We did not have the exciting weekend I was hoping for but overall it was good.
Charis and I spent Saturday at home together just playing. Last week, we broke Charis highchair again, and this time it is for good. So we are trying out new eating arrangements.
Even with this fairly clean meal - I miss her highchair!
She is eating and loving a tofu corn dog, rice cheese, peas and pretzels.
One of Kris' customers gave him 44 animal beannie babies to give to Charis. She loves them! We spent time going through each one and looking at them with her and naming what they were. Maybe next week, she will pick her favorites and we will find a good home for the rest. 44 is just too many.
On Sunday, I had to work. So, Kris and Charis went to the Coffee place and played. After I got home and Charis woke up from her nap, she put her lion and monkey beannie babies and her baby doll down for sleepy time.
She read them Cat in the Hat (from memory, she is really good at remembering a lot of the real words and most of the story line). She also sang a song and kiss them goodnight. Just like her sleepy time.
On Monday, Charis, Grammy and I tried to go to the Sweet Berry farm to pick strawberries and blackberries. We were so excited about it.
But sadly, after driving an hour and getting a little lost, they were closed. Even though, their website said they would be open! Maybe we will try again next week.
So we drove home and took another wrong turn.
But, we had a good lunch at Trudy's.
Charis got a bean burrito with rice and beans. She loved it and said it was delicious. I love it when she uses big words.
We spent this rest of the evening with Grammy, DaDa (Granddaddy/Don Elkinton), Katy, and Timothy. And Charis and I joined in with a large group of people trying to bring awareness and hope to teens struggling with depression and suicide by writing love on our arms.
Thanks Katy for writing love on our arms. We love you!!!
When I got home, I went to their website and read what I could find about them. They sound like a good organization and great thing to support. The image that I first got from Katy talking about it, is what I got again from reading the story. Exchanging the lies written on your arms from cutting or suicide for the only thing that matters ... love.
To write love on her arms! http://www.twloha.com/
Charis and I spent Saturday at home together just playing. Last week, we broke Charis highchair again, and this time it is for good. So we are trying out new eating arrangements.
Even with this fairly clean meal - I miss her highchair!She is eating and loving a tofu corn dog, rice cheese, peas and pretzels.
One of Kris' customers gave him 44 animal beannie babies to give to Charis. She loves them! We spent time going through each one and looking at them with her and naming what they were. Maybe next week, she will pick her favorites and we will find a good home for the rest. 44 is just too many.
On Sunday, I had to work. So, Kris and Charis went to the Coffee place and played. After I got home and Charis woke up from her nap, she put her lion and monkey beannie babies and her baby doll down for sleepy time.
She read them Cat in the Hat (from memory, she is really good at remembering a lot of the real words and most of the story line). She also sang a song and kiss them goodnight. Just like her sleepy time.
On Monday, Charis, Grammy and I tried to go to the Sweet Berry farm to pick strawberries and blackberries. We were so excited about it.
But sadly, after driving an hour and getting a little lost, they were closed. Even though, their website said they would be open! Maybe we will try again next week.
So we drove home and took another wrong turn.
But, we had a good lunch at Trudy's.
Charis got a bean burrito with rice and beans. She loved it and said it was delicious. I love it when she uses big words.We spent this rest of the evening with Grammy, DaDa (Granddaddy/Don Elkinton), Katy, and Timothy. And Charis and I joined in with a large group of people trying to bring awareness and hope to teens struggling with depression and suicide by writing love on our arms.
Thanks Katy for writing love on our arms. We love you!!!When I got home, I went to their website and read what I could find about them. They sound like a good organization and great thing to support. The image that I first got from Katy talking about it, is what I got again from reading the story. Exchanging the lies written on your arms from cutting or suicide for the only thing that matters ... love.
To write love on her arms! http://www.twloha.com/
2 comments:
I love reading your updates! Thanks so much for posting pictures & videos & recording what you guys are up to. It's great to get these glimpses into your life...makes it feel like we're not SO far away. :)
haha I spent like 8 years of my childhood collecting all those beanie babies. glad my mom found a good home for at least some of them. your daughter looks just like me!
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