Happy Birthdays!

Enjoying the sunshine

My May post is always shorter as it is Graham's birthday today.  Happy Birthday Graham!  Yesterday, my baby and my princess turned four years old.  Impossible but true.  Lily-Anna and the boys are growing too fast.  There was no birthday dinner with the extended family but Lily-Anna still had fun.  She received a lovely card in the mail with a beautiful cupcake on the front, at which point she decided that she no longer wanted a cake (it would be for Daddy) but instead wanted cupcakes just like the one in the picture.  I think they turned out well.

I have now followed the auto-immune protocol for a month.  I can't say that it is helping with the inflammation in my body but I am going to keep going a little longer at least.  For most of this month I have also been doing the intermittent fasting by only eating between 10:00am and 6:00pm, roughly.  Again, this could supposedly help my immune system but my knees are still big with fluid.  I have not-so-great days and much better days for which I am thankful.

Fun on the Orange Berg

More fun on the Berg

First bike with pedals

For the first time this week we ordered our groceries online and picked them up at the store.  This is to limit the amount of time that I need to be on my feet and it also means that I don't need to leave all the kids with Graham while he is working (which means they are doing something on a screen).  It worked out better than I expected.

Playing catch

New technique for blood pressure

During the spring after my first year of university, I was paid to help in an elementary school for a few weeks.  I believe I worked with the special ed teacher.  It was then at the age of 19 that I learned that the word 'our' is a homophone of 'hour'.  Previously, I had thought it was a homophone of 'are' and that is how I pronounced the word.  I was quite shocked that I could have mispronounced the word that long.  Well, now at the ripe old age of 42, I was amazed to discover another thing I have never learned.  The back story is that about a week ago I saw a workbook for cursive writing so I picked it up for Isaac.  He does a letter a day.  When he came to the letter 'f', I found out that I have never written the letter f correctly.  I now know that when you get to the bottom of the f you should go to the right but I loop to the left.  Yes, this is not earth-shattering news but very interesting to me.  Isaac said he likes my 'f' better so I am tempted to tell him to do it my way as I am certainly not changing now.

Graham and I just finished watching some shows so it's time to say goodnight.  No time for photos tonight or talk about Covid-19.  Thankful for health.

This game lasted a few days

Isaac helping make dinner

Blessings,
Elizabeth

Walking on the ceiling

Snow on May 11!!!

Surprise birthday treat from a dear friend

Happy Pentecost Sunday!
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Bonus: The Princess in Style

Please let me wear pants and shorts!

She loves her Irish soccer jersey!