Toilet Trouble

So, Zoë LOVES helping me around the house with cleaning. She is actually quite a big help. She puts her clothes away, is learning to fold clothes and LOVES to help "sweep and dust". It has been fun allowing her to help out. Well, as we finished putting laundry away together and cleaning the kitchen, we headed to the bathroom to do a little light cleaning. (I was just washing down the mirrors and wiping up the sink area quickly.) Zoë was pretending to wipe up the cupboards and then I heard her say, "yucky, hands dirty!" I turned quickly and much to my HORROR I saw her dip both of her hands into the toilet and begin to "wash" her hands. I FREAKED! I grabbed her quickly and helped her wash her hands in the sink, trying to tell her why we do not wash our hands in the toilet and that it was not a clean thing to do. Poor peanut cried and cried because she thought her hands would stay dirty. I held her and smiled at her innocence. I was also wondering how many times she might have done this without my knowledge. LOL.

Zoë's Sunday School First

So, Zoë has moved into the 2 year old sunday school class. :-) Today was here first day even though her birthday is next week. It was PRECIOUS! She is a hoot! She walked right in and said, " Bye, mommy, see you later!" and went to take a seat by some other kids. She then told the teacher, " I am hungry!" (SHE HAD JUST ATE!! LOL) I guess she knows that there are crackers for snacks and/or I don't feed her enough breakfast, LOL. When I came to pick her up she had a picture that she had made. I was surprised to see how much she had learned in one class. She had made a picture of the moon and the stars and there was a verse from Genesis attached to her picture. She proceeded to tell me that Jesus had made the world, the sun and the moon. I could have cried. My precious baby is beginning to form her foundation of faith. Thank you to ALL of you who volunteer your time/energy/money etc. in being a teacher, a leader, a mentor etc. in the church. You ARE needed and valued. Praise the Lord that people use their spiritual gifts to impact the lives of children, teens, young adults, adults and seniors... for Christ and His kingdom. I am so GRATEFUL and am seeing part of the impact in my daughter's life! Thank you!!

Locked Out!

So, I guess I should have wrote about this as well as the chocolate bunny story. We were invited over to a friends house for Easter dinner and Paul would not be able to join Zoë and I until much later. So, I was getting ready to go and put Hunter in his kennel while we were gone, I placed him in and headed to the back door... realizing, too late, that the door was LOCKED and Zoë was inside! I FREAKED! I knocked on the window and could see Zoë diving into her Easter basket to eat jelly beans. She waddled over to the window and said, "Hi momma!" I told her to wait right there while I ran to find a way in. I looked all around the house for any way to get in and finally I decided that I needed help. I ran to our neighbor's house, I have to laugh because I don't even know them yet. I introduced myself and they let me use their phones to try to contact Paul. Paul was in church and did not get any messages. I was thankful that the neighbor came over with me and had a key and was able to open up the house. PTL! I was SOOOO grateful! Zoë was precious and had stayed right where I told her. :-) It was nice to get in with her!!

Happy Easter!

Hello! We are back!

Here is an update, we are now in our new home and still unpacking and trying to purge our stuff. It is amazing what you can accumulate. Tomorrow Paul will be painting and getting pictures up on the walls. It is SO nice to finally be all together as a family. Easter was a blast. Zoë is at such a fun age and LOVED looking for Easter eggs. We brought Hunter to the dog park today and Zoë enjoyed seeing all the dogs, BUT Hunter wanted to fight all the dogs so we had to leave, :-(. Oh well, maybe we will try again later. Today I did meet our neighbors when I locked myself out of the house and Zoë was locked in. It was scary and I am thankful that Zoë is a good listener and stayed where I told her to.

Some funny sayings that Zoë says are:

"Hold you, Mommy!" (she says this when she wants you to hold her.)

" I ate a WHOLE orange!" (She says this while lifting her head up and putting it down fast while saying the phrase.)

While staying at a hotel Zoë saw two women smoking she yelled, "WANT ONE!! SUCKER!!" We laughed so hard at this one.

She really enjoys cleaning. She wants to help all around the house with whatever it is I may be doing.

Hope you are all well! I will start writing more. :-)