A New Tradition Started!

Tomorrow is the big day, Belle starts Pre-school! We are all very excited and I am only feeling a little bit sad. I wanted to start a new tradition to help her be excited every year about starting school. So I planned a mani/pedi night with her! We soaked, scrubbed, rubbed, and painted our nails. I thought this would be fun and want to do this everytime we start school. Belle was so excited to do this and was just talking and talking! I have been very intentional about how I can spend one on one time with her so we don't leave her out and I think so far we have been doing a good job. Tomorrow we(Matthew and I) are going to take her to school and then we both are going to pick her up and take her to McDonalds for icecream, I also would like to do this every year with the kids. I am trying my best to make school a good experience and help them both to want to learn and go everyday!

London 2 months...

" Look at my cute little smile, I do it all of the time! I smile at anyone at anytime. I can guarantee you see one while I am getting my diaper changed or eating! I jsut can't stop, and mommy doesn't really want me too! I have also found my voice and I use it all of the time, day or night! I hold my head much more steady, which mom and dad like~far less headbutting!!!"

~London is 2 months in this picture and has quite the personality, he is so happy and pleasing! I have found that he is far different than Belle, easier going than she is, that is the girlie in her ~ poor thing!!! He is very soft hearted and everytime lately when Belle cries he makes the cutest pouty face and sometimes cries. I know that they will be the best of friends (on most days). We have been getting less and less sleep due to him takling at all hours and are going to try to move him out of our room tonight, wish us luck!! I am nervous because Belle is a wonderer and will probably wake him up at night, ugh!

~I am doing well.... I am helping to plan a womens day at the local camp for the second year, I am having way more fun this year at it, we know a bit more of what to do! God has been so wonderful in giving me great women to work with. The day is on Joy and Deanne Mott is going to speak at it, just got to love her!! I have decided to sell Avon and am having a lot of fun doing this!! We needed a bit more money and this is proving to be a nice source! I am still very new and have a hard time finding enough time to do this, but in due time it will be easier! Belle is starting pre-k this Monday and is really excited! She has a wonderful teacher, the best in Flora, and we are confident that she will enjoy school! I am only alittle sad that she is going, I think she will have so much fun and make new friends. I have also started making diaper cakes and am talking to a store in the next town over to see if they will let me sell them there, we will see if anyone likes them?!?! I have a pic of one on my facebook if you want to see one, I think it is cute and have made a few more lately, I really enjoy it and think that people would love to have them at a baby shower. Anyway thought I would update you all in the second month of my new little (who is not so little anymore) boy!!!

anniversary...

Tuesday the 12th was the anniversary of my baptism 11 years ago! I think this is a very important day because it was the official day I decided to give my life to Christ. If you know me well you know that it took me awhile to really give it all to Him and I still struggle giving up control, but that is getting easier everytime I screw things up! I talked to Belle about it because I really thought it was a good reason to talk to her about this topic! We have seen a few this year and she is really been talking about them! I wanted her to know that Daddy and Mommy have given their lives to Christ and how important and special it really is! I decided that we were going to celebrate by going out to eat and then watch the meteor shower! I was getting London ready to go to the restaurant and was talking to Belle about why we were celebrating. I told her that today was the day I was baptised 11 years ago, when I was a little girl. She asked what that means and I reminded her about the two we have seen this summer, she remembered. I told her that I did that and that day I decided I wanted to live with Jesus forever! She was so excited that she ran around her room and yelled "I want to live with Jesus!". She is such a special little girl and I know that she has a very basic understanding of what baptism really means but just the fact that mommy and daddy have done this she wants to! I hope that she always wants to follow Jesus. We all got in the car and were driving to the restaurant and I wanted to just see what she understood about why we were going out so I thought I would ask her about the night. I asked, "Belle, do you remember why we are going to eat out? What are we celebrating?". She answered, "Because you were appetized.". I laughed and laughed! I just love the way children think and really are innocent!
Funny other comment that I was happy we all were alone for...
We were watching for the meteor's to happen and Belle was getting tired so we decided to talk about what little astronomy we know. I pointed out the Milky Way and what the Milky Way was. She stated very matter of factly, "Mommy, your buttons have milk and that is how you feed brother, huh?" I was so happy it was just our family! I told her yes and that it was not really milk up in the sky. I love how she is learning so fast and that her little ism's are getting more and more intelligent! She is just a joy to be around these days.