We pray with the girls every night before putting them to bed. Kaitlyn's prayers range from thanking God for everything and everyone in her world by name, to the common table prayer (come Lord Jesus be our guest and let these gifts to us be blessed). Recently she's become a fan of this one sung to the tune of "Frère Jacques"
God our Father, God our Father
We thank You, we thank You
For our many blessings, for our many blessings
Amen, amen
Christine has become more and more interested in prayer time, especially now that Kaitlyn has been singing her prayers. Tonight I said, "OK, it's prayer time" and Christine folded her little hands and sang her adorable version of the bedtime prayer. How awesome is that???
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Happy Father's Day!
Sean hasn't had a great string of Father's Days. His first was great - he did exactly what he wanted and really enjoyed his day. His second was the day we pulled into St Louis after a very hard 3 day drive, the third was spent working at Schnucks (the grocery store he worked at for a couple months in St Louis) the 4th was spent officiating his Mom's wedding to Steve (which was pretty cool). So this year he finally got to do whatever he wanted!
Our day started with church where he delivered a great sermon about the Burden of Expectations. It was convicting and uplifting. Then we went to a BBQ place called The Swinging Door which was highly recommended by a couple friends. The food was fantastic, and the building and surrounding areas just felt like Texas to me.
and daddy with his girls
Kaitlyn was having an especially silly day today. After I took this picture (at her request)
she and Sean had this conversation:
Sean: Kaitlyn, you're all that and a bag of chips
Kaitlyn: why you called me a bag of chips?
Sean: It means you're really cool
Kaitlyn: I'm not cool, I'm fancy
After lunch we all enjoyed nap time then Sean and Kaitlyn made some pineapple upside down cake.
Happy Father's Day honey! You are a wonderful father and husband. There isn't a day that goes by I don't thank God for the gift you are to us.
Our day started with church where he delivered a great sermon about the Burden of Expectations. It was convicting and uplifting. Then we went to a BBQ place called The Swinging Door which was highly recommended by a couple friends. The food was fantastic, and the building and surrounding areas just felt like Texas to me.
Here's Sean and Christine after lunch
Kaitlyn was having an especially silly day today. After I took this picture (at her request)
she and Sean had this conversation:
Sean: Kaitlyn, you're all that and a bag of chips
Kaitlyn: why you called me a bag of chips?
Sean: It means you're really cool
Kaitlyn: I'm not cool, I'm fancy
After lunch we all enjoyed nap time then Sean and Kaitlyn made some pineapple upside down cake.
Happy Father's Day honey! You are a wonderful father and husband. There isn't a day that goes by I don't thank God for the gift you are to us.
And I Will Help You
Kaitlyn is in that super "helpful" independent four year old phase. Most of the time it's great. She's able to do so much for herself - fold clothes, sort toys, pour her own water (!!!) and more I'm sure that just aren't coming to mind right now. One of her favorite areas to help is in the kitchen. This is very fun when both of us are home because one parent can occupy Christine, who just wants to do everything her super cool big sister does. Sean has been looking forward to this phase since we found out we were having a baby almost 5 years ago. Here are some pictures of them cooking dinner together. She loves to help. When it's time to cook she gets her stool out of the bathroom (which is a bit of a hazard when I'm flying solo since Christine likes to climb on it with her) and is ready to cook!
Then Kaitlyn helped by cutting Christine's pears for her dinner
Christine and I kept busy by playing with the camera and feeding her some kind of cracker.
Sean and Kaitlyn made German potato salad with sausage. It was super yummy!
Then Kaitlyn helped by cutting Christine's pears for her dinner
Christine and I kept busy by playing with the camera and feeding her some kind of cracker.
Gadget's Garage
Friday concluded Vacation Bible School WOO HOO! The whole McCoy family was there all week. We had a great time, but were very glad to see the end on Friday - well, I think Kaitlyn would have liked another week but the rest of us were done!
