January 5

Today I am thankful for small excitements! H has lost his first tooth. Being one of the youngest in his class means sometimes he has to wait forever for milestones! Last week on the way to TN he exclaimed, "I have a wiggly tooth!" He was so excited! Today he went home from school with JP and as they were jumping on the new trampoline, it all of the sudden was in his mouth. They came running into the house so frantically that SP thought something must be terribly wrong!! H called to tell me and went on to tell L and Ek too. When we all got together tonight we celebrated by singing "Happy Losing your first tooth day to you..." and ate ice cream sundays. It was really fun to celebrate with my precious growing boy. And here he is with oreo crumbs to decorate his new mouth...

January 3

Today as I was reading Genesis, I was so impressed by how well God knew Noah and saw him as an individual. He walked with him, knew him and saw his heart. And he also saw his progress on the ark and waited until it was done before the flood began. Even then, he gave him 7 days to get loaded up. (we would need a week for sure). And today, I am thankful to be know by God and I'm so thankful He knows them, but I'm also thankful I get to know them-- seeing their hearts, seeing them grow and progress, it's really wonderful.

January 2

So thankful today for girls who still love a tea party in full costume with crowns. They shared tea, Ek on glass and L in plastic all afternoon, compete with cookies. The party was only briefly interrupted when a ball accidentally fell in the middle of the table, but they gracefully cleaned it up and carried on. They are precious.

January 1

Today I am thankful for the Word of God. We just got home from a 5 day amazing road trip. As we drove I finished up our reading for 2011. We stopped and bought our new chronological one year Bibles and started those today. Now John and I have matching bikes, cars and Bibles. Looking forward to a sweet year of fellowship.