ABC's of Thanksgiving

My list is from Kaylee.

A- Alphabet "Or we wouldn't have names."
B- Bible "If we didn't have the Bible, we wouldn't have Bible stories."
C- Chloe "Cause without Chloe, I'd be bored all the time."
D- Daddy "If we didn't have daddy in the winter, we wouldn't have any fires."
E- Earth "We wouldn't live if we didn't have the earth."
F- Fruit "I'm thankful for fruit, cause it's yummy."
G- God "I'm thankful for God because we wouldn't be on the earth if it wasn't for God."
H- House "Cause I wouldn't be able to sleep without it."
I- Ice "I'm thankful for ice because, without it I wouldn't be able to play with icicles."
J- Jessica "If I didn't have Jessica, I wouldn't have a best friend."
K- KiKi "Her real name is Keisandria, but you can put KiKi. I'm thankful for KiKi cause she is my closest, best friend."
L- Lauren "My sister wouldn't be happy if she didn't have Lauren."
M- Makeup "If I didn't have makeup I would be mad."
N- November "I'm thankful for November because we have Thanksgiving in November."
O- October "I'm thankful for October because we wouldn't have candy without Halloween."
P- Pizza "I'm thankful for pizza because without it I wouldn't know what pepperonis are for."
Q- Quarter "I'm thankful for quarters because without them we wouldn't have many dollars."
R- Race cars "If we didn't have race cars, I wouldn't be happy."
S- Song "I'm thankful for Bible songs."
T- Tarantulas "I like tarantulas because they eat other bugs and I've never been bitten by one. They only bite you if you make them mad."
U- Umbrellas "If we didn't have umbrellas we couldn't keep ourselves out of the rain."
V- Vacation "If I didn't have vacations, I wouldn't be happy."
W- Water "I'm thankful for water cause nobody would live if we didn't have water."
X- Six "If we didn't have the number six, I wouldn't be six." (I know we cheated here, but I told her if it just had the letter X in the word it was alright.)
Y- Yo yo "I just love yo yos. But, I'm not really good at them."
Z- Ziploc bags "If we didn't have Ziploc bags we wouldn't be able to hold many things."


I loved doing this with Kaylee. She hardly hesitated each time to think of something that she is thankful for. And she kept wanting to add more items to her list.
I am thankful that she is learning to value and count her blessings. I am thankful that Kaylee is so thankful!

Girls weekend

GIRLS WEEKEND Breakfast at Nana's on Saturday morning.

While we missed our husbands this weekend, but had a fabulous time as well. No cooking, cleaning, it was great! Stacey came with Myra and Molly. On Friday night we dipped caramel apples. The kids decorated them with various candies.

Kaylee

Kaylee said, "I don't know what happened, they just kept falling down!"

Chloe in her "BIG GIRL BED"

Big Girl Bed

The other night Chloe decided that she wanted to sleep in the twin bed in her room. YEAH FOR ME another battle overted. Or at least I am hoping! You know it is always easier when the girls choose to do the things that I want them to do-without my asking. (like potty training, but I haven't been that lucky yet!) It has been well over a week and Chloe has not wanted to be in the crib at all. When anyone stops by the house for a visit, Chloe says "I show you my new bed?" What Fun! We are all rejoicing. You know we celebrate the little things. That is for sure!

The New Baby

We are all very excited about our new addition to our family. Well most of us are excited. Chloe doesn't really understand. She just knows that I am sick a lot. And that her Daddy will get on to her if she jumps in Mommies lap to hard. She says "gentle" as she gets in my lap these days. She has no idea of the changes brewing in the upcoming months. Every time I call her my baby it kind of makes me cry. I don't want to think of her as a big kid. But thinking of a new baby naturally makes me think of her a little older now. (Although I seem to be crying about everything these days.)

It was quite funny. The other day Brent and I were getting ready in the morning. Normal Stuff. ESPN was on the TV in our bedroom. It was Sports Center-Brent's favorite. The showed the last play of the Little League World Series. Brent was smiling because, he was a baseball player when he was younger -that was his favorite as a boy. I'm sure he was reliving that winning feeling. But he was disturbed by a loud blubbering sound! It was me. I couldn't help it all those little faces. So happy! The boys were crying and hugging. They were elated. My brain was in overdrive imaging the hardships they must have overcome to get there and the sacrifice the families made to get them there and even the community support that got them that far. And don't forget there sick grandparents at home watching the game on their death beds! (When I imagine- I go big!) All of this in about a 7 second segment of Sports Center! Do ya think my hormones are a little out of whack! I seem to cry at the drop of a hat these days. So I guess if you run into me, save your constructive criticism for after March. I'm not sure I can handle it these days.

I thought Kaylee was handling the news about the new baby well. The other day she asked me about adoption. She said, "Momma, Are you gonna adopt this baby." I thought OOOO good time to talk about what a miracle it is that God blesses us with children. So I began to explain to Kaylee that -No we were not adopting this baby. God gave us this baby as a very special gift-just like he gave her and her sister to us. (I thought I knew exactly what was going through her mind. Because a friend of mine is adopting a baby and we talk about her baby all the time and we pray for her new baby and the adoption process.) So Kaylee says, "But Mom there are lots of families who need a baby more than we do!" Kaylee was actually asking if were going give this baby to someone else for adoption. I am going to hope that it was her loving and giving heart that was thinking of others and there longing for a family. But I have a feeling it was more of her longing for her own space in this house. And she is not particularly fond of sharing her toys or her parents. I'm not sure where she gets it. But she requires and even demands lots of attention. All right Mom and Dad if your reading this you can quit laughing now!

But we are all getting excited about the thought of a new baby.