The theme was GADGET's Garage which stands for God's Always Doing Great Exciting Things. The mascot was a robot which Sean did - and was awesome.Watch his amazing robot moves from day 1 here. I worked with another woman who is an elementary teacher as a preschool group leader. I'm really glad she was there - after working with teenagers for so long, I was WAY out of my element with the little ones. I also realized that Kaitlyn is far more focused than the average 4 year old boy. Christine spent the week with her favorite nursery babysitter, Mynda. But by Wednesday she was over it and wanted Mommy again. I've never left her for two days in a row let alone a whole week. It was an adjustment for both of us, but we got through it. I'm thinking of it as a dress rehearsal for August. At the end of the final day's program we were able to sneak in a family picture. Despite the great efforts of others around, Christine just couldn't take her eyes off of Gizmo - possibly because she kept hearing her Daddy's voice coming from it.
The theme was GADGET's Garage which stands for God's Always Doing Great Exciting Things. The mascot was a robot which Sean did - and was awesome.Watch his amazing robot moves from day 1 here. I worked with another woman who is an elementary teacher as a preschool group leader. I'm really glad she was there - after working with teenagers for so long, I was WAY out of my element with the little ones. I also realized that Kaitlyn is far more focused than the average 4 year old boy. Christine spent the week with her favorite nursery babysitter, Mynda. But by Wednesday she was over it and wanted Mommy again. I've never left her for two days in a row let alone a whole week. It was an adjustment for both of us, but we got through it. I'm thinking of it as a dress rehearsal for August. At the end of the final day's program we were able to sneak in a family picture. Despite the great efforts of others around, Christine just couldn't take her eyes off of Gizmo - possibly because she kept hearing her Daddy's voice coming from it.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
This and that
Things are getting pretty crazy around here. We have VBS this week - and we're all there - and we're moving in a month! YIKES! But I thought it may be a good time to take a minute and share the little quirks of my daughters with you :-)
Kaitlyn is really enjoying her imagination. She likes to tell us stories about her pretend kids (lockbock, sida and noway are the regulars, though she reportedly has 10) who make her "so frustrated because they did not listen" hmmm, I wonder where she got that idea??? It seems 4 year old ears don't work as well as 3 year old ears :-) She seems to be handling the impending move well. We've been talking about her friends back in St Louis and the new preschool she will go to next year. She's just now starting to realize that her TX friends will miss her, and she will miss them. It's going to be a hard transition, but I think she'll be fine once she sees some of her old friends again.
Christine is part monkey. Her personality is exploding, and she is just so much fun. She's learning that words have meaning, and knows cup, diaper, poo poo, more, all done and up really well. She adores Kaitlyn and follows her around, and mimics her every move. Christine isn't interested in cuddling, but likes to hug our legs and kiss our pants - especially if she has a messy mouth and Sean is wearing light colored shorts. She'll dance to anything with a beat, or anything Kaitlyn is dancing to. She also likes dogs - a lot. Currently everything with four legs says, "oof oof".
For the next month we're packing, spending as much time with our TX friends as we can, and planning for next year. Please keep us in your prayers for stamina, patience and a safe drive back home!
Kaitlyn is really enjoying her imagination. She likes to tell us stories about her pretend kids (lockbock, sida and noway are the regulars, though she reportedly has 10) who make her "so frustrated because they did not listen" hmmm, I wonder where she got that idea??? It seems 4 year old ears don't work as well as 3 year old ears :-) She seems to be handling the impending move well. We've been talking about her friends back in St Louis and the new preschool she will go to next year. She's just now starting to realize that her TX friends will miss her, and she will miss them. It's going to be a hard transition, but I think she'll be fine once she sees some of her old friends again.
Christine is part monkey. Her personality is exploding, and she is just so much fun. She's learning that words have meaning, and knows cup, diaper, poo poo, more, all done and up really well. She adores Kaitlyn and follows her around, and mimics her every move. Christine isn't interested in cuddling, but likes to hug our legs and kiss our pants - especially if she has a messy mouth and Sean is wearing light colored shorts. She'll dance to anything with a beat, or anything Kaitlyn is dancing to. She also likes dogs - a lot. Currently everything with four legs says, "oof oof".
For the next month we're packing, spending as much time with our TX friends as we can, and planning for next year. Please keep us in your prayers for stamina, patience and a safe drive back home!
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