Lily: I picked these for you momma.  Can we put them in a special cup for you?

Me:  Thanks babe.  Lets put them in a regular cup and daddy will get the vase {ie special cup} down when you get home.

Lily got me the cup and we put them in there with a bit of water.  As I looked at this sweet offering from Lily I was reminded of the primary song that I sing to both  her and Allie quite often....

 I Often Go Walking

I often go walking in meadows of clover,
And I gather armfuls of blossoms of blue.
I gather the blossoms the whole meadow over;
Dear mother, all flowers remind me of you.

O mother, I give you my love with each flower
To give forth sweet fragrance a whole lifetime through;
For if I love blossoms and meadows and walking,
I learn how to love them, dear mother, from you.

Receiving these small gifts as a mother are always the best gifts to receive.

P365: Day 7

Lily and Allie got sent out to play in the backyard today.  I check out the window on them every few minutes or so.  I glanced out the window just in time to watch Lily throw dirt in the air over Allie.  They both quickly lost their outside playing privilege and brought them inside.  Then I realized Allie had been having her own kind of fun with the dirt.  I wonder if I'll find dirt in her diaper tomorrow.

P365: Day 3

I promised the girls today that if they were good while we went shopping we could stop at the library.  Their behavior was SUPERB so off we went!  They love the library not only for the books, but also this cool play area that is there.  The area has computers, puzzles, and a puppet stage.  Until recently the girls haven’t played with the puppet stage.  Allie took interest in it today after seeing Lily play with it.  Here she is having two of the puppets give hugs and kisses to each other.  It was very cute to watch!

P365: Day 2

Right before Christmas Russ showed me a preview of the new Epic Mickey game.  I quickly became intrigued with it.  I don’t play our Wii much but I requested that we rent this over Christmas vacation so I could play it while I still had a bit of time.  Ummm….bad idea!  I played this game for 3 hours one day.  Lily watched me play it on off that day and got nightmares from the game.  Apparently the monsters in it came to life in her dreams.  Poor girl!  She was banned from watching Russ or I play it from then on.  I think this may be a game we get in the future even if the kids can’t play it.

P365: Day 1

While waiting for Russ to come read scriptures Lily decided she would read Allie’s Tigger books to her so we would have more time to read the scriptures.  I love how intent Allie is in the picture.  She LOVES her Tigger books, and really enjoys reading them.