This New Phase.....

It happened so quickly, overnight, in the blink of an eye, etc, etc, but somehow, someway our baby turned into a full blown toddler. And our toddler seemed to turn into a little girl. 

Wahhhh wahhh sob tear wahhh wahhh. 

And although it is a very strange feeling to see them growing up so quickly, there is one really fabulous thing that is coming out of the deal. 

They play.

They play TOGETHER. 

It is so very fun to watch. 

They are becoming such great little friends. Legos, play dough, and the wooden blocks are big hits with the sisters these days. They will get started and just have a ball for the longest time. And they laugh....like down on the floor belly laughing. Its great. But the playing together is just icing on the cake. My favorite part is that they look out for each other. If one kid gets a waffle/sucker/sticker/hug from a little girl at the library, they always, always ask for one for their sister. Its pretty sweet. The other day Hollis was playing and her baby stroller get falling over. She didn't call for Mommy. She called for Marin. I could hear Marin saying, "I'm coming, Hollis. All better." It was sweet. 

Now, it's not all sugar cookies and lollipops over here. They can fight over the 10 cent Pilgrim figurines   I got a yard sale just like any other normal kids. :o) But for the most part they share and play so well together. It is fun. Really, really fun. 

A Lego session. Look at those cute legs. 

For Thanksgiving, I decided, with the help of Pinterest, to make little Thankful Baskets with the girls. I love the Blessing Trees idea but the girls are still a bit too young to be able to tell me things they are thankful for. So we made little pockets out of paper plates and put pictures of family, friends, toys, our house, church, etc. in them. They pull out a picture and name who or what is in it and we say "Thank you, God for...." It has been fun. And its been funnier to see what they recognize/notice from the pictures. Marin seems so grown up some days because she really remembers trips and things we've done and can tell me stories about them. And Hollis' favorite person to find in her pictures is her Daddy-O. Lights up every time she sees him. So sweet. Definitely thankful for their Dad.

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And this is their Sunday School teacher, Mrs. Natalie. She would probably die if she knew I put this on here but I took a picture of her and class for their thankful baskets. She does a great job with them and the girls are so fun to watch participating in class. This is the "you're a pretty little girl and God made you....you'll serve him faithfully.." song. :o)