God's gifts from the first week

Catching up on a collection of God's gracious moments of blessing

- Cousins enjoying time together... 
And the girls not arguing all the time anymore



- Living in a place where the ever-changing sky is a work of art
- Abel's spontaneous dance when he hears a beat
- And Adrianna's copying him
- Abel's reaction to Grandpa's cooking: "Mommy, beans!  Brats!"
- Older cousins reading younger cousin's favorite books
- Abel trying out Adrianna's boots
- Adrianna knitting (calming her night-before-school-starts jitters)
- Adrianna translating Abel's phrases for us

- Making "Wacky Cake" into the gluten-free version
- Adrianna waking up on the morning of her first day of Kindergarten with: "I get to start school today!"

- Answered prayers for her peace for school starting

- Answered prayers for Abel's peace for Adrianna starting school
- Answered prayers for my peace with sending my oldest child off to school

- Adrianna's colorful artwork for the grocery store wall... and the memories from childhood it brings back
- Abel thinking the funnest thing about music time was watching himself in the mirror

- Abel saying, "Mommy, Anna... teacher," every time he thought about where Adrianna was during the school day

- Waiting with Abel for Adrianna's class to let out
...And Abel saying, "Hello? Keys?" into his key-cell phone
- Big sissy showing little brother around her new play ground
- Adrianna: "My favorite thing is having a little brother who can make everyone laugh"

- Making goofy faces at dinner
- Having left-over cake after lunch just because we could
- Abel surprising me by suddenly knowing shapes we have worked on: "Mommy, triangle!"
- Taking my nephew horse-back riding (and it being a gift from my in-laws)
...And the beauty of the sky
...And the beauty of the place





- Dizzy cat sneaking morsels of left-over dog food
- Pajamas that look oh-so-cute
- Making Muesli that Adrianna can have (even if those two did not like it)
- Breaking the salt shaker
- Adrianna helping me make soaps for shower favors
- Abel snatching Grandpa time while he was the only kid in the house
- Scott finding an mesmerizing caterpillar
- Scott and Steve progressing through the to-do list

- Asking our dentist for extra toothbrushes and toothpaste to send to Kenya (info here)
...and her responding in amazing generosity
- The dentist catching a cavity for me before it becomes painful

- The fleeting brush stroke of a double rainbow... God's whispered promise

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