Loving Our Girls
There are so many things that make me proud. Lately it's been very much tied to our girls. All of them and for so many reasons.
Today was no exception. Riley, Jules and I went to the mall to return two shirts that didn't work well for Jeremy. I had bought the "slim fit" and hadn't realized it. Not that he's fat - far from it. Just that the shirts themselves were tailored for tall and lanky people. Ok I'm totally digging myself into a hole. They just simply didn't fit.
Then we went to the Arbor Hills Preserve in Plano. The girls ran, jumped, and played with other kids. Julia spent most of the time in the swing - totally chill and relaxed. Just smiling away and enjoying herself. Riley spent much of the time playing with another little boy and his soccer ball. She had a smile on her face from beginning to end.
We went home and all of us had lunch. Julia went down for a nap. Riley and I lay down on the couch together to watch a movie and Madi played WOW. Then we took a trip to Target to get essentials - teething tablets, cold medicine and dish soap.
The girls and I had played with blocks, dinosaurs and little people before dinner so Jer and I asked Riley to clean up the toys with Jules. She immediately got down and started to organize the blocks in a box. Jules handed Riley blocks and said "Hee-ya RyRy! Hee-a RyRy!" Took Riley a little bit of time to understand that Julia was trying to help. We explained that it's our responsibility to teach her to put things away instead of pushing her away and telling her to stop handing blocks over. Riley got it and then we started to help Julia put away horses, little people and other things in bins where they belonged. It was so cute to see them work together and even more special to see them high fiving each other when it was all done.
Julia raced up the stairs "Come ohn Mommee! Go up?!" She wanted to brush her teeth and then went to bed. Riley was very sweet and tired and fell asleep very easy. Madi and I read Philippians 1 and a large portion of The Hunger Games Book 2. She read sooo much of the book today and is loving it. Was really great to have time with her as I didn't get to see much of her today. Typical tween wrapped in her technology :)
And why so proud? Just because of who they are. How fun it is to watch them figure their world out and talk through things and listen to their thoughts. And because they're just amazing little people who will one day grow up to be amazing Godly big people.
Today was no exception. Riley, Jules and I went to the mall to return two shirts that didn't work well for Jeremy. I had bought the "slim fit" and hadn't realized it. Not that he's fat - far from it. Just that the shirts themselves were tailored for tall and lanky people. Ok I'm totally digging myself into a hole. They just simply didn't fit.
Then we went to the Arbor Hills Preserve in Plano. The girls ran, jumped, and played with other kids. Julia spent most of the time in the swing - totally chill and relaxed. Just smiling away and enjoying herself. Riley spent much of the time playing with another little boy and his soccer ball. She had a smile on her face from beginning to end.
We went home and all of us had lunch. Julia went down for a nap. Riley and I lay down on the couch together to watch a movie and Madi played WOW. Then we took a trip to Target to get essentials - teething tablets, cold medicine and dish soap.
The girls and I had played with blocks, dinosaurs and little people before dinner so Jer and I asked Riley to clean up the toys with Jules. She immediately got down and started to organize the blocks in a box. Jules handed Riley blocks and said "Hee-ya RyRy! Hee-a RyRy!" Took Riley a little bit of time to understand that Julia was trying to help. We explained that it's our responsibility to teach her to put things away instead of pushing her away and telling her to stop handing blocks over. Riley got it and then we started to help Julia put away horses, little people and other things in bins where they belonged. It was so cute to see them work together and even more special to see them high fiving each other when it was all done.
Julia raced up the stairs "Come ohn Mommee! Go up?!" She wanted to brush her teeth and then went to bed. Riley was very sweet and tired and fell asleep very easy. Madi and I read Philippians 1 and a large portion of The Hunger Games Book 2. She read sooo much of the book today and is loving it. Was really great to have time with her as I didn't get to see much of her today. Typical tween wrapped in her technology :)
And why so proud? Just because of who they are. How fun it is to watch them figure their world out and talk through things and listen to their thoughts. And because they're just amazing little people who will one day grow up to be amazing Godly big people.
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