"My Kids Don't Do That!"

Over Christmas, we were at my Aunt Peggy's house celebrating our family Christmas. My brother, Will, was there with his family, too. Hudson is my nephew, Will's 2-year old son. At one point during the evening Will motioned for me to come with him. He took me back to my Aunt Peggy's guest bedroom and showed me where Hudson and Emma had been playing. There on the wall was a beautiful "drawing" in SHARPIE marker on her yellow walls!! As Will and I debated about which kid did it...I kept saying, "I'm not blaming Hudson but MY KIDS DON'T DO THAT. They don't draw on walls."

Just when pride begins to creep in....you can easily be reminded to get rid of pride!

This morning, I woke up and went to get Paul and Addie up. They had obviously been awake for awhile because I walked into their rooms and found something on their walls! Paul's paragraph is poster-size!

Paul's "Masterpiece"....

Addie's "Masterpiece"....

But remember...."MY KIDS DON'T DO THAT!"

Can you believe our baby is 3!!

It's hard to believe that Emma has reached the age of 3...no more baby years! We had a great time for Emma's birthday...we spent Saturday evening with our best friends, Michael & Laurie & Max....complete with presents, cake and ice cream.

On Sunday, we had Emma's "DORA" party! When I say "DORA", I mean "DORA"! We had EVERYTHING DORA! She picked out Dora plates, napkins, cups, tablecloths, balloons, a Dora cake, and almost EVERY PRESENT she received was DORA! She was so excited.

Emma was my unplanned surprise...not in my plan. But isn't it amazing how lacking our plans can be! God has shown me in so many ways that His plans are SO MUCH BETTER than I could have ever imagined. I wonder why I don't trust His ways more often??? Probably because I'm very stubborn and prideful about "my ways"...something I'm working on in 2008...this is also something I see very strongly in Emma....LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER! Hopefully, God can teach her earlier than I learned how much better His ways are! Emma's a mess...but one we love and adore. Happy Birthday Emma!