Barbie Girl

Last year when we were in Mesa we bought Allie a bunch of Barbies and Barbie accessories at a thrift store. They've been in a drawer waiting for her to be old enough to play with them. We got them out this weekend for Hayley, Bailey, and Shaley to play with and Allie LOVED the Jeep with a Barbie and Ken in it. She drives that Jeep all over the house now. Ken stays put, but Barbie is constantly in and out. Allie pulls her out and then tries to put her back in but when she can't she gets to frustrated. She stands there screaming at Barbie and the Jeep until Mommy our Daddy puts her back in where she belongs.

The "Faith" of a Child

This morning I put Allie in her highchair for breakfast and sat down next to her. I was about to start eating and Allie started making motions with her hand. I watched her, trying to figure out what it was she wanted since her "sign vocabulary" is expanding. I watched as she cupped her hands together. "Oh! Yes, I forgot to pray for our breakfast. Do you want to pray?" She nodded her head, "yes". That's what she was trying to tell me. We had forgotten to pray for our breakfast. How humbling to have a tiny child remind me to pray for my food when I'm supposed to be teaching her.