Wednesday, July 4, 2007




July 4th, 2007 - Hannah is 5 years old today. This is a picture of her on the beach on our camping trip. I have begun to notice how hard she tries to be good to her sister, good to her friends and thoughtful to Dave and I. It makes me very proud; I have every faith that she will know to do the right thing when she is out there on her own, fending for herself in Kindergarten. Dave and I gave Hannah and Sadie a scooter each for their birthday this year. It's so cute to see Hannah scooting along the sidewalk on her hot pick "Razor". She has been asking for a scooter since she was two, so it was a great pleasure to buy her one after all that waiting. Day one of the Surette / Strahl family Birthday week is over.

3 comments:

Jenne said...

I can't wait to see her scooooot.

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Gretel said...

Hi Jen - I can relate to that intense pride in your 5 year old. They surge into so many kinds of more grown up thinking and being aware of others in this year. Tristan returns tomorrow from spending nearly FOUR WEEKS on PEI with his grandparents. We've missed him INTENSELY...but are so very proud of his independence and excited by the adventures he has surely had without us...then there's all the junk food he doubtless got to consume...erg! Welcome to blogland!