just for me

School started yesterday for us!  The girls also tried out for their first musical.  Lily was shocked

and upset that she did not get a 'real' part, the travesty!!  River also auditioned by marching up on stage, the director asking him to sing,  River saying 'no' and marching right back down.  He's sweet like that.  Potty humor is pretty big in our house right now and I'm trying to figure out when to laugh and when to push back.  I laugh more often than I should.  Claire is obsessed with mermaids,princesses, and cooking.   Bode has been spoiled with afternoon naps in our bed, ok, me too.

Lily is running with me now.  She turned 8 in July and just seems so grown up!  We have great conversations all the time.  As the kids get older my idea  of parenting changes constantly.  My greatest pearl of wisdom this week was this; create a culture in your home where you rebound from sin, instead of sin avoidance and concealment.  We want our home to be the first place they feel they can come to confess and heal...

And below you are looking at the number one, most fought over toy in our house right now.  Don't let that tough guy exterior fool you.  He falls apart if the girls take it from him.