This was the best birthday present I got today. Watching Ella open a belated birthday gift herself (thanks Grey & Ryan!!). She reminded me this morning that it was my birthday by singing to me on the way to work. She & Gran left me two messages on the phone at work. Nana blogged about me. Ella, Lauren, Maddie & Heidi called me at work to sing again... and all got confused about whether to say "mommy" or "Kristin". Heath & his family called and left me a LONG birthday message, complete with songs, well wishes and a reminder not to run any red lights. I got cards in the mail, in person and taped to my back door. I got plenty of e-mails, e-cards and blogger comments. Josh sent me a text message at 2:14 this morning! My oldest friend on the planet took me to a lunch ...
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Crappy Birthday to You!
Well, our actual birthday wasn't so great. I had visions of laughs and good times. Ella wore her birthday outfit to school, we sang the song in the car. We were going to Burger King for playgrounds, crowns and chicken nuggets... what could possibly go wrong? Tummy ache. MAJOR tummy ache. She skipped her nap and cried instead. She refused to go to the bathroom. We went to Burger King, it was sort of a disaster. Molly spilled her orange soda right after we got there. Ella wanted to sit on the potty. Twice. She screamed the whole time we were in there! Then she ate about two bites before going outside. She cried. She cried if I didn't play on the playground. She cried if I did. She cried when we took a picture and when we went down the slide. She cried. When we got home we were going to ...
Happy Birthday, Ella!
This is what we were doing two years ago today! ...
Fancy Ella
If you've never read Fancy Nancy (affiliate link), then you should. If you have read it, then you'll recognize that picture to the left. It's Fancy Ella, which consequently, looks very MUCH like the illustrations from this book. Here is a quote from the inside cover, "For Nancy, there's no such thing as too, too much; she loves her frilly bedroom, her lace-trimmed socks, and her pen with a plume. Nancy teaches her family how to be fancy, too." Ella LOVES Fancy Nancy. Gran bought it for her and they read it almost every day. Ella can almost recite the book and her favorite part is, "Ooh, la, la." I have it on good authority that Santa is bringing many more stories of Nancy's fancy to our house this Christmas. Anyhoo, for Ella's birthday, Gran (my mother) and Auntie K (my sister, Kamin) ...
Birthday Blessings
We're studying a book in my Sunday School class called "The Air I Breathe" by Louie Giglio; it is about worship. Although, I admit I haven't been reading it as often or as diligently as I should, I've learned a lot both from the reading and the discussion with our class members. In a nutshell, this book is about how we are MADE to worship, whether we know it or not. Just because you aren't a believer or aren't in church at this moment, doesn't mean you aren't "worshiping." We were made to worship. If we aren't worshiping the Lord right now, we must be worshiping something else. The message of this book has really hit me were it hurts because I don't always have an attitude of worship. This week we read a portion of the book that talks about being in a constant state of worship. Is this ...