Yesterday, we had a small party for James and Noelle’s birthday. I like doing it in January because it doesn’t get caught in the middle of all the Christmas stuff, plus James’ birthday is in this month as well. I had invited a few different families but only Jeremy’s parents were able to come. That was okay though. James’s cub scout meeting ran a bit late and also it was okay for us to just relax and talk and do everything whenever we felt like it instead of making sure we were staying within the time limits. James got some Geomag sets and a set of three Bibleman videos. Noelle got her own blanket (her first very own blanket, she’s a happy girl) and a Prayer Circle Friend lion. The recordable prayer button was messed up, so I need to take it back to the store to see if I can get a better one. As soon as they opened them, they got to work with them. James opened up his sets and started figuring out how to make different things with it and Noelle put the filling into her lion (she loved that she was able to put most of the filling in herself). I haven’t sewed it up yet, but I will soon. At the moment, I have it temporarily closed off so the fluff can’t get out. We may put extra fluff in or not. She hasn’t quite decided. They say to put the prayer button in with the fluff before closing it up, but the place to close it up makes kind of like a pocket inside the animal that velcros shut and I think I’m going to just put it into that pocket so I can take it out and interchange it with a pre-recorded one (maybe the Lord’s Prayer one) or record a new prayer at a later time or just take it out if it gets pushed too much and becomes annoying.
Happy Birthday James and Noelle! Sounds like you guys had a lot of fun. Thanks for showing us their gifts too. It’s always cool to see new toy ideas .