Happy Thanksgiving!

"Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done."

Psalm 105:1

Saturday Random Play

I love listening to my girls play.  They are so creative and hilarious with some of the stuff they come up with.  Their favorite things to play are drive-thru (now that it is cool enough they play through the open window), dentist, beauty pageant, and now that I am in physical therapy, they play physical therapists. 

Some of the things they come up with you now are things they hear from us as parents.  Miss G and Little Miss A were playing Barbie’s and this is what I heard:

G:  Let’s go on a ride (in the Barbie car).

A:  Ok, I want to sit up front.

G:  No, You and your husband sit in the backseat and me and my husband will sit in the front.  That way we can each have some quality time with our husbands.

 

We were also talking in the car the other day and Miss E tells me that she doesn’t want to marry a tall man (because she is going to be short).  And Little Miss A blurts out “I want a husband that will carry my boxes!”

Boy, I just love these 3 girls the Lord has brought me!

Thanksgiving vs. Christmas

I absolutely love Thanksgiving.  I get upset when so many people and stores forget Thanksgiving and go straight to Christmas.  We have so much to be thankful for and it’s like people just forget all about it.  It’s sad that we need to force ourselves to remember to be thankful for stuff and even then people want to pass over this day/month. (ok, off my soap box.)

Well, with that said, I messed up this month.  We accidentally as a family (including ML) stumbled upon the Christmas Hallmark channel this weekend.  We are now ALL addicted.  Every weekend from now on they are playing Christmas movies.  So I am torn because I am now in the mood for Christmas.  I still want Thanksgiving, but I kinda want to put my tree up.  (some one told me about a thanksgiving tree, maybe I will try that next year.)

I know, I know, I am a hypocrite this year.  I feel so bad.  Why is there not more time between Thanksgiving and Christmas?????  Then we could celebrate Christmas longer and wouldn’t be on a time crunch to put everything up in a few days right after Thanksgiving.  Maybe we should start a Nationwide petition to move Thanksgiving to earlier in November.  Anyone with me???

Shift in Alliances

There has been a shift in alliances in our house.  For years it has been, Miss E and Miss G that have always been together non-stop, ganging up against Little Miss A.  They shared the room, they wore the same outfits, watched the same shows, etc.

Well, now the shift has changed and Miss G and Little Miss A are best of friends.  Since Miss G is in the middle, she can fit in with the older kids and the younger.  So she is so friendly and willing to watch "baby" shows with Little Miss E.  The clothes are moving down children, so now Miss G and Little Miss A have matching outfits.  They now share rooms and Miss E has her own.  They like to play with each other and keep Miss E out of their games. 

It's just so interesting to see how the relationships of sisters work.  And I know there will be another shift again at some point.  I just love that they still play with each other and care for each other (for the most part).  May they grow up staying close to each other.