I was just surfing around our SilvaMoose SmugMug page again and found a very good Jubilee birthday video.  Her birthday was March 20th, but I think you all will still get a kick out of her birthday cake experience.  Jubilee turned 1 on March 20th and as you all know, that is when the baby gets to have the cake all their own.  They don’t get to eat it all, but they get to eat it however they want.  Usually it is guaranteed to be messy.

I hope you enjoy it.  She sure did.

~MykkMoose (Dad)(Mike)

I was looking on our SilvaMoose SmugMug account and the new videos I uploaded early this week.  The videos were from January, but they are still pretty good.  I especially liked the one with Jubilee and Ivy in it.

In the video you get to hear Jubilee’s little cackle laugh.  It is pretty darned cute.  You also get to see Ivy the wonder acme dog.  I didn’t know dogs got pimples.

~MykkMoose (Dad)(Mike)

Last night was a good night for me.

First of all, I went to bed at 8:15!  That is good for me.  There is nothing like looking at my alarm clock and seeing that I have a long nights rest ahead.

Secondly, I woke up in the middle of the night and noticed that Jubilee, my youngest daughter was right up next to me.  I was very happy, and wrapped my arm around her warm little body.  Normally, I rank way down the ladder compared to Momma, so having Jubilee being extra cuddly in the middle of the night was awesome for me.  Maybe Jubilee is slowly become a Daddy’s girl like Hosanna and Elisha.  I won’t count on it yet, but I was very happy with last nights sleeping arrangements.

  Thirdly, it was nice to wake up and see two beautiful girls sleeping nice a quietly.  Yes they sleep good most every night, but usually they are tucked away in their rooms and I don’t see them in the morning.  Last night Hosanna and Elisha slept on the recliners, so I got to see them on the way out the door.  They looked so peaceful so I took pictures. 

For those wondering, Elisha slept in the living room because her bed mate, Elizabeth was sick and Elisha was worried about getting thrown up on.  Hosanna on the other hand just wanted an adventure with her big sister.

~MykkMoose

I took the time this morning before work to upload 8 videos for March 2009.  I played through them and they are all pretty good.  One of my favorites is of Jubilee.

She was having a great time.  She is growing up so fast.  She is already a year old and is finally getting her first tooth.  Before we know it she won’t be the baby anymore.  She will be a big sister to the new baby in October.

~MykkMoose (Dad)(Michael Silva)

As many of you who are friends of mine in Facebook already know, my daughter got a chance to come to work with me on Tuesday.  The older kids love coming to work with me, and I enjoy it too.  Usually they come to work with me on the “Maintenance Saturdays” we have here at CRISTA about once every month or so.  This time was going to be different for Elisha, and she was very excited.

The reason she was coming to work with me on a weekday was sort of my fault.  On Elisha’s birthday, she received in the mail a $5 gift certificate from Build-A-Bear.  Well the certificate expired on March 31st, and I kept on forgetting to get Elisha to the Build-A-Bear store to cash it in.  Finally this last Sunday, Elisha reminded me again, except this time I was running out of time.  So, I thought about it and consulted Momma, and we decided she could come to work with me and I would take her to Build-A-Bear at lunch.

 We left the house around 4:30am and arrived here at CRISTA at 5am.  I wanted to get some things done and wanted to be able to take a couple hours with Elisha for lunch.  Elisha didn’t complain at all for being woken up so early.  She was all ready to go.  The night before she had packed all the things she would need for her “Work Day” to include pillows and a blanket.

Elisha ended up sleeping for a couple hours on the floor in my office, and once she was up she was ready for the day.  We went to breakfast at the Arbor, and after yogurt and OJ she sat quietly doing her schoolwork.  Between reading, doing schoolwork and crocheting, Elisha kept herself busy, and I am very proud of how well she did.

Lastly but not least, we did end up making it to Build-A-Bear.  Elisha ended up getting a white skirt and shirt for her stuffy!

~MykkMoose (Dad)(Mike)