Birthday and Blogiversary!

Welcome to my weekend blog hop -

Make My Saturday Sweet #164!

Happy 8th Birthday, Amanda!

and

Happy 4th Blogiversary,

Amanda's Books and More!

Amanda turns 8 on Sunday! She had a little party today at school with her friends. She dressed up like a princess and wore a Disney Tinkerbell dress that used to belong to Jessica. Her sister, Jessica, will be 18 in June. This blog also celebrates a blogiversary this month too! Amanda's Books and More has been going for 4 years now.

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Amanda's Classroom

Amanda handing out lucky packets

Amanda with a candy necklace

Amanda with her teacher

This last photo is of Amanda with her lovely teacher. I purposely didn't include any clear photos of the kids' faces since I would like to have permission first.

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Blessed to Have You in Our Life

Amanda was a princess for the day.

Yesterday we celebrated Amanda’s 4th birthday. The card we got her had Tinkerbell on it. Inside I wrote, “Just like Tinkerbell, you brighten up our lives. Our family is so much richer with you in it.”

It always amazes me when I get a sympathetic or correctional look from someone when he or she finds out that I have four children. How am I worse off for having four kids and not the traditional one or two?








Amanda's Disney Princess cake at play group.

The more people you have in your life the richer your life is. Of course, there will always be those people that you would be better off not having around you. My in-laws have a fantastic plaque in their kitchen. It states, “We enjoy all our guests… some when they come and some when they go.”

Cherish and bless those that are in your life and, where possible, avoid those that suck the life out of you. I wish for you today that you will have more of the former type of people in your life and less of the latter.

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