Fabulous Momma's Giveaway!!!

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My Funny Little Bean

My Bean. She's a funny one. Her words and her actions crack us up everyday. She loves to talk and says the funniest things such as, "there, that's much better." She's polite and uses nice manners without being prompted (thank you, mama -- yes please, mama). But as for the odd things, Ella has always been one to collect and organize. She absolutely loves coloring/drawing. She actually prefers to have blank paper as oppose to a coloring book. Both Ella and Evan prefer that. I love their imaginations. Ella loves her crayons and likes to organize them: by color, length, etc. She likes to put them in organized tubs or containers. Her favorite right now is her backpack. It's kind of an ugly one (even though she has a cute, fluffy animal one) and prefers it. I think because it's clear and she can see all her goodies. She takes it every where and asks for it first thing in the morning. The contents vary daily, but have a few staples, such as crayons. She has new funny things everyday. I decided to take a picture of her doing her thing today. Here she is "working" at my computer desk. She has her little drawing book and a tea cup filled with crayons. Notice how the crayons are organized by length (because we have A LOT of broken ones around) and tips right-side-up. She carried it around with her today, very proud of her organization. LOVE it! And here's a picture of Evan grabbing the tea cup and moving it closer to sissy. I'm surprised she was okay with him touching it actually. They both love to give things to each other, but her crayons are usually off limit! LOL

Here's her tea cup full of crayons.
And her backpack that is always close by.

And here are a few of the items from today's gatherings: a yellow kazoo, a baby doll soap holder, green Easter egg, and crayons, of course. Today she broke into song with her kazoo in the car. Too funny! :)

Look forward to seeing more of her quirks tomorrow! :)

Thank You Jesus

(don't mind that my children are mainly "nakey" in this picture... it actually happens quite a bit---haha!)

We've been praying with the babies for a long time. It was so fun when they got to each new level: first it was clasping their hands, then they would close their eyes, and now they will even say the prayer with us out loud (well, mainly Ella). It's the sweetest thing and warms our hearts. Not sure why Evan says this, but always likes to tell the drill: "hold hands, head down, mouth closed". No one has ever told him that, but he likes to say it. Perhaps that's why he doesn't say it out loud, but you can definitely see that he's saying it inside his heart with lots of concentration.

And they remind us constantly (not that we forget, but they're on top of it!) to pray before we eat. Now anymore they even like to pray before they eat their dessert (fruit). They like to pray before bedtime and even at random times. It doesn't matter where we are either... a restaurant, a friend's house, wherever, they know that this is what we do and give thanks to God for what we have. I love their genuine and childlike faith... it's encouraging and beautiful.

Thank you Jesus for this food.
We love you Jesus.
Amen.