November 16 we celebrated Micah’s 1st birthday! He enjoyed being the center of attention. He loves playing and having fun with his siblings and parents.

Anna suggested we have chili for Micah’s birthday, since he loves it. It was a perfect meal to make our boy happy. He loved eating his cake and getting gifts.

Micah is a very happy and easy going boy. He doesn’t say many words, though he seems to love yelling Ezra’s name. He has 3 teeth – two on the bottom and one on the top. He’s walking and running like a champ. Just recently he’s starting climbing up on things. He loves crawling under our bed with Ezra. The two younger boys are becoming best buddies and partners in mischief. I’m so thankful we have two boys next to each other who can be playmates.

So much to be thankful for in our November baby boy!

Pictures below are a comparison of the kids at 1 year:

October 29th was our 7th year to celebrate Cambodian Coronation Day. We had a fun day crowning our three queens and three kings. I was most impressed that Micah loved wearing his crown!

We had company for dinner – Uncle Jeremy – and he agreed to stay for our Jensen Family Performance Night and ice cream afterwards. The kids each gave a presentation on a different sea creature: Becca – Narwhal, Isaiah – Sea Snakes, Anna – Belugas, and Clara – Sea Lions. Becca had worked with Ezra on a Sea Turtle presentation, but he got stage fright.

I finally fell for a Facebook ad. It was a deal for a year’s subscription to Craftsy for less than $3, and I figured that even if we just took one class it would be worth it.

It’s been great! Most of the classes are geared for adults, but it’s been fine. So far, all the kids took a class on how to make comic books. Isaiah took a class about making pretzels, bagels, and bialys. Becca and Isaiah took a class called Illustrated Nature Journaling. We’re all taking a start-up class on watercolors. And the kids are taking a kids’ class on paper airplanes.

This past weekend Isaiah and Clara took a class on making doughnuts. Yummy! Anna worked on one of the class projects from the watercolors class.