Hannah has a great friend back in Missouri – our sweet Margo who lived just down the road. Hannah and Margo have played together since they were 4 years old. They spent a lot of time over the years at one each others houses. Margo is one of the sweetest people I have ever met [...]
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Hannah taught Ellie to spell and write her name: “E-L-L-I-E”. Daddy taught her how to spell her last name: “H-A-L-E”. I thought, “let’s teach her ‘Dad’ and ‘Mama”. She picked up pretty quickly on Dad: “D-A-D”. Then we tried Mama: “N-O-N-O”. Where did she get that? Ryan laughed out loud. Ellie had a pretty big adjustment the first few weeks we were here that she only saw her Daddy for a little while in the evening. Before we moved here, Ryan had a home office and while he was working all day, he would pop in for lunch or a cold drink, and we could [...] My mom has always wondered aloud why God didn’t make an on/off button on children. I answered, “that’s easy. We would wear out the off button!” I don’t really need an on/off button….but I sure would like some volume control. Ellie has been following me around all morning happily singing very non-sensical, stream-of-conscious-type-songs in forte. But then again, that [...] Have you ever noticed how many songs focus on love – romantic love? Lost love, found love, loving through the circumstances, enduring love… I was thinking yesterday that not many songs recount the love that a parent has for a child – and the few that do stand out. “Butterfly Kisses” “Daddy’s Hands” “In my Daughter’s [...] Ellie is deep into creative play making cookies and having a birthday party with playdoh or being a kitty and wanting to crawl on the floor at Costco on all fours. She is forever in “pretend mode”. Tonight she crawled up on my lap after she finished her dinner and I said, “hello, who are you?” [...] He told me he loved me last night before going to sleep. I said, “I love you, too.” Sort of in the we’ve-been-married-13-years-and-this-subject- is-pretty-much-covered-and-I-am-reading-a-good-book-over-here sort of way. Then I said, “thank you for taking us up to Estes Park today. I love-love-love that town. There is just something about that town and the scenery and the [...] Grandma said, “What was your favorite thing you saw at the aquarium today, Ellie?” Ellie immediately answered, “The dinosaur skeleton on the wall.” This girl has a one track mind – well, two tracked – her two favorite subjects are dinosaurs and planning a trip to Disney World to see the princesses. Hannah beat Grandpa today at Candyland. Ellie won a game of Candyland and Trouble. They won fair and square – he didn’t throw the games. It’s ok, though – we fed him cookies. Ellie ran in the house full of excitement. “Mommy, I found the hugest dandelion ever!” It was a daffodil from the side yard we hadn’t noticed yet. She ran back outside and came back quickly with a whole fistful. We put them in water and placed them in the center of the dinnertable. Afraid she would start plucking daffodils [...] |
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