Best buds

*saturday*

My girls and I went

shopping yesterday,

we went to Joanne fabrics. The girls c

hit chatte

d the whole way

through the store

about everything t

h

ey saw. A lady stopp

ed me and said "I just

love hearing their lit

tle voices throughout

the store."

They were really good, just chatting nonstop!

So we carried on to Target, and as we walked in

holding hands in the

parking lot, I asked "I

s

n't it nice to go out b

y ourselves?" (as if the THREE

of us were actually alone!) You know girl time! I sa

id "just the three of us

friends" Cailen said "best friends!" I said "Bes

t

buddies!" She said not "best buddies, best

BUDS!!"

(referring to her new toy

box

pun.) I love the fact th

at she gets the pun, she knows it means flower

buds, b

ut more importantly she

realizes it is describing a very special bond she has with her sister.

I hope they will always remember to love each other and treat each other as the best buds that they are right now. I hope the toy box is a constant reminder of their special relationship. They are so sweet.

We bought Tinkerbell fruit snacks amongst a few other items and walked out happily. On the way home, we sang together at the top of our lungs. The first tune was Dora the Explorer. We sang that through about 3 times. Suddenly Riley said "Dora to abwore makes me happy!" Cailen and I both had the same thought at the same time...(Last month's nursery theme was "Jesus makes me happy") While for a second I was sad that Riley would use that phrase regarding Dora (not that other things can't make us happy, but I felt like she knew the phrase from church.) Cailen jumped in and corrected her saying "NO!! Jesus...loves ME...." (I am certain she meant to say "Jesus makes me happy") Suddenly regardless of her correction, she burst into song with "Jesus loves me" and we belted that song out on the way home as well...The jokes, the giggles, the smiles, hugs, laughs, kissies and songs today were just so extraordinary. I had such an amazing day with these girls right down to snuggling at bedtime. They are just wonderful little blessings to me. I am so thankful for every day with them, but this day was particularly very special to me. :)

*sunday*

Cailen collected acorns today, she just told me she is going to feed the squirrels in the morning with them. :) ♥ And she can make them into "nice new plants...like acorn trees!!...for squirrels!!" :) "I'm just going to leave them in a safe place, right in this pocket"....She's KILLING me with how cute she is!!!

Today in church, during worship, we were singing "Desert Song" and I was holding Riley and rocking back and forth a little bit, I leaned my head down and realized that she was kind of having her own worship moment as I heard her sing "...the Bible tells me so..." while the rest of the church was immersed Desert Song. :)*