Elias is crawling more and more. He also seems to play with toys a little bit and not just stuff them in his mouth! Have I mentioned how in love with this kid I am? Although the other new thing he’s doing is squealing. I have been squealing back at him- he finds it amusing.
Lucy’s new thing is riding her bike. We got it for $10. I was so happy. At first it was all she wanted to do, that was until she went down a “hill” a little too fast and had to swerve into the grass. She is very timid now!
Tonight before I put Lucy to bed I had to discipline her. Sometimes it’s hard for me to engage in the real purpose of why I’m doing it. I’m not doing it because her behavior is bothering me or because I want others to think she’s a good kid- not that these never motivate me – but they shouldn’t!
My main purpose and a main prayer of mine is Lord let me discipline her that she may share in your holiness (Hebrews 12:10). So as I said it’s sometimes a struggle to really engage. I don’t want to just go through the motions- so I have also been praying about that.
Tonight after we had talked about obeying Jesus we prayed together. Lucy prayed Lord please take the sins from me and put them somewhere else. I was so happy when I heard that prayer. I was then able to share how He did- He put them on Himself and that is why He had to die on the cross because for our sin we have to die.
Of course that led to a discussion on heaven and ended with the question – are there bees there?
You have to love the mind of a four year old! I’m thankful for that little mind and I pray that she would truly understand the mercy in Jesus Christ!
Every year our little neighborhood does a parade around the horseshoe. Lucy walked in her little dance outfit with Daddy. Elias was sleeping so I stayed home with him.
Lucy told me the other day that she was going to marry Elias. She told me that I could live in their basement with Daddy.
Well we just got rid of one of our cars- Penny. She was a 1991 Honda Civic named Penny because she was a nice coppery color! We got the car 2 years ago for a cheap price. It worked out well for us becuase we just needed a second car for Dustin to drive around the city so that I could get out if our other car if needed.
Well Lucy loved the car. She called it her clubhouse and would play in it for hours! If Dustin was working outside she would just sit in the back (we had the windows open of course!) and play.
When it was towed away (yes, towed) she cried. I had given her some warning b/c I knew she would take it hard. She cried every time I mentioned it! I said what did you like so much about Penny. She said, it’s loud and it’s stick. We needed a stick to keep that hatch back open! Pretty funny!
Lucy’s birthday landed on Easter today. She was thrilled about it. I have been meaning to blog about activities we have done to think about Christ- His death and resurrection. I will have to share more about that this week. For now I will just post some b-day pics.
They played a game – put a jewel sticker on the crown while blindfolded. Lucy wouldn’t do it but later said it was the highlight of her party. Dustin asked why and she said because she was proud. Funny.
We did an egg hunt. The kids loved it. I was so glad it was such a nice day!
Dustin was doing airplanes with the kids.
When I saw this the airplanes ended!
We opted for a much safer game of duck, duck, goose.
Here is one from this morning. I can’t believe our little girl is 4! We love her and are so grateful to God for her.
She told Dustin’s sister today now that I’m 4 I can iron. I don’t know about that!
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