We celebrated Brownie's 5th birthday, June 10th, around a dinner table with her selections for the meal...
soup...
peaches...
pickles...
warm rolls...
cheddar cheese...
and a rainbow chip birthday cake!
Our child, most particular, also ordered a water balloon fight to mark the anniversary of her birth. So we filled about one hundred balloons and took them down to the common area between the apartment buildings.
Daddy wondered..."what will we do with all these water balloons?"...I said "just wait...we'll have dozens of interested locals to play with!"
And we did!
We probably had a group of 35 swarm us to play the games and another 40 who stood around in awe of the strange western-practice of drenching each other with water from balloons. We were particularly delighted by a few older ladies, grandma-types, who joined in the festivities. It was an absolute laughing riot!
In fact, we resolved that we would have to regularly host water balloon spectacles here at the LQ for more and more participants. Our steamy nights simply beg for the cool of a bursting balloon over your head!
All of us wet, we circled around Brownie and sang her the Birthday song in our two languages.
Brownie, you are a magnificent delight to your family. Five years ago we were amazed at your massive brown eyes and happy personality. At birth you didn't even cry, simply gazed around with your beautiful eyes; we were entranced. Today, you command such attention in the brood. Your dancing has drawn much acclaim this year in the Kindergarden. We enjoy your nightly, sometimes hourly, performances of your dances...wow, you've got some serious jazz hands! (Your Uncle J, the original Jazz Hand Master, will marvel at them this summer!) :) Your teachers say that you are a "light" in the classroom. Kind to the other children while reminding them to obey their teachers and always eager to help them in English lessons. They say you are a natural teacher! We have been given such a gift to be your family, to watch you grow and change each day. May your heart be full of rich soil for the seeds of the Word and my you follow Him all the days of your life!
Happy Birthday Brownie! You made it to 5 years old!
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2 comments:
Happy Birthday Dear Little Friend!
friends in SC
Makes me think of hippo-birthing and a 4 am drive by Doug over to our home the morning after her birth, to 'put to sleep' one of my beloved coyote mauled chickens. Ah, the Central Rd! ;)
HAPPY birthday to a beautiful girl!
Keep shining that little light! We can see it all the way over here on the other side of the world!
Erin and Crew
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