The Book Report

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Do you wanna be?

One of the most popular questions from the girls is....."Do you wanna be ______?" Mommy is currently on a break from being anyone else except Mommy for several days. Sometimes, I chuckle when I respond, "Go ask Daddy if he'll be ______!" Very funny look from Daddy when I do this. I can pretty much guarantee they will end up becoming the characters of almost every favorite book we read or movie watched. Lately, they have kept busy pretending our living room is the beach, dressing up(and Kirby) in all my hats, and being bible characters.

Aubrey as "Noah" with all the animals in the ark.

Bailey at the "beach" getting ready to jump in.

"Tinker Bell"

New costume added to the dress up box and has the potential to be worn every single day

"Cinderella"

At least it's not just Kirby...I love finding things like this :)

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Sisterly love

From the time Sally was born, Aubrey gave her genuine attention. What's a joy for me, is to listen to Aubrey thoroughly enjoy time with her baby sister. Sally is happiest with Mama and Aubrey. If Sally is crying and I can't get to her right then, I ask Aubrey to "babysit" and it is almost always a great success! I haven't mentioned Bailey in this yet because for right now, her fondness for Sally is not much to "report". She'll help with Sally if I ask but doesn't go out of her way to get involved.

Sally was thrilled that Aubrey was helping with her bath. It was one of Sally's first times giggling. Aubrey was pretending that Sally was "Moses," she was "Miriam" and I was "Jochebed." After I got "Moses" out of the bath, "Miriam" said, "Moses had had enough of the Nile River!"

Aubrey also calls Sally, "Sally Pally Grace Face"...I'm pretty sure the Daddy was calling her that.

Mmmmm....my thumb!

Sally Pally loves to munch on her thumb. It's really nice because we can rarely find the pacifier when we need it.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Christmas Travels

Every year, we drive to the midwest to celebrate Christmas with both sides of our families. Again this year, we stayed in Iowa and then Nebraska!! We are constantly reminded how gracious God has been in taking care of us on the road, especially with expected and unexpected weather conditions. We expected traveling through snow at some point during the trip but fortunately didn't see much of that. We didn't expect 80 mile an hour winds on our trip home, shredding our borrowed cargo topper to pieces and sending some of our Christmas gifts flying somewhere around Cheyenne. It was a stressful trip on the road but we are so grateful that all of us made it safely home. I just about cried when we stepped back into our humble abode. After we unpacked, Aubrey and I were both a little sad over some Christmas presents that didn't make it home, but we got to pray together and thank God that we didn't get lost and remember that we love each other more than we love those presents. I remember God's grace...all the times He's blessed us and I didn't even thank Him for it.