Is This How You Spell "Nana"?

Aidyn has learned to spell her name and has started wondering about the spelling of other people's names. This morning she came out of the kitchen carrying a handful of random magnetic letters from the fridge and asked, "Mama--is this how you spell Nana?"
I answered, "Nana is n-a-n-a."
She turned around repeating to herself, "N-a-n-a. N-a-n-a," and went back to the fridge. A few moments later she called out, "Mama--we don't have all those letters!"
I guess I'll need to go buy another couple sets of fridge letters for her spelling practice.

No School for You

Aidyn's incentive for potty training is getting to go to school. I know that doesn't sound like such a great incentive, but for her it is. She is so excited to be a big girl and go to school that it has actually been a good reminder for her when she has an accident. I have never held it over her head at all, unlike the way she used it with me this past week. I did something she didn't like (I can't remember what now) and she pointed one little finger at me and shouted, "No school for you!"

Things Happen

Hailie has moved to her new family. We were very blessed to have her with us for these past few months and Aidyn was so proud to be a big sister. We softened the grief just a little bit by giving goodbye presents to the girls including matching stuffed bunnies. Aidyn named hers "Hailie Bunny" and now carries her pretty much everywhere. We had been preparing Aidyn for the time Hailie would leave right from the very beginning, so Aidyn was pretty ready for the day when Hailie would go live with her Forever Family.

The week Hailie left we spent a little extra time preparing Aidyn. One of the days Donnie asked her, "Are you going to miss Hailie when she goes to live with her Forever Family?"
Aidyn replied, "Yeah, but we'll get another baby."
Donnie told her that it might be a while before that would happen and asked her if she'd be okay with that. Aidyn's adorable response: "Well....things happen."

Let's Hear a Bible Story

"I'm Miss Jodi and we're going to hear a Bible Story," is the new theme of pretend time. Miss Jodi is her Sunday school teacher and is apparantly making a great impact. I love listening to her "Bible stories" even though the one this morning was about Winnie the Pooh going grocery shopping. I guess I just wasn't aware that was in the Bible. Here's the dictation from this evening's Bible story:

"Winnie the Pooh story: One day saw an empty jar, the end. There's nobody in there."

I Don't Know Where My Legs Are Taking Me

Sunday at church Aidyn made a craft and she was very excited to show it to me. We were walking down the hallway after I picked her up from her class and I was looking at the purple and pink cross she made with flowers all over it (such a girly girl!!). I handed it back to her and she immediately handed it back saying, "Can you hold this because I don't know where my legs are taking me."

Resurrection Reading

This morning Aidyn and I read all four accounts of Jesus' resurrection from the Gospels together (Donnie was already at church for the services) and she listened very attentively to each one. Every time one of the people said, "He is...," I would pause and let her say, "Risen!" It was so sweet to hear her help me read the Bible!

I didn't give any commentary or explanation, but I'm sure they have been learning the resurrection story in Sunday school over the last few weeks and I wondered what Aidyn had picked up. After the reading, I asked Aidyn: "What did you like best about the stories?"
She answered: "Well, I didn't like the part where the mean guys put Jesus in the different kind of cage. But I really liked when the angels came and helped him get out!"

Jesus is risen! Happy Resurrection Sunday to you all!