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Interview With a 3 Year Old

I had seen this interview on a number of blogs and decided to ask E these questions tonight. I typed what she said verbatim.

1. What is something Mommy always says to you?
I love you

2. What makes Mommy happy?
I make good choices

3. What makes Mommy sad?
When I don’t make good choices

4. How does Mommy make you laugh?
When you say silly things

5. What was Mommy like as a child?
Me is a special gift (not sure what this means)

6. How old is Mommy?
5

7. How tall is Mommy?
big

8. What is Mommy's favorite thing to do?
Play

9. What does Mommy do when you're not around?
Do her own business

10. If Mommy becomes famous, what will it be for?
It will be for a baby

11. What is Mommy really good at?
working really hard

12. What is Mommy not very good at?
just finding groceries (maybe she is referring to my inability to go to Target and buy only groceries)

13. What does Mommy do for her job?
she orders tote bags (for those who do not know I am an Independent Consultant for Thirty-One)

14. What is Mommy's favorite food?
Broccoli and rolls

15. What makes you proud of Mommy?
for doing her own business

16. If Mommy were a cartoon character, who would she be?
A cheerleader (for those of you who know me really well you will get a good laugh out of this one)

17. What do you and Mommy do together?
we go shopping

18. How are you and Mommy the same?
I’m gray and you are gray, our body (I think we need some sun)

19. How are you and Mommy different?
You have a shirt on and I do not have a shirt on

20. How do you know Mommy loves you?
because I am a perfect gift for you and I love you so much

21. Where is Mommy's favorite place to go?
the grocery store and the bathtub

Christmas Gifts E Style

E decided yesterday that she really needed to buy Daddy a Christmas gift. We were headed to Sam.s as a family and I told her that maybe she and I could find something for him while we were there. She was SO excited! Daniel needs a drill and as soon as we walked in there was a really nice one on display. I called E over and suggested that as a gift for her daddy. Her response, "I'm not buying daddy THAT for Christmas! I want to buy him a kid's book." So, while daddy was taking care of something else we walked over to look at the books. With a little help from mom, E picked out the classic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. We quickly found daddy and hid the book in the cart. A few minutes later E asked daddy, "Do you want to share your Christmas present with me?" Aha...the real reason behind E's gift of choice. Of course Daniel agreed to share his present. E then proceeded to show him what she picked and asked if we could read it at bedtime. A little while later as we were finishing up our shopping trip E spotted a beautiful, large bouquet of flowers and exclaimed, "Daddy, we need to buy mommy some fresh flowers for Christmas!" Thanks to my sweet girl I have a gorgeous table display of flowers. Merry Christmas, sweet E!

What's In Your Fridge?

Yesterday at nap-time we could not find E's lovey. I searched our house high and low. I looked in all of the usual places to no avail. E really needed a nap and mommy really needed her to take a nap but no lovey = no nap. I finally was able to convince her to lie down and I continued the hunt for the missing lovey. I checked the freezer and then decided to check the refrigerator. Something caught my attention in the vegetable crisper drawer and upon opening it this is what I found....

A Lesson in Sharing

This morning E and I were working on our new memory verse, "Do not fear for I am with you" (Isaiah 41:10). As we were driving to school we were talking about what this means. Here is the conversation which followed.

Me: We do not need to be afraid because God is with us all the time.
E: Yes, God is with me and I am not afraid. But what about the other people's god.
Me: We all share the same God. There is only one God.
E: I don't want to share my God.

I think Daniel and I have some teaching to do. HA!

Be Kind

Scripture Memory

I saw a great idea for scripture memorization with little ones on this blog. I have not had a chance to make the cards yet but decided E and I could get started on the first Bible verse. This morning we talked about Joshua 24:15. E had previously made a picture of a house using different shapes while at a friend's house and was wanting to repeat that activity this morning so I decided it was a perfect opportunity to introduce this verse. This activity allowed us to work on shape and color recognition and then we worked on our Bible verse. I am looking forward to teaching E about the Bible and hope that by this time next year she and I will have memorized 26 Bible verses.