gave Michael preying mantis egg sacs to put in our yard and hopefully we'll be able to see them emerge!  Very cool!

It was a beautiful day last week where we spent hours outside!  We even brought our lunch outside to eat.  Then, we realized a day or two later that one of Michael's ear got really bad sunburn--like blisters.  The cloudy days that followed helped him begin to heal and we are ordering him a "boonie" hat before spring officially arrives!  

A little late, but Valentine's Day in the Vilaire house...

 

Bilbo

Michael is really into The Hobbit right now.  On his birthday, he dressed up like Bilbo and I had Daniel take some pictures of him while I was prepping for his party.  

Fun Fridays: Bible Study, Baking and Birthday

This semester in Bible study, we are working through the Lord's Prayer.  We talked about God's name being holy--"hallowed be your name" and worshiping God in prayer.  

  

The Chemistry of Cookies

Baking project--squeeze cookies

The cookies were a shortbread type of cookie--one of my favorites!

Michael turns 12 next week, so our friends wanted to celebrate his birthday at Fun Fridays!

 

Hike #9

Fort Loudoun State Park

Ridgetop Hike

Hike #9

Michael and I took advantage of the only warm and sunny today we've had in a LONG time to go on a hike!  We did some letterboxing while we were there!