I wanted to write down the things we were thankful for in June, and got sidetracked, and now it is August.....So, here are some of the things we were thankful for in our June Garden of Blessings:
My favorite word is "washable" and my favorite word is "love" (this was a day where my girl told me her favorite word was "washable" (from her crayons), and then asked what my favorite word was. I told her it was her name, and she then thought for a minute before revising her original statement with "my favorite word is "love". It was very cute.)
wings, waiting patiently for a friend to be done, bees, having a race with a friend, friends, helping a friend, "I love flowers", "when I say 'sure mama'", picking flowers with Daddy, eating good things, using nice words like "sorry" and "please", "I love blue", dance class (this is the pretend kind we do at home), watering flowers, playing with a friend, and when flowers grow. Then there are several flowers and bees where my girl wrote things all by herself. Some say, "I heart u", and some say "Elise heart Daddy", or "Daddy heart Elise", or "Elise heart Mama" or "Mama heart Elise". I love that she is good at expressing her love and is very confident in our love for her. We try hard as a family to say "I love you" a lot, and I think she is very good at making sure she gets her hugs and kisses and snuggles everyday!
And I found an activity that used laminated fishes, where you used a dry erase marker to write upper and lowercase letters on the back, then fished for them and sorted them into buckets. I already had the fish from Primary stuff, and hadn't figured out this use for them before. My girl saw me writing the letters, and immediately had to get in on that action and write some herself. This led to the idea that we could use our laminated shapes for writing practice, which I hadn't thought of before, but she loved, especially when they are hanging on the wall. Any variety in our learning activities is a cool thing. So, she practiced writing on our flowers and bees, and wrote her own thankful things, which I thought was really neat.
And then, for Logan's birthday in June, we put our laminated cupcakes on the wall by the door and wrote things we love about him and some birthday wishes. Here are the ones from my girl:
I like to make things with you Daddy
We get together Daddy
I love you Daddy
Make a wish Daddy
I like to sing the ABCs with Daddy
Thank you Daddy!
Happy Birthday Daddy!
I like to go to the farm with you Daddy (I thought this was funny, since she's never been to a farm....)
My girl sure loves her Daddy. We made a snapfish book for them, with a poem called Me and My Dad which my mom found in the Friend magazine. My girl was so excited to get it in the mail, with pictures of all her adventures with her Daddy, and they could read their special book together. She worked really hard to make his birthday something special, and was so excited to take him by the hand and lead him around the house to show him the decorations we'd put up and the table she had set with blue plates and napkins (blue is his favorite color, and consequently, she says it is her favorite color too....she really loves her Daddy).
When we sat down to special dinner she had made with the special penguin dessert, she exclaimed, "I love this, this is the best party ever!"
I am thankful for Logan as well, for his patience, and his willingness to work hard to support our family, and to take us on adventures when we can....and for his muscles! (that canoe is HEAVY!), and just the fun time we have with him. So, here are some pictures of his birthday party:
And welcome, dear, to the ranks of the old.....or those no longer in their 20s! He seems to be handling it ok!
Here is this year's hug poster (we have made one every year since my girl was born):
And here is a closer view of those interesting penguin treats with their icebergs....the smaller blue ones ended up going over the best, since the penguins turned out to be WAY sugary ---don't worry we didn't eat them all, we sent them to Logan's work for the guys to enjoy! But my girl and I had fun making them....
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