Florida-Day 5

Looking for seashells

My little mermaid girl. She absolutely LOVES the ocean and the beach

Eating at Spinnaker's (Gracie was hiding the sun from her eyes)

Another beautiful sunset

Lovebirds...

Putt-Putt

Floriday-Day 4

Having fun in the pool

Hey, Ev, what's in the bag??

Gracie found a good place to lay

Everyone is happy at Los Antojitos!

Florida-Day 3

Not many pictures from this day...we spent a lot of time in the ocean. Here is a picture of the great waves we played in.

We also enjoyed a beautiful sunset

Followed by watching the International Space Station cross the sky (no picture) and then we sat out on the patio and watched a storm roll in

Florida Vacation-Day 2

Beach, Pool, Pineapple Willy's...what more could ya want on vacation???

Happy 6th Birthday, Evan!!!

Wow! I can not believe it has been 6 years already! There are no words to describe how blessed and thankful mommy and daddy are to have you in our lives! You are truly a gift from God. We are so proud of you and the little man you are becoming. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

"Live With It"

Conversation in the car bringing Gracie home from school today:

Me: "What'd you do at school today?"

Gracie: "Just play outside"

Me: "You didn't do anything else? Did you paint?"

Gracie: "No."

Me: "Aw, why not? Mommy wanted you to paint her a picture today"

(No response)

So I continue: "You love to paint at home. You should paint at school, too. Mommy is so sad that you didn't paint her a picture."

Gracie: (without missing a beat and in a very sweet voice) "Well...you can just live with it, Mommy"

Me: (laughing) "Live with it? You mean, like, 'deal with it'?"

Gracie: "Yeah. Live with it"

So funny!! And she's only 3!!!! Can't wait to see what she comes up with when she's 13! At least she said it nicely... =)

A Glimpse into the Mind of a 5-year-old

Tonight, Evan's devotional was "Being a fisher of men". It asked who in his family Evan could tell about Jesus. After a brief refresher on why we need to tell people about Jesus, I added something to the effect of "So if we have people in our family who don't have Jesus in their heart and they die, where would they go?" Here's how the rest of the conversation went:

Evan-"Hell"

Me-"Right, and what about you?"

E-"Heaven" (pause, followed by) "and then I would never see them again"

Me- "Right. That's another reason we need to tell them about Jesus, so we can be with them in Heaven"

E-"Mommy, can you look and see Hell from up in Heaven?"

Me-"No, you can't"

E-"Oh." (long pause) "Mommy, I don't know how God can live in Heaven because it is in space and people can't breath in outer space" (apparently he's been learning in science this week about stars and space)

Me-"Well, it might be too hard for you to understand right now. Heaven really isn't in outer space, it is beyond outer space. " After a long pause, "It's kinda hard to explain to you right now exactly where Heaven is, bub. I'm sorry, when you're bigger you'll understand better"

Evan-"Hey, mommy, you could type Heaven in the internet and it'll show you a map to where it is and maybe what it looks like, too, and maybe God in person, too. Can we do that tomorrow?"

How do you respond to that?? I'm searching for the right words to say, and all I can think of is:

Me-"Maybe we can, bub, we'll see"

Gracie-isms

Gracie-ism={things Gracie says that are cute/funny}

#1

Gracie says "Mommy, I'm just finking 'bout what I wanna be when I grow up"

I said "Really? What do you wanna be?"

She said "Um, just I fink a officer"

I said "Oh! That's a good idea! Like daddy is an officer?"

To which she covers her face really quick, acting shy, and says "Yeah".

#2

While eating lunch, Gracie did something (I can't remember what) and I kinda chuckled at her. Apparently she didn't like that, because she says (as she's trying her best to roll her eyes) "Mommy, don't respect me". Meaning "don't disrespect me". Which, of course, made me laugh harder.

#3

Gracie wasn't feeling good yesterday. On the way home from mom's house, Evan was trying to get her to play with him in the back seat and I didn't want her getting nauseous, so I said "Evan, I don't want her playing right now. Gracie, just sit still and look out your window."

Of course, they both say "Why?".

I said "Because I don't want her getting carsick and throwing up in the car"

Evan says "Oh, I get it" (his new favorite line)

Gracie response "But Mommy, I can't make the car sick"

Gotta love her!