These are the kinds of things that happen in our house when Daddy gets the day off from work :).
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Thanksgiving crafts
Grace and Andy did a few Thanksgiving crafts yesterday and I had to share the final product :).
Andy was thankful for his Nana and Papa, Grandpa and Grandma, (his friends) Claire and Brooks, and his family :). I loved the way he was listing off all the people he loves and holds dear.
Friday, November 18, 2011
First snow
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Jesus in my heart
Grace just came running to me:
G: "Mommy! I felt something in my heart and I heard Jesus say something to me!!"
M: "What did you hear?"
G: "I heard him say 'I love you Grace!'"
M; "How special Grace! Did you tell him anything back?"
G: "I told him, 'I love you too Jesus, and thanks for being in my heart."
Out of the mouths of babes :).
G: "Mommy! I felt something in my heart and I heard Jesus say something to me!!"
M: "What did you hear?"
G: "I heard him say 'I love you Grace!'"
M; "How special Grace! Did you tell him anything back?"
G: "I told him, 'I love you too Jesus, and thanks for being in my heart."
Out of the mouths of babes :).
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
My little early riser
My little Andy man is quite the morning person. As soon as he wakes up he is chatting away and as happy as can be. I love that about him (although there are times I wish he would choose to sleep in a little bit later than he does).
This morning I awoke to him whispering under his door "MOMMY! MOMMY! I'm awaaaaaake! I'm awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!" (I was rather thankful for a whisper rather than a shout). He was quite comical morning as he just kept asking obscure and silly questions as we got started on our day.
Andy: "Mommy, do you eat eyeballs?"
Me: "No silly boy, I don't eat eyeballs."
Andy: "Oh, ...me either. And my name is Andy, not silly boy"
Me: "Okay Andy ;)."
Andy: "Mommy, do you eat stickers?"
Me: "No Andy, I don't eat stickers, I eat food!"
Andy: "I like stickers."
(Pause)
Andy: "Mommy"
Me: "Yes?"
Andy: "I like breakfast, do you like breakfast?"
Me: "Yup"
Andy: "I like craisin' cran' crunch' aaaand juice aaaaand bananas aaaaand fishies aaaaand apples aaaaand yogurt aaaaaand fruit snacks."
Me: "Do you want some breakfast?"
Andy: "Nope."
Just a day in the life with my little man, I sure do love him. :)
This morning I awoke to him whispering under his door "MOMMY! MOMMY! I'm awaaaaaake! I'm awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!" (I was rather thankful for a whisper rather than a shout). He was quite comical morning as he just kept asking obscure and silly questions as we got started on our day.
Andy: "Mommy, do you eat eyeballs?"
Me: "No silly boy, I don't eat eyeballs."
Andy: "Oh, ...me either. And my name is Andy, not silly boy"
Me: "Okay Andy ;)."
Andy: "Mommy, do you eat stickers?"
Me: "No Andy, I don't eat stickers, I eat food!"
Andy: "I like stickers."
(Pause)
Andy: "Mommy"
Me: "Yes?"
Andy: "I like breakfast, do you like breakfast?"
Me: "Yup"
Andy: "I like craisin' cran' crunch' aaaand juice aaaaand bananas aaaaand fishies aaaaand apples aaaaand yogurt aaaaaand fruit snacks."
Me: "Do you want some breakfast?"
Andy: "Nope."
Just a day in the life with my little man, I sure do love him. :)
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Out of the mouths of babes...
This morning while traveling in the car, the CD we were listening to skipped. This is the conversation that ensued:
Grace: What happened?
Me: The CD has a scratch so it isn't working.
Grace: Well, we need to take it to the doctor!
Out of the mouths of babes :).
Grace: What happened?
Me: The CD has a scratch so it isn't working.
Grace: Well, we need to take it to the doctor!
Out of the mouths of babes :).
Friday, November 4, 2011
Birthday Recap
This year for Grace and Andy's birthday we celebrated with a joint party. We had the theme of Mickey and Minnie Mouse! Grandma Carol was kind enough to make special birthday shirts for Grace and Andy to wear on the day of their party. We were also blessed to have Nana and Papa Littler in town to celebrate as well. It was a beautiful day and the kids had so much fun celebrating with their friends and family!
Grace turned 4 and Andy turned 3 !
Grace's birthday shirt.
Steve and Devin spent time working on the party favors for the kiddos: personalized Mickey and Minnie shirts!
The finished products.
The kids also spent some time coloring a Mickey and Minnie puzzle,....
played outside (an all had homemade ears to wear),....
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Halloween 2011
Halloween 2011
I purchased the kids' costumes last year at a Halloween clearance sale. Grace had been asking monthly, weekly, and sometimes daily, about when she got wear her Cinderella costume. She was thrilled when Halloween finally arrived!
In her words "Mommy, I have waited FOREVER to be Cinderella!"
(The wig only lasted for about 15 minutes at the church harvest party, it didn't even come out for trick-or-treating.)
The Benedick family and Duerksen grandparents (Emma and Macy's other set of grandparents) got together to enjoy some dinner over at G.G.'s house. This is our first year of taking the kids door to door trick-or-treating and it was quite a humorous experience.
The kids loved the excitement of getting candy at each door and saying "Happy Halloween!" Grace had commented to her cousin, Emma, earlier in the evening that if you said "Happy Halloween," the person would say it back. At one house in particular, a very excited Grace said "Happy Halloween" to the lady handing out candy and the woman replied with "thank you." As Grace ran back to meet us at the end of the driveway, she paused, turned around and shouted at the woman "You need to say Happy Halloween back!" :)
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By the end of the evening, it was getting pretty cold so Andy found a good spot to stay warm between houses. I don't think Grandpa minded too much ;).
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