My blog has moved!

BREAKING NEWS!!!!
My blog has moved...Please visit me over at my new blog home:
http://www.chaosserveddaily.com/

You can sign up to follow via email or other paths there, and, if you do, please leave me a comment so I can thank you...and follow you back, if you'd like! Hope to see you there!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Birthday for a Princess (Thundercloud)

Today is Princess Thundercloud’s 4th birthday…and our house could not be more pink or Hello Kitty’ed than it is, or will be shortly.

I thought I’d share with you a gift idea that I would love to receive…therefore, I give it!
DSC_0050
Simple and cute, right?  To make it, I glued a quart Mason jar to a glass candlestick from the dollar store using E6000.  (I may need to start buying this in bulk!)  I cut a label out of my chalkboard decal vinyl using the Big Shot and Stampin’ Up!’s Framelit…love those almost as much as E6000.

To add a pop of color, I just tied some 1-1/4” Certainly Celery ribbon around it, then I filled it with….what else…Birthday Cake Oreos.  I’m addicted to them, and always have to buy a bag for myself when buying one to make this gift.  Strictly for quality control reasons, of course.

I think this is a great gift because 1) the Oreos are delish and 2) the “Happy Birthday” is written in chalk marker, so it comes right off and the birthday girl can refill it with whatever she wants. She could even leave the lid and ribbon off and fill it with a gigantic birthday mojito.  For example.

I know you were looking forward to more travel pics today, but I decided to spend the day with the Princess instead.  So you have that to anticipate for tomorrow!

DSC_0018
The birthday girl had my version of Rooty-Tooty Fresh and Fruity pancakes…just pancakes with raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries on top, with a little whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles…for breakfast.
Her party is not until Saturday, so more of her friends can come.  It works out well, since it’s closer to her Gotcha Day.  Our kids are adopted, and each love to celebrate their birthdays AND their Gotcha Days, the day we actually got them.  They were each 4 days old when we were able to pick them up from the hospital or receiving home.

Along that train of thought, here’s my plug for adoption.  I don’t believe we (my husband and I) are these amazing people who opened our hearts to some kid and saved them from the “system.”  I think the birthmothers of our children are the heroes of their stories.  We were blessed to have been chosen by them, out of dozens of potential families.  We were blessed that God has sent these particular children to us.

When we first began trying to start a family, we were in total agreement that adoption was the route for us, if our first attempt at in vitro didn’t work.  We didn’t care how our children joined our family, biologically or through adoption, Adoption is not for everyone, I realize, but it has been a blessing three times over in our family, and despite every heartbreak we suffered throughout the process, our children have enriched our lives every day.

Our kids all know they are adopted.  I’m a little worried, frankly, because they don’t seem to get that most people carry their babies for 9 months, then deliver.  My kids think you just get a phone call and go pick up a baby. If only it were that easy, right?

If you’re struggling with questions about adoption, and would like to talk more about it, I’m always more than happy to share more.  The process was lengthy and, at times, very frustrating, but the end results are beyond compare!

Now I’m off to spend the day with Princess Thundercloud, and remember that amazing phone call out of the blue 4 years ago, when we were two weeks from leaving Kansas for Washington and God once again laughed at our plans!  And we’re so very ecstatic that He did.

Tip 
Junkie handmade projects

4 comments:

  1. *sniffle* What a great post :) Have a wonderful day. We will see you after school.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Definitely teary-eyed now. Your kids were blessed to be sent to you as well. What a beautiful family you have. I love that they celebrate their Gotcha days! What a cool idea! Happy Birthday to Princess Thundercloud!!!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Happy Birthday Princess Thundercloud! My goodness you've grown in a few short months.

    How appropriate, and very very cool, that you celebrate Gotcha Day. That's a truly "inspired" tradition. Like I keep saying, thems some lucky little kids to have such a uber cool mom! (And dad, ha!) Adoptions is such a wonderful option for people--not for everyone maybe, but a blessing for those it "fits".

    ReplyDelete
  4. I love the Gotcha Day concept, Megan! I just remember you telling me that Robb and I needed to have a third child, because that is when the adoption agency had a tendency to call! Remember, we had Brody, you picked up Aidan. Then, we had Tegan, Finn! Hmmm! sorry we couldn't come through for Esme!!! Your story did make me sentimental, though! Keep up the great work on this blog!!!!

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.