Cabin!

We left the house at 4:00am to head to the cabin for the weekend. Leaving early in the morning like this was perfect. I'd do it again in a second. The kids slept for about half the trip!

Eisley preferred to wear her birthday suit with her life jacket.

We put the raft out.

And Eisley fell asleep

Parking lot photoshoot

When Eric works late we love bringing him dinner. And then stopping in the church parking lot for a quick photoshoot :).

Conversations

Conversations with a 1.5 year old...

Eisley: "Booty! Booty!"

Me: "Booty?"

Eisley: "Booty! Booty!" pointing to my plate

Me looking down at my plate: "Oh, blueberry?"

Eisley: "Yeah, booty!"

Another one...

Eisley's running around naked. I'm trying to catch her to get some clothes on her. She's running frantically away from me yelling, "I naket! I naket! Look at me! I naket!"

Conversations with a 3 year old...

After asking me how old I am he then asks, "How old is Jesus?"

"He was 33 when he died."

"Well, how old was he when he rose to life?"

"It was just a couple days after he died that he rose and went to heaven. "

"So is he 3 like me?"

"I said he was 33, but he's in heaven so I don't really know."

Looks like I need to brush up on my theology so I can answer this sweet boy's questions!

Bathe your feet

When you have to

bathe your feet

SEPARATELY

from the rest of your body,

you know it's been a

Good Day!

Rolling in the grass

Haha!!! This picture cracks me up!

The kids weren't feeling the laying in the grass and look into the sun posing. But I must say, I find this picture absolutely hilarious!

Eisley likes to roll around in the grass. Seriously, she does.

With Grandma and Papa at Eric's cousin, Tasha's, Graduation Open House.

I thought Emmett was asleep and then every once in a while he's pipe into the conversation and say something or respond to Eisley. I'd glance back thinking he'd woken up and he looked like this.

And finally, look at those ringlets! I'm so curious if her hair will be curly.

What you did today; the faith of a child

Dear Emmett,
We did a lot today, but it wasn't about what we did. It was about what YOU did.

We went for a family bike ride. You rode around on the bike ramps. You went up one very steep ramp very quickly. The bike came out from under you, you fell on the ground and your bike landed right on top of you. You were fine. I'm so glad you were wearing your helmet!

We went to Starbucks and we got a Caramel Frappucino. You got your own little cup with whipped cream and caramel syrup. You LOVED it!

We went to a discount furniture store to look at bunk beds. You rode happily in the red fire engine but you wanted to be driving the school bus.

So like I said, we did a lot today. You did a lot today. But it wasn't about anything I took pictures of. Today was about your bedtime prayer.

Emmett, tonight we read a book with various Bible Stories in it. The very last story was about heaven. The picture showed a swing set and Jesus playing with the children. You told me that Jesus was in MN (you thought the picture was in MN). I told you that this picture was to represent heaven. That in heaven Jesus will be there. There will be all the best things you can imagine, including parks and swing sets. You continued to ask questions about heaven. You were concerned that the children were too little to be in heaven. I told you that people go to heaven at all different ages. You asked when you were going to heaven. I said I didn't know. Only God knows. You asked if I'll be in heaven. I told you, "Yes! I will be in heaven because I prayed to ask Jesus to be my forever friend. I believe that Jesus died for my sins and rose again." At this point you jumped off my lap and ran over to the side of your bed. "I want to ask Jesus to be my friend!" You stood at your bed, your arms resting on the edge of your bed. I kneeled next to you. You began unprompted, "Dear Jesus, I pray you'll be my friend. Amen!" That was it! So simple, so pure, so beautiful. My sweet little 3 year old boy, Jesus knows your heart, and although your faith will go through hills and valleys, this is the beginning of your personal relationship with Christ. It's the most beautiful and precious things I have ever witnessed.

In the book we were reading, they had written a prayer you could have prayed. I purposely skipped reading the prayer initially, thinking you probably weren't ready, thinking that this isn't the "perfect time", thinking we should wait and do this when Daddy is around. Well, apparently I was wrong! God was right (surprise, surprise)! Your pure little heart was ready and excited to dedicate your life to Christ. After celebrating your new friendship with Jesus, we read your animal encyclopedia, I put you to bed and then I called Daddy. He is SO excited for you. We both got teared up and filled with joy over your faith - the faith of a child.

Popsicles and Tutus

Today we ate popsicles.

And then we ate more popsicles.

We also made a cabin-count-down chain. In my attempt to avoid the daily/hourly question of "Are we going to the cabin now?", we made a count down chain until the day we leave for the cabin. Each morning we rip off a link. It's working!

After the kids went to bed I made a tutu. It was really fun, easy, and cost effective. I think I'm going to add a few more details (ribbon or something). I'm going to make another for my niece and then we'll do a little photo shoot. They're going to be so super cute - I can hardly wait! Don't you worry, I'll post pictures!