Today was such a fun day. We were visited this morning by my parents and my niece, Gracie. Wow, she has really grown up! I hate we haven’t seen her more recently. She has matured so quickly. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen many people lately because of being confined to the house with Victoria. Anyway, Elyssa and Natalie really enjoyed playing with her.
Later in the afternoon, I put out a little sprinkler-deal that I bought just a few days ago and the girls really enjoyed playing in the water for a little while. Elyssa ran right out in the water with no hesitation, while Natalie wasn’t sure what she thought about it. Actually, she cried at first. Elyssa kept trying to convince her that it was okay, but it took some coaxing to get Natalie anywhere near the sprinkler.
I must say that seeing the girls in their bathing suits brought back fond memories of my childhood. I remember seeing home movies of me and my sister in our bathing suits when we were that small. We would watch the movies as teenagers on my dad’s reel-to-reel movie projector. We would shine the movies up on the wall and watch our pop-bellied-selves play in our old above-ground swimming pool. Those days were bliss. I loved watching my girls play with such abandon today. What a great time in their lives!
We have also been blessed recently with a Little Tykes 8-in-1 Playground (Thanks Chad and Danielle!). The girls have loved playing with that, too! Natalie especially loves the door! She gets such joy out of opening and closing the door. How fun when you can be entertained by so little. I got another video of the girls playing in their “playground.” What cuties!
Yesterday I had something interesting happen to me. Let me explain.
We were given a great Little Tykes vanity for the girls (Thanks, Rebecca!). It is just like new. When I picked up Elyssa from Mom’s Day Out, I had just picked up the vanity from a friend. It was in the back of the van, but the girls had not seen it yet. I told Elyssa that I had a surprise for her and Natalie, so she was very excited. Once I got everyone out of the van at home, I told Elyssa and Natalie to run to their bedroom and wait for me to bring the “surprise” to their room. They quickly scurried to their room.
I got the vanity out of the back of the van and proceeded to head to the laundry room door from the garage, where Natalie had come back to meet me. She’s a curious little toddler right now! She and I walked toward their bedroom. Upon approaching the hallway, I noticed that Elyssa was sitting on her little potty looking at a magazine. This usually means she is pooping. She didn’t even see me pass by with the vanity. I set the vanity up in her room and then took a little bag back to her in the bathroom where she was. The bag was filled with the play hairdryer, lipstick, comb and other items that went with the vanity. When she saw it she said, “Mommy, I’m so excited! I love you!” She then got off of the potty to hug my leg. I told her that if she was excited about that little bag, then she would be really excited about what was in her room. I got her bottom wiped off, pulled her pants back up and let her go to her room to be amazed by their new toy. When she got to her room I heard her say, “Natalie, look!” They began playing away!
While they were beginning their initial play with the vanity, I took the red tray out of Elyssa’s potty that was filled with her pee and poop and poured some water in it from the faucet. This is something I normally do right before I dump its contents into the “big” toilet for flushing. Right after I had filled the tray with a little water I heard, what sounded like to me, the vanity tumping over. All I could think of was that the vanity had fallen over on Natalie or Elyssa. My initial reaction was to quickly dump the tray out in the potty and run to the bedroom. After I dumped the tray, I darted to the bedroom to save my children from harm, I, all of the sudden, realized that the hole I dumped the poop into was not the “big” potty. In fact, it was the training potty! So, the dung had no where to go but splat right onto the floor because I was holding the tray that it would’ve normally gone into, when it’s in its place. I couldn’t believe what I had done! I don’t know what made me think that I could dump the “dump” out in that little potty, but it was my first reaction. After I realized that the vanity had not fallen at all, I headed back to the bathroom to look at the damage. For the next 30 minutes, I was trying to sanitize the floor where I had dumped the pee and poop. Oh, joy!
Oh well, instead of the “poop hitting the fan,” … it hit the floor!
PS – Here is a cute photo of Victoria from today!
Well, I promised a video of Victoria “talking” and here it is. It’s a longer video (60 seconds) because you cannot rush these things. However, she is a very obedient child. I told her to “talk,” say “hi,” wave “bye,” and smile. She did every single thing I asked her to do. Wow! She even gave me a little smile toward the end of the video. I hope you enjoy it!
VERSE 1
Her little face is not the same
As yours and mine they say
But God took the time to fashion her
In such a special way
She may not learn just like I do
Or play the way I play
But she was made especially
For me to know one day
CHANNEL
That God is good
And He is kind
She always is
Right there on His mind
CHORUS
She is God’s child
Crafted and made by Him
She is God’s child
Her life magnifies Him
She is God’s child
Let our praise begin
And thank Him
For she is God’s child
VERSE 2
Her life came no surprise to Him
He knew that she’d be here
This span of time was made for her
So there should be no fear
Whatever struggles come her way
The Lord will see her through
He’ll hold her hand and guide her steps
Each day He will be true
CHANNEL
‘Cause He is good
And He is kind
She always is
Right there on His mind
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Who’s to say her little life
Wasn’t meant to be this way?
To show the world the Savior’s hand
Now we can join and say
CHORUS 2X
The past few days have been busy with visits from several friends. We wish to post some photos of our recent visitors.
