Dolly

Okay, I have been calling Elia, Dolly for as long as I can remember... She is my Dolly! If I call Liliana Dolly, Elia will say, "I'm your Dolly..." And I say "oh, yes, of course." ☺️❤️ Well, this morning as we were snuggling and opening our eyes to find a new day, she hugged me and with our faces about two inches apart asked me "Mommy, when I'm a gwown (grown) up, will I still be your Dolly?" And I said, "YES, of course, always!!" ❤️❤️❤️

To Be a Kid

Me: "It must be cool being a kid!"

Elia: "It is, do u wish you could be a kid? 

If you do, you need to be a toddler, be a tomboy and like dinosaurs and...love GOD, the most!!" 

Cousins

On our way to the park right now as a fam and NOAH says to Liliana and ELIA: you know how we live really far away from our cousins...when we grow up and get married, let's be neighbors, right next to each other so our kids can have their cousins right next to each other and can see them every day! And let's go to the same church and to the same school. 😍❤️

P90X

Tonight as we were finishing up our dinner of leftover chicken parm and spaghetti, Noah turned to me and said "mommy, I only have 4 more days to do P90X and I will be as strong as Spiderman. I am definitely stronger than Robin and strong than Batman too. Daddy is stronger than Superman, way stronger. The guy who made P90X (Tony Horton) is way way way stronger than Daddy, like a million times stronger." 

I listen and said "wow, Noah, that's amazing". Hehe. :)

VBS God Sighting

This year I served in the Preschool room for VBS and Elia got to hang out in there with me the three days I worked. She went to the toddler room the other two days. 

  

Today our lesson was about when Jesus washed the disciples feet. Each crew leader used a pitcher of water and a towel to wash each of their crew members feet. This meant that ever single child had their feet washed. 

  

After this we had a plate of crackers to share for each crew to represent the breaking of bread Jesus did with His disciples. Well, in the preschool room there was 5 groups of kids.  In our group of 6 kids there was a boy who was having a very rough day and because of some medical things he is going through he had a very hard time sharing crackers with the group.  To cope he went off by himself upset. 

Our next step in our lesson was to ask each child if they knew someone who was going through a hard time. I asked Elia and she pointed over to the boy and said "he is having a hard time". I said "you are right, I think he is having a hard time".  Then we were instructed to ask the children "what should we do to help that person?" And I asked Elia what we should do to help the boy having a rough day and she thought for a moment and then said "cheer him up!" I said "go ahead, go cheer him up." She then walked over to him and stood right next to him quietly, the way Elia does and just stayed there...after a few moments he turned to look at her and started talking to her very calmly. She had cheered him up...by simply "being there".  I walked over and gave them a few linkin logs to play with and they played for a good 20 peaceful minutes. I finally walked over and said "Elia do u want to come and do a craft?" And she said "no, I am still cheering him up." They both then decided to come with me to do the craft with the group. 

Wow! Prior to all of this I had worked up a sweat trying to calm the boy down and get him to stay with our group. It was SO beautiful to see God use Elia in such a powerful way, right before our eyes. The other leaders in the room saw what happened and we touched. The most precious part was that Elia's heart in her actions was pure and simple...it wasn't about "look at me minister...", it was truly about A. Someone needs help and B. This is what we need to DO. And C. Do it. That simple. What a lesson! 

Love you, Princess! God loves you and has awesome plans for u...He is already seen in you! 

Lovebug

I have been wanting a hammock for a long time now and have lately been more vocal about it. I had hopes to get one for Mother's Day last weekend but no hammock yet.

Well, Noah has had a stomach virus today and was home from school and even fell asleep on the living room floor this evening from being wiped out from his many visits to the bathroom throwing up. He finally felt better for dinner time, so he joined us and had his own special meal of crackers, plain apple sauce and ginger ale. During dinner he said to me "Mommy, when I am a teenager, you know what I am going to do?"

Me: "What??" 

Noah (leaning in to whisper into my ear): "I am gonna buy you a hammock".

We weren't anywhere near this topic at all and he thought of this to tell me. His heart and thoughtfulness towards me has always been so so precious!!!! I love you, my lovebug!!!! 

Here is a photo of him fast asleep on the couch tonight (to be closer to the bathroom...just incase). 

Quotes by Elia

"Mommy, look at my fuzz" pointing in between her toes. I said "I will help you get it out" and she said "NO, it's super glued."

Hahahaha! :)

Yesterday all out of NOWHERE when she was in the bathtub she shouted: "Mom, I just said 'innocent', that not a bad word, wite??" I said "no, that is not a bad word." Hehehe!