I need to know how to bottle this up....

Chris called me last night and told me to go look at Kali. This is what I saw. I know that this next line is going to sound crazy, but I absolutely love, with a capital L, watching her suck her thumb. From birth (and I mean day 1) to about 3 and a half, she was a avid thumb sucker. She loved her thumb. I mean all day every day. At 3 and a half, she developed a sore that had some kind of staph in it on her thumb. She had to go to the doctor, and the doctor used a needle to drain it. The doctor said that she would never suck her thumb again. I laughed and was like okay. Very doubtful, but okay. Well no kidding, but I mean no more thumb. However, I have discovered that at night while she is sleeping she still puts her little thumb in her mouth. I mean come on people she is my baby. I want to keep her that way forever. Just to be clear though, this is not something that I encourage, but it is something I love. She is so precious!!!

This was Emily's first special practice for her program. She has had many large group rehearsals, but this was the first small group practice. I told her I wanted to take her picture, and she was like WHY????? What, my daughter does not want her picture taken. I thought this day would never come. I guess she is too cool for pictures. I mean none of her friends were around, but I still got a cute shot.

So I need to know how to bottle this up to keep forever. If you have any ideas let me know. Bye....

YIKES!!!!!

Well, yesterday I went to the ENT. I have been having tremendous amounts of problems with my tonsils. So, after much urging ( Or Forcing, but urging sounds much nicer) from my husband, I decided to go to the ENT. He came in and immediately said, "Oh this is for you this time"? Yes , yes, I cannot let Emily have all the fun. I need attention too. Well, that is not exactly what I said, but you get the idea. He felt my glands and immediately told me that I have mono. WHAT?!?! He gave me alot of reasons that led me to trust what he was saying. They were all in medical terms, so I could not even begin to list them here. He furthur told me that my tonsils, definitely need to come out. In fact, he called my tonsils Motel Sixes, in the fact they were housing bacteria. (Not sure if sixes is a word=)) That was different. He said they were definitely larger than most and even showed me a picture of what mine look like compared to normal tonsils. Definitely larger. Well at least mono would explain why I am constantly tired and have no energy. I have been thinking I was just the laziest person on the planet. Well, my surgery is scheduled for May 27. I get about 4 days of summer vacation and then bam!!!! Out come those tonsils. He told my girls they were going to have to wait on me hand and foot. They just smiled and laughed like they always do when someone talks to them. Then in a very serious, firm voice he said he was serious and that mommy was going to be very ill!! Hence the title of this post. YIKES!!! VERY ILL!! That's a little too scary for me. Thanks doc for making me feel better about this. Oh well, it will hopefully be worth it all. Well sorry if this bored you!! Bye.....

Happy Easter!!

It was always a tradition in my house, when I grew up, to get a new dress for Easter. I have continued that with my girls. I love dressing them up on Easter morning. I am not sure how much longer that they will enjoy this, so I will do it while I can. They looked so cute, and they got lots of compliments at church.

Easter is one of my favorite holidays. I love the Easter story. I love hearing it and telling it. I especially love telling it to children. Being that I am a teacher, I get to tell this story alot. My students are always amazed at the price that Jesus paid for them on the cross. I love to see it through their eyes. They really seem to grasp it, even at their young age. Even though they may be children, I love to see them realize how much Jesus really loves them.

We had a great Easter in our household. Chris made a beef tenderloin. It was excellent!! If I have not mentioned it before, I love having a husband who cooks!!! I am not ashamed to say that he is a much better cook than I am. We really enjoyed our day together. Here are a few pictures of the girls. Bye....

My Girls!!!

I was so proud of my girls this week. Kali had a performance at our church. She got up and sang her little heart out. She looked so sweet up there. When she was done she immediately asked me if I saw her. I said yes that I did. I mean she was looking at me the whole time, and so she knew that I saw her. But she needed that recognition from me that I was looking. She did so good. On Monday, Emily had a school concert. She also received the award for Christian character in second grade. To me, this award far exceeds all else. Just a while back, I had let Emily know that it doesn't matter what is on the outside, but rather what is on the inside. I told her that it was more important to be beautiful inside rather than have outward beauty. I was truly pleased that her teacher awarded her this award, and I pray that Emily will always strive to be a truly beautiful Christian woman. However, all that being said, I think she is pretty beautiful outwardly as well. But I am her mom. Here is a picture of her in her dress. She would not smile too much because her friends were watching.