Bedtime Prayers

1 John 5:14 "This is the confidence that we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us."

For bedtime prayers, we usually pray through Christmas/birthday cards that we receive throughout the year. Hannah has a pile of them in her room and we take turns praying for a different family each night. Of course, we also include various needs that arise within our church and with our family...but this works well for us. I got the idea from one of the full time staff families at Skyview and have had it tucked away in my brain for several years. Hannah loves "picking a card" and praying for those she loves.

I wasn't there for bedtime prayers tonight (I was putting Isaac to bed because of a late Wed. night :)), but Seth told me about this sweet interaction he had with Hannah.
They were finishing up Bible story time and getting ready to pray. Hannah wanted to pray for her two friends Amelia and Addison. The she remembered to "pick a card"...she picked the Mullin's (a dear couple from church that has become like family to us). Her and Seth prayed for the Mullins'...Seth for Mr. Mullins, because Seth is also a mister...and Hannah for Mrs. Mullins because Hannah is a Mrs. :) They finished up , and she said "Daddy, we forgot to pray for Amelia and Addison". Seth told her that she can pray for anyone that she wants while she's laying in bed. He said that as he left the room her heard her whisper "Dear Jesus, please be with Amelia and Addison...amen."

This story reminded me that I need to be teaching/modeling for Hannah how important it is to be talking to Jesus all through out the day. Yes, we pray before each meal and before bed...but He hears us all the time and is always there. He wants us to "pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17), and to walk with Him each day ("He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" Micah 6:8).

Psalm 55:22a "Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you"

Helmet Update

We took Isaac to what Hannah calls "the helmet doctor" last Tuesday for a check up. His head is growing and showing progress which is so encouraging and an answer to prayer. His head has grown 1/4" and the flat spot grew 1/8". She said not to expect growth every month, but was very encouraged by what she saw in just two weeks. Our visits from here on out will be monthly.

Tea Party

One of the themes for "toddler school" a few weeks ago was tea. We enjoyed reading books about tea and singing "I'm a Little Teapot". We finished the week with a tea party of our own. Hannah gathered some of her stuffed animal friends around and was a great little hostess to them. She thought it was great that I let her put water in the teapot. :)

I love our days at home together...

learning how to properly hold her tea cup.

Isaac @ 25 Weeks

5 Little Princesses

Hannah loves princesses. She loves to pretend and dress up. This was the first year that I let her choose the theme for her party...of course she chose a princess theme. Here is the invite:

Decorated and ready to go

excited about presents

The "Ariel" cake that she'd been asking for

the gangs all here and ready for some lunch!

onto games: We read "The Princess and the Pea" then pretended that we were the princess and tried to find the pillow with the "pea" under it.

excited about prizes from "pass the slipper"

friends :)

Hannah loved her cake

Addison

Presents! Her friends blessed her with some very kind/thoughtful gifts

this is my favorite picture of the girls from the afternoon. It's hard to get a posed picture, and sometimes these are even better. Love all the fluff and playfulness here...so sweet!

celebrating 3 wonderful years with my precious little girl! What a gift she is!!

Already a Computer Wiz

The past week or so...Hannah has discovered a new favorite activity...playing on Mommy's laptop! She figured out how to use the mouse...and has had a ball playing games. Her favorite websites are pbskids (where she plays sesame street) and Veggie Tales. She loves playing memory (which is what she is doing in the picture) sending ecards, and taking pictures of Murrah's word on the street). This is a special treat once a day, she gets to play in the kitchen with me while I make dinner...it works great for both of us! :)

Chicken Pox?!

At the beginning of March, right after the time of Hannah's birthday, we started noticing little spots on her torso. She has had the chicken pox vaccine, but we are figuring that she got a mild case anyway. She had a small case of itchy spots and a low grade fever for a day or so. He spots never really scabbed over, they kinda just disappeared. She would get a new spot or two everyday for about a week. We are thankful that it didn't cause her to be miserable at all! She was happy and played like normal...it just ended up being a quiet week at home, which is probably just what we needed...God always knows best doesn't he?!