Thursday, September 30, 2010

Art

Daddy took you to our favorite landscaping and nursery last weekend for a little fall fun with your pal, JW.
There was pumpkin painting which you took VERY seriously:



Your Daddy is a graphic designer, so art and creativity already run through your veins!

Before I was a mother, one of the biggest things I looked forward to was my children's art projects adorning my house and making it a home. If I could, I would hang your pumpkin right on our fridge! I am so proud of you, and everything you do and make.

Create, design, color outside the lines ... the world is your canvas, lil' dude!

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Monday, September 27, 2010

Cold Storage

I spent the weekend visiting your Auntie M. in Ohio, and, as traveling (and tad-guilty) parents are prone to do, I picked you up a gift.

I talked to you on the phone a little and told you I had a present for you if you were good for Daddy all weekend. That excited you and you promised to be good.

So yesterday, as I neared home, Daddy kept telling you how close I was getting to you, and you told him how excited you were for your new present.

A big refrigerator for your closet.

A big refrigerator for your closet?
I'm not sure where that inspiration came from- or why you thought I'd be bringing you one.

I'm sorry I let you down and instead gifted you this awesome pink pig.


You seemed to like it as best you could.

Even though it won't keep anything cold.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Sunday School



We reached another milestone Sunday morning when you attended your first day of Sunday School ... I was pretty excited for us! You're in the 3-year-old class (they let you join early, big girl!) and it's child-parent so we're together. I think that's an awfully smart way to begin your new adventure.

I anxiously picked out your outfit the night before- remembering when I was a girl having to wear itchy, confining tights I loathed and shoes that pinched to church. I also remember cold, Lutheran basements and Kool-Aid, always red, in waxy little Dixie cups and Hydrox cookies. Those are memories I have of my Sunday School days! I also remember my collection money in the white envelopes, glue sticks, glitter on popsicle sticks, name-tags on yarn lanyards, and singing. It's fair to say I loved it!

Your first class involved coloring Mary and shepherds, playing with an old-school dollhouse, and a traveling, singing ministry troupe who performed a puppet show. They led all the little kids in guitar and animated dancing and shocked your Mom with their updated, poppy versions of classics like "This Little Light of Mine" and "Jesus Loves Me".

I also have not felt more like a Mom ever than I did Sunday, for some reason. I know I birthed you and wipe your butt, but taking my daughter to Sunday School ... just made me feel like Mama.

Monday, September 20, 2010

View From There

Last week you got a hold of the point-and-shoot camera, and you were given free reign. You're more and more grown up, so enjoying such luxury was totally deserved by you. You are always careful and deliberate; besides, we wanted to see what and how you see. Life ... is art everyday!









Friday, September 17, 2010