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Today is my Grandma Jackson's Birthday. We love our grandparents so much, and Matt and I both feel very lucky to live so close that we can visit our grandparents. Although she won't remember, Jill has now met ALL of her Greatgrandparents.

Happy Birthday Great Grandma Jackson.

We love you Great Grandpa Svedin.

See you soon Great Grandma and Grandpa Pack.

WMMMMMMMM

Dear William,

You don't remember your third birthday, but I do. You had a scare over your lip from a tragic, rainy day, park accident and you had just learned how to say how old you were. You would hold your hand up to your mouth like an "O" and very slowly lift up your pinky, then your ring finger, then your middle finger, all the while saying "thhhhhrrrrreeee" with great focus. You would move your hand with three outstreached fingers away from your mouth and down to your side on the "eeee" part. Then you would smile the biggest, crooked mouthed, smile. So cute.

Happy birthday, and happy St. Patties day. Here's a green treat for you and Rebecca to make.

Feta Spinach Dip
(party size)

1 ten oz box of chopped spinach, thowed
1 six oz container of feta chese, crumbled
1/3 cup mayonaise
1/4 cup toasted walnuts, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 package crackers or bread rounds

Add first 5 ingredience together in a bowl and stir to your hearts content. Eat on crackers or little toasts. (I really enjoy it on toated pieces of sour dough bread. I also added more walnuts that asked for. About a cup, and it was good.)

Patty's Cake! AKA a father's interpritation

I love hearing Matt sing and play with Jill. We both love nursery rhymes, and I'm aften surprised how many my sweet sports loving husband can rattle off. This week we had a little competition. An article in our local paper challenged us to recite the first lines of poems after hearing only the second line. Let's see how you guys do.

Under Grad Level:
1. The cat and the fiddle
2. Sat on a wall
3. Lost her sheep
4. Went up a hill
5. The mouse ran up the clock

Graduate Level:
1. This little piggy stayed home
2. Three men in a tub
3. Father John , Father John
4. See how they run
5. Eating her curds and whey

PhD Level:
1. Kissed the girls and made them cry
2. Had a wife but couldn't keep her
3. Went to bed with his stockings on
4. The sheep are in the meadow, the cow's in the corn
5. How does your garden grow

Later, Matt was singing Pat-A-Cake with Jill. It went something like this:

Patty's Cake, Patty's Cake, Bake-a-Man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Flip it, and throw it, and drop it on your knee.
And . . . ummm, What's the rest of this song?

I was laughing so hard at the knee part I almost couldn't rember the last line. I love our daddy's nursery rhyme renditions.

Re-arranging

This week for Family Night, Matt and I did some re-arraning. We shuffed things around in the computer room/study/spare bedroom/sewing room/nursery in order to fit in yet another piece of furnature, a dresser for Jill's cloths and supplies.

That will be nice, but the real reason for the change is actully this . . .

Our new dresser.

Surprisingly, the CR/S/SBR/SR/N looks better and more open (all be it, fuller) in the new arrangement. I'm pleased with how it turned out, and with how pacient my wonderful husband was with me as we moved and removed different things. AND I'm pleased as punch to have enough drawer space in our room for all my love's t-shirts.

My Brother-In-Law

I have many, but the one I'm referring to today is Allen. You see, today is Allen's birthday.

Happy Birthday Allen, and congratulations on your new baby. Here is slice of German Chocolate Cake to celebrate.

Happy Birthday Heather

Heather is my oldest sister. Heather is the type of person who loves to learn new things. Dear Heather, here is your present this year:

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PS, if you look around this site, you will also find really great sweing and crochet tips.

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Sarah

Dear Claire

Dear Clair-e-bell,

When I came to Grandma Jackson's House to visit last fall, you were there. You were small then, but your eyes were very bright and full of understanding. You knew I was having a little baby girl, and that when you finally get a chance to meet in person, you two will be best friends.

Now you are much older. Practically a lady. Happy Birthday, Clair-e-bell. I hope you like these books.

A. A. Milne's Pooh Collection.