For Fun :)

Waiting

As we waited for Grandma, Makana entertained Stephen and me in the car. :)

Preschool Thanksgiving Party

The families were invited to join the children for a celebration at the school the Thursday before Thanksgiving. :)

Choo Choo! :)

Who needs to spend money on toys when the children love what we already have? Come to think of it, something with a motor to push them around would be nice. However, I get a great workout as a bonus when I push them around. (And I used to think pushing only Makana was a great workout! Ha!) :)

Belle

"Take my picture!" Do little girls get over their princess phase? I just think it is uncanny that Makana loves them so much, for she absolutely doesn't care for their stories in their entirety. :)

1st Tooth! :)

Can you see it? On Friday, November 13th, Grandma discovered Stephen's first tooth on the bottom. :) Stephen was fussy on that day and would not let us touch his gums (pictures in grey outfit). Since then he has acquired two more: one just next to his first, and one on the top. He now thinks he can eat anything! :) Makana showed Stephen what to look forward to when more of his teeth come in. :)

Operation Christmas Child 2009

Here are parts of the fruit of our last blog: boxes for Operation Christmas Child. Makana enjoyed buying the contents and packing them (and unpacking them, and then packing them, . . . ) for children in another part of the world. We hope to know where it ends up, as there is a tracking option, so we can pray more specifically for the children. Perhaps this event can become an annual project--hold a garage sale and then pack our boxes! :)

Makana will also send her gifts to the two adoption agencies soon, as a Christmas gift. It's been fun prepping her heart for Christmas this year by reading Mary's First Christmas and One Wintry Night (along with the Bible). Hopefully Stephen's getting something out of the stories as well while he nibbles on toys. :)

It was fun to see Makana's reaction at the end of Mary's First Christmas, for she wanted to know the rest of the story. I told her it comes with the Easter story, and she wanted to add it to her book. She then said that maybe the author wrote another book to come after the one she has, like her Pinkalicious and Purplicious ones! Oh, how little minds work! :)