I blinked…and look what happened.

Once upon a time…she looked like this.

Yesterday…she looked like this.

And off to kindergarten she went…and she took my heart right along with her.

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My Ballerina

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Precious Prayers…

Emily’s Night-Night Prayer Last Night:
Dear God…Thank you for putting me in this family ’cause I love them and they are sweet.  I love you God.  Amen

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Baking in the evening…

My daughter loves dessert.  Every night at 7:00 p.m., during what is known in our house as “relax time”, Emily will ask what we have for dessert.  And, being the mommy that I am, I always have something.  The best part, however, is not the hot, gooey chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven.  The [...]

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Wanna Wrassle?

Emily is all girl.  She loves her make-up…her painted toe nails…her princess costumes.  All Girl.
However…something hilarious happens at some point every evening.  The girls have had their baths.  The kitchen is clean.  The calm and quiet part of the day has arrived.  Ahhhh…
This is when Emily turns to Michael and says: Hey Dad.  You wanna [...]

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Pure Sweetness

I must admit that I am a pretty sound sleeper. 
It wasn’t always this way.  There was a point in time when I would be instantly awake if Emily sighed in her sleep.  When she was two and able to get out of bed…I would be awake before she even thought about leaving her bedroom.  However…this is simply [...]

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Emily Faith

Emily has quickly learned the power of positive words.  She knows when she says something that is cute or funny. 
At night, when the girls are in the bathtub, we often pull out Emily’s “thankful book.”  This is basically a praise journal where Emily tells me what she is thankful for that day and I write [...]

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