read by Kaley. This has been Kaley's favourite book for a couple of weeks now. I didn't realize how much she like it until I heard her reading it word for word to her woof woof a couple of weeks ago. I got it on video for us to remember before this phase passed!
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Happy Birthday Erica!
Happy Birthday Erica! Love from all of us:-)
God gave a gift to the world when you were born—
who sees a person’s need and fills it,
who encourages and lifts people up,
who spends energy on others
rather than herself,
someone who touches each life she enters,
and makes a difference in the world,
because ripples of kindness flow outward
as each person you have touched, touches others.
May the love you have shown to others
return to you, multiplied.
I wish you the happiest of birthdays,
and many, many more!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Halloween 2010
This year was a lot of fun for Halloween with Chloe being here and Auntie Sharlene visiting us. It was difficult coming up with a theme that would fit for a dog, baby and toddler. Since Kaley was into princess things, we decided that the girls would both be princesses and that Baracus would be the knight in shining armor. Then, when Auntie Sharlene was going to be coming out then, we added her to the group as their fairy God mother.
It was a blast and Kaley really enjoyed herself. We took pictures the night before, but Baracus wasn't having anything to do with it, so we let him off the hook. Here they are, all dressed up!
Kaley got to go Trick-or-Treating with Auntie Sharlene while Chloe stayed with mommy to help hand out candy. Daddy was at the church handing out candy for the Trunk N Treat.
In the end, Kaley got a TON of candy for such a small amount of time that she was out. She had fun, Auntie Sharlene had fun, mommy and daddy had fun, Chloe slept through most of it and Baracus enjoyed it all from the couch sleeping:-)
Halloween Fun
As most of you know, our family (or, I should say me and the rest just come along for fun) enjoys very much all of the festivities around this time of year. Perhaps it is just the fun of dressing up, my love of candy, or my love of the fall season--whatever the reason--I love this time of year. Thankfully my parents allowed us as kids to join in on the fun with Trick-or-Treating when the church at that time had much different views on the matter.
Before we had kids, the dog was the lucky one who got dressed up every year, and although we didn't take him out trick-or-treating, he did get some special treats at the end of it. This year, however, he received a "Get out of jail free card" with the addition of Chloe to our family. It was just too hard managing all three of them in the picture without losing my mind:-). Just for fun, here are a few of the costumes Baracus has worn:
2002-2005:Didn't realize there were costumes for dogs!!!
2006: Power Ranger costume (it was too small and I didn't get a picture before I took it back)
2007: Firefighter
2008: Yoda & Princess Leah
2009: Monkey and a Banana
2010: Knight in Shining Armour guarding his princesses (didn't make it into the photo)
Lots of fun and some good memories (at least for mom!)
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Proud Moments as a Mommy
Next to being a wife, being a mom is one of the greatest gifts that I have been blessed with in my life. I love it when there are those precious moments that occur that I will never forget. Tonight there was one of those moments...
Kaley was playing with her woof woof and babies and had put them to bed, pulled their covers up and she came running into the kitchen and said "Mommy, I put my woof woof to bed!" I then asked her if she prayed with them before they went to sleep and she had said "No, I better go do that." She leads me into the livingroom and, without my help, she goes up to the bunk bed where she has put them, kneels down, folds her hands, lowers her head and prays for her woof woof and babies. *sniff sniff*
It was so precious! It makes me teary eyed just thinking about it. There is no greater thing that I want to teach my girls, than the importance of prayer and praying for your children. What an awesome and huge responsibility, but worth so much more than manners, academics, housekeeping skills and all the rest.
I pray that our sweet little Kaley continues to have a loving and caring heart and is concerned about the needs of others. To God be the glory!
Kaley was playing with her woof woof and babies and had put them to bed, pulled their covers up and she came running into the kitchen and said "Mommy, I put my woof woof to bed!" I then asked her if she prayed with them before they went to sleep and she had said "No, I better go do that." She leads me into the livingroom and, without my help, she goes up to the bunk bed where she has put them, kneels down, folds her hands, lowers her head and prays for her woof woof and babies. *sniff sniff*
It was so precious! It makes me teary eyed just thinking about it. There is no greater thing that I want to teach my girls, than the importance of prayer and praying for your children. What an awesome and huge responsibility, but worth so much more than manners, academics, housekeeping skills and all the rest.
I pray that our sweet little Kaley continues to have a loving and caring heart and is concerned about the needs of others. To God be the glory!
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