Pictures: Seth at 9 and Lizzie at 7

Every year on and around the kids' birthday I try to take a few photos of them to mark the occasion.  I forgot to post these ones from Seth's and Lizzie's recent birthdays.  Aren't they beautiful children??

Seth at age 9:

 

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His birthday gift from Geoff and me was two riding lessons...the kid is a total animal nut.  This was taken during his first lesson, riding bareback on Chicklet...he loved his first lesson...and his teacher said he was a natural.  Sigh...couldn't he choose something cheaper to love??!

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Seth in his glory...holding a puppy (no, not ours!)

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Such a beautiful, fine-featured boy...the spitting image of his First Father!

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Best buddies...even when it's hard for Seth to admit that!

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Seth with Matthew and two of his best buddies, off to ride bumper boats and go karts to celebrate his birthday.

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Let them eat cake!  Seth wanted a homemade coffee ice cream cake with a graham crust...and so that's what I made him...complete with marshmallow cream and toasted mini marshmallows on top!

Lizzie at age 7: 

 

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Lizzie's main gift from us was a beautiful (second hand) doll house....which she had really wished for.  The picture on the left is of her face when she came up to her bedroom and saw what was waiting for her...the picture on the right is of her posing with the new doll house.

 

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Lizzie with her beloved cousin.  I took the two of them swimming for Lizzie's birthday, and they had a blast!

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Lizzie also requested an ice cream cake with marshmallows on it...only her ice cream flavour of choice was strawberry.  The cake was blinking hard to make and you can see that the top layer is a little uneven...but the taste...mmmmmmm!

Happy Birthday, Seth and Lizzie!!