Happy 4th Birthday Leandro!! (with pictures)

Happy Birthday to our youngest brother, friend, son (to two), joy-giver, and entertainer. We are glad that you are 4 years old now! May God richly bless you in your next year and the years to come. Thank you for being such a sweet brother. Here are a bunch of pictures of our "Baby". I was surprised when I had chosen 113 pictures with Leandro in them. They don't want to upload today but I wanted to post this birthday post done a little earlier than the other ones. (His birthday was on the 12th)
The pictures are NOT in chronological order, Sorry.
P.S. What do you think of the colorsplash in the first picture?      

Leandro's 3rd Birthday

Licking the beaters from the electric mixer with Elfrieda.

I Love Chocolate.

Wearing Edgar's shirt, shoes, and Cowboy
hat with Samuel's apron.

Cowboy.

Our Snow Teddy Bear.

Imelda loves me.

Our musical little brother.
He scattered music flash cards and now
he's singing a song for each note.

I'll let the picture speak for itself.

"Hey, I'm getting too big for this."

Leandro and his zippy cup

In a heirloom cradle at the Unger Reunion.

Ride 'em, Cowboy.

"Pink Donuts from Rolling Pin Bakery are good."

Playing the Recorder.

A relaxed way to watch a game of Ping-Pong.

"Me, with my brother's keeper."

"I'm Tired"

Hay bales are fun.

"Don't drink too much of my water, Samuel."

Human bunkbed.

My favourite of my little brother.

Dressed up....... Again.

Stuck in a lawn chair bag. He actually walked in it.

Elfrieda is the best playmate you could
wish for.

Here's the MEN.

Here's the color version of the first picture.

I love Leandro's Poses.

Birthday gifts! On Leandro's birthday.

"Thank you, Samuel and Daddy"

As you can see, Leandro loves Legos.

"I like Micah"

Our little monkey. Notice his position on Daddy's back.

Daddy was trying to put the cabinet doors on
after we painted them.

Our intent little carpenter.

Sorting beads with Elfrieda.

Playing in the wading pool.

Edgar faithfully takes Leandro to the bathroom.
Coming back from such a trip.

Edgar rode Mama's bike to give Leandro rides.

Baking with Imelda.

Our cooks.

Making "Soup" with Samuel and Elfrieda.

Leandro slid down the fence.

His favorite toy, Mayo. 

Leandro was very proud of his "L"
that Edgar made for him.

Sorting beans.

Writing down a song. 

Riding horse.

This apron is a bit wierd.

Ethan, gives Leandro a ride.

Leandro, Amaris, and Bethany.

"I'll whisper a secret."

Those earplugs are a bit big.

Donuts again. "My, they were/are good."

"Playing in flour is fun."

"I'm WET!"

Mowing with Yesenia

"These weeds are High"

Birth Announcement!!! (Updated)

We are happy to announce the birth of our cousin, Alexander Seth Thiessen. Son of Willie and Marcella Thiessen. We haven't seen him yet but we are very excited. He was born yesterday, June 5, 2012, in the evening.
His second name is Seth which is very fitting. He is "instead of Abel (Caleb)". Caleb was Willie and Marcella's firstborn son but he died in February 2010. I'm sure that Alexander will bring back so many memories of Caleb. Caleb always wished for a little brother but he never got one in his lifetime. I'm sure that his three sisters, Abigail, Danielle, and Janaya, are proud of their new only brother.
                                                          CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
                                                                           Yesenia
P.S. See ourworldjournal.wordpress.com for pictures.

HOORAY!! We're Done School!

We are very glad to complete our 7th year of homeschooling. Well, I have had seven years and the rest of the children have been homeschooled all their lives. I finished grade 9 and started a little bit of grade 10, the triplets finished grade 5 all except for their math and some science that they'll work on through the summer, Samuel finished grade 3 and started grade 4, and Elfrieda did Kindergarten and started Learning to Read. The triplets and I had a bit of a harder math year but we're looking forward to a better tomorrow (or "School year). 

  We have really enjoyed our weekend. On Saturday Mama, Bianca, Imelda, Edgar, Samuel, and I got up at six o'clock in the morning to go to a HUGE garage sale. We had a lot of fun finding bargains and treasures. I got brand new Sketchers for a dollar, and I also got a stand to prop books on to play violin. I found a neat piano duet book called Hooked on Easy Piano Duets, it came with a CD with all the songs recorded. Some of my favorites are these: "Peter Piper" (Frank Mills), "The Music Box Dancer" (Frank Mills), "Canon in D" (Johann Pachelbel), and "Chop Sticks" (DeLulli). I'm hoping to learn those duets with somebody. 

  We found a lot of other treasures including a Willow Tree Figure of a man and his wife. We got home around 7:30 a.m.. Then I made waffles and mama made homeade pudding for breakfast. YUMMY!

Daddy and the boys went to work and I took Elfrieda and Leandro to the garage sale since they didn't go early in the morning while Mama and the girls worked at home. 

 Janice and Nacho came around 2:30 and we had Rollkuchen (A Mennonite specialty) with our first watermelon together. It was really good. We had lots of fun with them until 5:30 p.m. when they went home. 

  Eric and Anna came in the evening and we had a really good time with them too. 

  Today, we went to church and had fellowship meal. It was really good. Elisabeth and I played a few games of Dutch Blitz with ups-and-downs. It has been raining all day and now we're just having a relaxing afternoon at home.

                                   Enjoying, 

                                                  Yesenia

Cleaning the Truck

We cleaned the truck for Daddy yesterday and we enjoyed it. I was waiting for something to blog about and so I decided that this was a good opportunity. The boys vacuumed and wiped it and then Samuel and I put a protective coating on everything. Afterwards, everyone helped wash and dry the outside.

Leandro, wearing Edgar's helmet.

Busy, busy Samuel

The vacuumer, Leandro

Me, doing the protective stuff.

Lots of help.

Elfrieda told met to take a picture of her smiling...

and then one where she was working.

Leandro cleaned all the tires, and he was proud of it.

Three busy sisters.

Later on, we dried it and I took some pictures of the truck to put on Kijiji.  
                                                            Bye for now,
                                                                                   Yesenia

Something to Think About

Love is spontaneous but it has to be maintained by discipline.
Neither natural love nor Divine love will remain unless it is cultivated.
           -Oswald Chambers-
Just think about it for a while. Think about the meaning of each word in particular.