We made one of our infamous rounds of the west side cities this weekend. Saturday we visited Plainwell, where my nephew Eli celebrated his 2nd birthday. Homemade pizza, chocolate cake, and mint-chocolate-chip ice cream made for the perfect party. Roman loved playing with Iris' & Eli's toys, and picked tomatoes and a strawberry from Aunt Bonnie's garden.
After that party, we journeyed to Grand Rapids where we spent the night at Paul & Nicole's. This morning we celebrated their son Perrin's baptism at church, and then a cookout of their family & friends afterward. Roman enjoyed that party too, because there were older kids who played with him - and Legos that Paul allowed Roman to take apart. We were honored to be asked previously to be Perrin's godparents. We didn't have to do anything for the actual baptism - just take lots of pictures - but we take the implied responsibility pretty seriously. Perrin did what he was supposed to do - smile during church.
Roman was a little put out that he didn't get any presents this weekend. We did, however, update two of our old VHS movies from the mid-1990s (antiquated, I know!) to DVDs. "Cinderella" and "Mary Poppins" have now entered the 21st century at our house. Roman loves the song "Chim Chim Cheree" and is desperately trying to learn all the words. His favorite scene, however, is Bert dancing with the penguins. He laughs out loud every time.
He impressed the woman who was running the 2s and 3s nursery at church this morning. Apparently they learned the Abraham & Sarah story; we had just talked about it on Wednesday at Scooter Club. The woman told me that Roman was terrific - he participated, he knew all the answers, and he was friendly to the other kids. Her last comment was, "your church is really lucky to have a little boy like him!" Oh man, I just glowed. We really do have a fantastic little boy.
After that party, we journeyed to Grand Rapids where we spent the night at Paul & Nicole's. This morning we celebrated their son Perrin's baptism at church, and then a cookout of their family & friends afterward. Roman enjoyed that party too, because there were older kids who played with him - and Legos that Paul allowed Roman to take apart. We were honored to be asked previously to be Perrin's godparents. We didn't have to do anything for the actual baptism - just take lots of pictures - but we take the implied responsibility pretty seriously. Perrin did what he was supposed to do - smile during church.
Roman was a little put out that he didn't get any presents this weekend. We did, however, update two of our old VHS movies from the mid-1990s (antiquated, I know!) to DVDs. "Cinderella" and "Mary Poppins" have now entered the 21st century at our house. Roman loves the song "Chim Chim Cheree" and is desperately trying to learn all the words. His favorite scene, however, is Bert dancing with the penguins. He laughs out loud every time.
He impressed the woman who was running the 2s and 3s nursery at church this morning. Apparently they learned the Abraham & Sarah story; we had just talked about it on Wednesday at Scooter Club. The woman told me that Roman was terrific - he participated, he knew all the answers, and he was friendly to the other kids. Her last comment was, "your church is really lucky to have a little boy like him!" Oh man, I just glowed. We really do have a fantastic little boy.
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