Our sweet friends Shannon and Marc sent us a calendar for Christmas that lays out a year of Discovering God with Kids. Wow! How do you thank someone for such a great gift?
Each month there is a bible verse and then weekly activities to help children understand God's word. Once a week there are questions for the dinner table that have to do with the verse too. We've been wanting to be more regular with devotionals with Cupcake so this was the PERFECT launching pad.
January's verse was Ephesians 2:1o. Cupcake was a little off at the end but she can tell you all about this verse and it's such a great reminder of the value of each of us!
One of the activities for January included sharing some s'mores. Lucky cupcake! That is more sweets that we normally allow but in the effort to stay on track...and because how can you say no to the yummy treat we went for it. So, here's Cupcake's first s'more:
A little blurry but still sooo sweet! She has recently been asking for me to put her hair on top of her head...
I always think I should blog a few of the cute things she is saying and then I don't. So before too much time goes by and really for my own memory here's some of the favorites:
She used to (has already grown out of it) call Elephants: "Ef-a-lents"
When she wants to do something she says: "I a ...." So turning a light on "I a turn the light on."
One day she noticed the Hubs and I playing footsie under the table (we're still crazy in love even if we do have a load of diapers in the wash and spit up on both of us). She said: "Why your feet hugging?"
The hubs is always the prince and Cupcake is the princess. While listening to Sleeping Beauty's Once Upon a Dream song in the car Cupcake instructed me not to sing as it was just for her and Daddy. Then when the chorus chimes in she permits me to sing too.
She still calls all dips: ketchup, salsa, ranch dressing, queso, cream cheese, etc. "dip, dip"
When she wants something she says: "Please I have...."
When you offer her food that she doesn't want she very succinctly and matter of fact says :"No Tanks"
She loves to sing. Frosty the Snowman currently tops the list. She also likes to sing the Rug Time song from Sid the Science Kid.
I love her! Even when I occasionally have to ask for a talking time out so I can think straight I still love her. What will I do when her little voice becomes a big voice?!
Me: Cutie Pie looks like me. Hubs: No she doesn't. She looks like me. Me: This is silly. We spent Cupcake's early months saying she didn't look like ourselves and now were both trying to claim Cutie Pie. Hubs: It is silly. Cutie Pie looks like me. Cupcake looks like you. Me: Wrong. Hubs: Cupcake, who do you think Cutie Pie looks like?
Wait for it.
It will melt you.
It melted us.
No reason to argue anymore.
Cupcake: She looks like a miracle.
BAM! I big puffy heart love that kid. She could have had candy for dinner if she knew to ask in my weakness!
So yes, Cupcake,...she does look like a miracle. A miracle that resembles Mommy. What do YOU think?
