Lou is 10!

Lou celebrated her birthday a day early because Nels had to work in Boston today. At the very last minute she decided on a fish theme for her birthday dinner. She cut out these fish and hung them on streamers.


In our continued spirit of using what we have around the house, we made a few little felt fish to swim about in front of the windows.

Lou invited one family for dinner and Hels created quite the treasure hunt for the children. They had to sled down a big hill to retrieve a clue, climb back up for the next clue, and go all about. Their final gifts were felted blowfish that she had made.

To her GREAT surprise, she discovered two REAL fish on the dining table! Their names are "thunder" and "lightning."


We got to use the birthday board for the first time. It was special to use it. Look at that smile on her face.


I can't believe it has been 10 years since little Lou was born. Her big story is here.

Now we're back to a quiet mode where we've been for about a week--lots of viruses floating about this house!