Oak Tree in an Acorn: Genevieve's Birthday Party with Pooh and Friends

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Genevieve's Birthday Party with Pooh and Friends

Genevieve had a family birthday party this year and the theme was Winnie-the-Pooh and Friends.

She loves listening to the original stories by A.A. Milne, and pretending to be Piglet, so she was very excited to share these stories with her cousins. We played "hot carrot" in Rabbit's Garden (like hot potato),

hunted for heffalumps and woozles in the 100 Hundred Acre Wood (an egg and elephant hunt),

made Piglet's haycorn salad (played a parachute game with beanbags and pom-poms), pinned the tail on Eeyore,

and jumped in Tigger's Bounce House.

Aunt Megan made a beautiful honey beehive birthday cake that tasted delicious.

Genevieve felt so special on her special day.

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Why the title, "Oak Tree in an Acorn"?

Well, really it's all about perspective when raising the girls. It helps me to think about the grand scheme of parenting and remember that what we do now affects how our little acorns will grow. Like an oak tree, we want them to be strong in their words and deeds, be able to withstand life's storms, set and reach their goals, and be people that others can lean on and trust.

We have an oak tree planted in our yard that came from an acorn my dad planted in a pot. This acorn came from a huge oak tree that was planted in the backyard of my dad's childhood home. My dad's father also planted this tree from an acorn he found on his hunting lease in the early 1960's. Our tree is thus a family heirloom, a "family tree".

It was the year of Olivia's birth when we planted our little sapling. It looked so very sad that winter with no leaves; it was, basically, like a stick rooted in the ground. Five years later, though, it stands 9 feet tall, and we continue to nurture it and watch it grow. We hope one year it will produce acorns of its own, and we can continue to pass on this family heirloom. We hope to remember it's example of how each acorn has the potential to be an oak tree, and how our acorns, Olivia and Genevieve, will one day, with help from God, become mighty oak trees themselves.