Milk N' Cookies

Lily Grace with Ms. Annette

Today began our new semester of Kindermusik with Ms. Annette .  (click on the link to see what it's all about)  Lily Grace has been so excited about starting back.  I too was pretty excited.  I love what happens in these classes and how much fun she has while learning.  And best of all, I cherish the special time it creates for us together.

This semester's theme is Milk and Cookies.  At the end of class, Lily Grace received her purple Milk and Cookies lunchbox which held in it, two new music CD's, a xylophone and three new books.  It is very safe to say that she had a great time and is going to really enjoy this semester. Within one hour of leaving class, we have already listened to one of the new CD's, played her new xylophone and read one of the new books for nap time.  

Lily Grace also got  a new pink Kindermusik t-shirt today.  We plan on putting it on this Saturday and baking cookies in honor of her new semester.  Be sure and check back over the weekend for those cute pics.

Until then...

Party with the Animals

Today, Lily Grace attended her friend Noah's 2nd birthday party at Lichterman Nature Center.  It was also our first trip out to Lichterman. We had a great time!  

She and daddy got to feed fish and turtles, touch a turtle shell and even pet an Opossum!

Lily Grace also enjoyed looking at all the other live animals and especially the SNAKES! 

Plus + Sign

 Lily Grace is really into drawing and tracing these days.  In the evenings, she and Matt love to sit and draw.  She is quite proud of the "miley faces" that she can now draw on her own.  Daddy (with the engineer in him coming out) thought he would show Lily Grace  how to draw something new.  And off they began drawing the plus sign.  Now, having mastered that, she loves to draw it and announce that she has done so, especially to daddy.

Over this past weekend, we attended mass at a new church.  And let me just preface what I am about to tell by saying that Lily Grace attends mass each Sunday and as always, the communion gifts are led to the altar by an altar server carrying the crucifix.  

So where you may be asking does the plus sign fit in this story?  Well, as the gifts were being led up to the altar, Lily Grace is sitting in Matt's lap and we both notice her lean over to look down the isle.  Matt whispers to her, "What do you see?"  Her response in a not so quiet voice and a big smile, "the plus sign."  Matt and I almost lost it.  It took all we could do to keep from rolling out in the isle.  We both realized that she was looking at the crucifix.  It was such a cute and honest response.  I have to imagine that even God couldn't help but smile at that one.