Birthday Days.

Blake Bizayehu's 7th birthday: February 23, 2011.

Grammie came over to take Blake to breakfast on his birthday morning! He also got an Iron Man character complete with lights and sounds from her that morning.


Blake chose chocolate cupcakes with red icing and red chocolate crowns on top for his classroom party. He also took injera and shiro to his class to share. The kids did NOT like it...and let us know! It didn't seem to upset him any though, so that was good!

Blake spent his entire evening playing X-Box football. These children are obsessed with it! I'm sure it's because we rarely let them play...but if we didn't limit it, they wouldn't do anything else, I'm convinced!

Blake chose spaghetti, cabbage, and mashed potatoes for his birthday dinner! (yes, we all eat whatever the birthday child chooses...no matter how odd the combo!)

Blake and Silas got a joint gift on his birthday night from Grammie and Papa Charlie...a new DVD and Book that is Amharic for Kids! We popped it in and they were dancing up a storm! I hope that they will watch it and that some of their native language (although it's the national language of Ethiopia, not their tribal language) will come back to them.

Blake wanted a white cake with chocolate frosting for his birthday! 7 Spider-man candles topped it.

Blake and Mommy on his birthday night. I adore this picture, he so rarely will take a picture with me, that I really cherish this one!

Silas Sintayehu's 7th Birthday: February 24, 2011

Silas and Grammie on his birthday morning. He got a mosaic art kit (he loves them!) from her, and they were headed out to McDonald's for breakfast before school!


A picture with Dad during his classroom party. He was kind enough to let Daddy wear his Birthday Crown. The kids in Silas class were much more receptive to the injera and shiro! I think it made him feel really good that his friends asked for more and were very polite even when they didn't care for it.

Silas chose white cupcakes with golden frosting and rings on top for his classroom party.

This is what he did the entire evening...no surprise there. Those three boys played enough X-Box in these two days to last them two months!!!

Silas' dinner choice was cabbage, raw carrots, baked beans, and mashed potatoes. Funny boy!

Silas chose a strawberry cake with chocolate frosting. He wanted a round cake, so I made two, put them together with white frosting in the middle, and then frosted the whole outside with chocolate.
Silas and Blake got another joint gift this night. A daily devotional book from Grammie and Papa. Coincidentally their devotional for that night was a story about Africa and giving all that we have to God's work!


I think the boys both had good birthdays. It was very hard for the other one to step back and let the birthday boy make decisions. I hope that they won't always have this competition on their birthdays and learn to just enjoy each other's day!



Happy 7th Birthday my sweet boys...I'm so excited to start birthdays with you!!!!!