Father of Daughters

Elizabeth and I (with an assist from Suzanne) worked on a fun project this evening: converting her old flats to high heels.

That's my hand in the foreground holding the clamp while the glue adheres the block to the bottom of the shoe.

It was Elizabeth's ideas, of course. She has been wanting a pair of heels. Since she recently got new shoes (practical moccasins), she decided to attach a couple of wooden blocks to her old shoes to convert them to fashionable high heels. This will be the ultimate test of Gorilla Glue.

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Elizabeth in Double Digits

If this isn't a milestone, I don't know what is. Elizabeth turned ten on Thursday. Barb and I both took a moment to reflect on the fact that we've been parents for a decade.

The birthday itself was nice, but we all had school and work. So Elizabeth opened a present from Uncle Scott and Melissa during breakfast, and then in the evening we went to dinner at the restaurant of her choice.

Friday was Cake Day. Barb and Elizabeth made and decorated a birthday cake after school.

Saturday was PARTY DAY! Elizabeth had a bunch of friends over, played a lot of games, ate a lot of snacks and cake, and generally had a good time. It was a rare nice-weather March day, so the kids even got to play outside. Except for the one unfortunate incident of a child wiping out and falling into some cat poop, it was all positive stuff.

Happy birthday, Elizabeth!

Opening the present from the Scott Larrison family.

Elizabeth decorating the cake.

Elizabeth decorates the cake while Suzanne snatches a taste.

Fun times!

Suzanne dined with one of her gerbils.

The kids decided to see who could eat their cake most effectively without using hands. For a brief time our house resembled a hog farm, with the children rooting around their pieces of cake as if looking for truffles.