Minor Moments ~ Volume 4

Just out of Luke's mouth:

"UGGGGGHHHHHH!! I'm surrounded by girrrrls!!"

Um, yes, Luke you are surrounded by girls. You have the Lord to thank for that. :)

Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure.
Psalm 16:5 NIV

Minor Moments ~ Volume 3

Bella Peace was getting undressed for a bath. She's just about to step into the tub, but she stops.

Me: "Come on, get in."

Bella Peace: "Mommy, waaaaait. I gotta do somefin furst." She's already undressed at this point, but she plops down on the bathroom rug.

Me: "What is it, Bella."

Bella Peace: "I gotta get the fuzzies out of my toes. Me and Gracie like dat." Then she proceeds to pick all the sock fuzz from between her toes.

Nice. :)

Minor Moments ~ Volume 2 (continued)

At dinner tonight, Grace told her Daddy of her new desire to be a missionary. Luke said, "no way Grace. The enemy might kill you."

Grace: "It would not matter, because I have Jesus in my heart. I would go to Heaven."

AWESOME!!

Wesley talked to her about how she could be a missionary right now, how we are all called to be missionaries every day where ever we are. We also talked about what Luke said. It was a precious time around the dinner table.

I've definitely sensed the Lord moving in Grace's life lately. She wrote me the best letter ever a couple of days ago. It talked about how she loves the Lord and knows that there is only one God.

Makes me proud. And very, very thankful.

Minor Moments ~ Volume 2

Grace just told me that she wants to be a missionary all over the world!

All I can say is...

"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth."
3 John 4

Minor Moments

I'm stealing and modifying this idea from another blog. "Minor Moments" will be a new thing on my blog. It'll be my way of sharing something little like a cute kid story, a toddler mispronunciation, something funny that happened, just some little something without providing the whole background story which I often feel I need to do but which sometimes takes too much time. You'll get the idea.

So here goes...

Minor Moments ~ Volume 1

Grace reviewing a math concept that I would have said she knew firmly...

Me: "Grace will you demonstrate 129"

Grace places 1 one hundred square, 2 tens, 9 ones in the appropriate frames.

Me: "very good, Grace"

Me: "now I would like you to add 2 more ones"

Grace places 2 ones in the ones frame.

Me: "Good. So now how many ones do you have in the ones frame."

Grace: "um, 1,2,3...11. There's 11."

Me: "Oh, so you have 11 ones in the ones place." I'm attempting to help her realize there's some action needed.

Grace: "um, yes"

Me: "So is it OK to leave 11 ones in the one place."

Grace: "ooooooh...no. No, Mommy."

Me: "Soooo, what do you need to do." Hoping she remembers the concept of renaming.

Grace: "Ummmm....(thinking, thinking)....throw some in the garbage." And she was as serious as a heart attack!!

I'm thinking we better review this concept a little bit more.

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Bella Peace puts one of my hooded zip up sweaters on herself. Then she puts the hood on. It looks like a robe on her and is dragging the ground.

Grace: "Oh, Bella Peace you look so 1850s."

Bella Peace (proudly): "Yes I DO!"

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Bella Peace is attempting to get into a cabinet. Wesley is blocking the door.

Bella Peace to her Daddy: "Schooch you big one."

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Sometimes I'm surprised by the level of maturity Grace shows. Other times I find myself asking, "whose the baby?"

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Mary Ruth and Elizabeth. At times, Elizabeth looks just like Mary Ruth. Baby E is getting so big!

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Luke and Liz hanging out together right before bedtime. Lizzy LOVES Luke!!

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A friend reminded me a couple of days ago that I have a blog. Hopefully this post will suffice until I can actually take some time to organize my thoughts and get something else done!

Hope you enjoyed Volume 1 of Minor Moments!