snug and warm

This sweet baby from Africa is ready for her first Kentucky winter!

princess on the job

I officially have the best job ever!  I work with students who are still struggling with mastering the English language, and (being the complete language geek I am) I LOVE it!

Most days are pretty great, but today takes the cake!  I had a little group of 3 kindergarteners, who were telling me all kinds of silly stories, but they kept mixing up their subject pronouns (switching he and she, mostly).  To practice, we said sentences about the little girl (she's smart, she's fun, she's pretty) and the boys.  To get some more "she" sentences, I had them make sentences about me. 

Here's what I got:
"She is pretty." 
"She is... cute."
 And, finally, from a little boy covering his face because he was shy, "She is a princess."

That sweet boy made my day!  Now that he mentions it, I do feel a little... princess-y today!

1 year ago

One year ago I saw this sweet face in my inbox.

I was so very happy, but I had no idea what a joy she would be.  Thank you, Lord!  You are so good to me!           

Talkin' to Jesus

After breakfast, Lucy noticed our nativity scene and said a perky, "Hi!" to baby Jesus. 

She sang to him, too!  Prayer and worship this morning :)

happy baby

I talk to so many strangers now... Lucy makes them friends by peeking at them and saying "hi" (rather insistently if they don't answer).  So many people comment on what a happy baby she is.  I just think about how smiles were slow to come and I didn't hear her laugh for a good two months after she came home.  I am so thankful that she is, indeed, a happy baby! :)

(She sure has made her family happy!)

Sunday

Orphan Sunday 2011 from Christian Alliance for Orphans on Vimeo.

Sunday was "orphan Sunday" and many of my favorite blogs have made mention of this fact. But I just titled my post "Sunday" because every Sunday there are millions of children waking up without a happy greeting, going all day without being loved on, and going to sleep without being tucked in because they have no one to take care of them.

And a thought-provoking fact: 

                    If 6% of everyone who claims Christ adopted a child, there wouldn't be any orphans.

Lucy's plans

I generally think that Lucy just kind of reacts to what is around her.  If we're in the kitchen, she's thinking... wow, drawers!  If we're in the living room, she's thinking... maybe I can pull everything off of these shelves.  You get the idea.  But I realized that this little girl's brain is working in ways I didn't expect!  We were at my parent's house the other day, and she yelled, "Ja!  Ja!" (John) and looked around.  I was carrying her to "our" room there to change her and she yelled "Ja!" right at his door as we passed, so we peeked in.  She wasn't one foot in the door before she started making her MMMwah! (kissing) sound!  She wasn't just going where I took her.  She had PLANS!  She wanted to go see Uncle John and get a KISS!  I thought that was precious!

 What is she thinking now?

I'm not sure, but all of this is just re-inforcing the sneaking suspicion I have that she's brilliant.  Just saying.