Last week our little man turned 2! Leading up to his birthday, I kept asking him if he wanted a cake or gifts, but his answer was always no. But he did approve of my singing Happy Birthday. He felt quite differently when I showed him his tiger cake to see if he could recognize it and then put it back in the fridge. Micah loves tigers.

Micah was not cooperative for picture taking. He seemed to think it was a game. He also has a terribly funny awful smile when he’s posing for a picture. It’s a joke in our family to try to imitate it.

We had hotdogs and macaroni & cheese for dinner with cake afterwards. Micah was such a delightful gift receiver. He got a few box of poppers and ran with them one by one to throw them over the edge of the porch so they could pop. It was so cute, and he was so happy. He really was a joy to watch receiving his gifts.

Micah is a sweet fun boy who is full of fun and trouble. He loves to have a good time. We’re so thankful for him.

For 10 days we have all even ages!

This week we had a wonderful few days having the Nhoemvan girls as our guest. Josh and Nal were in Ban Lung teaching at the Pastor’s Bible School. Ayra and the girls came up from Phnom Penh with Nal and spent Sunday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon with us while they men were teaching at Bible School.

These were very full days with non-stop fun. Lots of game playing. The kids did two different days of cooking outside over a fire. On Monday they made soup. On Tuesday they made baked sweet potatoes and popcorn. They also adapted, directed, rehearsed, and gave a performance of Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale. The kids all get along so well – even Isaiah who is the only older boy really enjoys the fun. So glad the kids could have this time together.

And the moms…we talked constantly and had times of prayer together. Ayra is my closest friend in Cambodia, and it was such a gift to have face to face time with her. And I love that our kids are such good friends. We all feel blessed by their visit and look forward to next year’s Bible School with hope that they will come again!

We celebrated our 9th annual Cambodian Coronation Day last week. The morning was full of crown-making and face painting. Isaiah didn’t want to have his face painted. Micah added a bunch of green glue glitter to his face after I was done. We ended the morning with a coronation ceremony. Micah was extremely pleased to be included this year. He was so proud to have a crown placed on his head. Part of the coronation entertainment is me singing and dancing. (I hide the speaker in my shirt and then lip-sync Largo Al Factotum from The Barber of Seville.)

We had a pizza dinner and afterwards had a presentation night. Each child did a presentation on a planet: Becca – Saturn; Isaiah – Mars; Anna – Jupiter; Clara – Venus; Ezra – Neptune; and Micah did one on the Sun. All the kids did great!

Other things included: Becca playing a piano set by David Kraehenbuehl. Anna gaving a poem recitation A Tragic Story by William Makepeace Thackeray. Both Anna and Clara receiving their All About Spelling Level 2 completion certificates.

It was a fun day and evening, complete with ice cream for dessert!