lessons

on sunday morning matt took the girls up to brush their teeth and frankie came down all happy and excited in this leather jacket. and then i tried to get a picture, and she was not happy about it.

"what'chu talkin' 'bout, willis?"

i was trying to bribe her and even offered candy, but no smiles for me! of course addie was all like, "candy?! i'll smile!"

and then because addie did, frankie did.

these sistah's. i swear.

church was good and then as we drove into lg we unbuckled the girls and let them stick their heads out the sunroof. they were in heaven! for the whole minute we let them do it. ;)

alexis worked it all out with laura that we would go over and share their sunday roast and celebrate maggie's birthday (that i took no pictures of). we had to hustle out of there though to get to leo's baptism at 6. the sunset on the way home was so beautiful. so thankful for the beauty we have all around.

this morning dawned bright and early. we shared the breakfast of champions because mama has a lot to do this week and only 3 days to do it.

i just had to take a picture of laney when i laid her down for her nap, she was smiling at me with the goofiest smile, isn't she funny? i could eat her up!

i got our hotel room for this weekend all booked! as i was looking through the photo gallery i saw this! do you see it? the little red ligthhouse out the window? soooo excited!

and laney enjoys light reading. in the bathroom. you know.

 

addie got off the bus today and was very sad. after some prying and a rice crispy treat, she finally told me "some boys are being mean to me and it will never end." broke my heart! there are 3 boys that sit behind her on the bus and they crawl under the seat and try to take her shoes off. and she said they say bad things to her, and then she whispered in my ear, "like pee, and poop." my poor baby!

 matt had the good idea that for fhe we would do a little role playing to help her know how to handle these situations. alexis and christian were up in arms, they were so mad. matt and i know that kids are silly and need to be redirected, sometimes constantly. i'll talk to the bus driver and school tomorrow and hopefully we can get everything squared away. it will be hard to send my little kindy off in the morning, but hopefully we helped her know how to stand up for herself. she also told me "i just want to be kind to people." i know you do, sweet girl.

alexis also had drama on the cheer squad. moms working things so that their daughters get the best of the equipment and uniforms. i hope that alexis (and all my kids) know that i love them even though i would never do that. i hope they can learn to handle injustices gracefully and with love and forgiveness. 

i hope i can too.