April 25, 2008

#26 for the way Aly can make Lili laugh...it bubbles up from her toes.
#27 the way Aly walks Lili to the nursery at night when it is time for bed in an attempt to keep her from crying too much. She holds her hand and talks to her and tells her that it is okay and not to cry.
#28 the smell of coffee brewing in the kitchen each morning. I do NOT drink coffee...I think it is nasty, but the smell of it is pure heaven to my senses!!! Dad, I'm glad you drink coffee!!
#29 The way the house slowly comes alive in the mornings, not all at once...but one step at a time.

April 22, 2008

#21 that my children love cantaloupe and I have to make them stop when they get to the green part of the rind!!

#23 how my dog sleeps on her bed at the foot of our bed until early morning when she gets cold and I feel her cold wet nose by my face as she roots to get under the covers and snuggle close to me until morning. WHEW...was that a run on sentence or what???

#24 that when I announce, "get your shoes on...we're going to the park" my daughters act like I have just given them a million dollars!!!

#25 how my girls say, with tears in their eyes, "Mommy...I miss Daddy...when are we going home??" when they are ready to go home from wherever we are.

April 19, 2008

#20 Okay...this thankful moment is in the form of a story...bear with me

Rough morning here at the Swindler household. Lots of stuff hit at once and David was in a foul mood to say the very least. The conversation on our front porch was bitter at best, and totally depressing!! comments, options, not-so-much options, solutions...all offered out of fear, rage, complete mental exhaustion from trying to figure it out. It was going nowhere but down. Aly came outside in the middle of it and in a wild attempt to change the tone and content for her ears I asked her to recite her bible verse for her Daddy. (The verse is "Be still and know that I am God" Psalm 46:10)
She smiled and looked at her Daddy-man and said, "Hold still and know that I am God...Psalm 46:10" The tears began to roll from both of our eyes. Aly always has an amazing way of saying just the right thing at just the right time.
God just steam rolled right over all of it out of the mouth of my 4 year old!!!!
I am so thankful for her very life!!! She is the most amazing child I have ever known and I am so blessed that she calles ME Mommy!!!

April 17, 2008

#16 For beautiful spring days outside with my girls enjoying God's creation. While Aly was running around out in the yard I asked her if she could see anything out there that God had made. She made a wierd face and said, "Mom...God made it all!!"
How right you are baby girl!!! How right you are!!!

#17 For opportunities to teach my girls to share without being so uptight that I lose my cool with them.

#18 For moments and glimpses of God's amazing plans for my girls...and the hope that I am included in them!

#19 That Aly likes to be dressed up and all frou-frou on one hand, but digging in the dirt in the front yard makes her equally as happy a little girl!!

April 15, 2008

#15 That with the morning comes the realization that the Orange Crayon situation is not as bad as it looked yesterday!! Most of the crayon came off and what stayed behind is mostly on play clothes anyway.

#16 That the remaining orange crayon will always be a reminder to me to check pockets VERY carefully!!!

#17 That we filed our taxes MONTHS ago and weren't in a panic over the last few days dealing with that!!!

April 14, 2008

#13 That to my beautiful girls...laughter is just as

as important as Oxygen!!!

April 14, 2008

#9 For the Crayola website with detailed instructions on how to get heat set ORANGE crayon out of clothing!!!

#10 For WD-40, Clorox for Colors, and Dawn dishwashing detergent - which is what the Crayola website recomends for getting HEAT SET ORANGE CRAYON out of the HUGE PILE of clothes I JUST BOUGHT on SATURDAY that went through the dryer with the ORANGE CRAYON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#11 That David was not home when I told him about the HUGE PILE OF CLOTHES WITH ORANGE CRAYON on them!

#12 for whatever lesson I am being taught by ruining most all of my daughters spring/summer clothes with ORANGE CRAYON!!

*Okay...so I know that I don't sound too thankful...but I am trying!! :-)