At the time of this video, we had been working on learning Galatians 5:22-23 for a little over a week.  Here is a video taken on Sept. 1st of Aubrey Ann reciting the whole verse.

Aubrey Ann has such a great time learning about the Lord.  We are so blessed, and God is truly answering our prayers to make Aubrey Ann’s heart sensitive to the things of the Lord.

Aubrey Ann: I am getting married!

Me: Oh really, to who?

AA: Mommy!

Me: You can’t marry me, you have to marry a boy.

Several minutes later…

AA: I’m going to marry boys!

Hmmm…maybe I should have approached this another way…

Here is a video of our sweet little girl and I talking about the Fruit of the Spirit.

Oh how I love this little girl.  Just the sound of her voice makes me smile!  I am so proud of her for learning God’s word!

I have another video of her saying Galatians 5:22-23 that I will post as soon as we upload it.  Whenever I hear Aubrey Ann reciting a verse my heart fills with joy.

I have recently started teaching Aubrey Ann about the “Fruit of the Spirit” found in Galatians 5:22-23. We started a rewards system that will teach her when she is showing the different fruits of the spirit and reward her accordingly. We made a little poster that has the verse and a big tree on it with each of the different “fruits” hanging on the tree. Whenever I catch Aubrey Ann using one of the fruits, she gets to put a few marbles into a glass jar. When the glass jar is full, she and Daddy are going to go on a special date night. Aubrey Ann loves it, and I am hoping (hoping hoping) that it well help keep some of the ‘terrible two’s’ at bay. Either way, it is a great way for her to learn God’s word, and for me to focus on positive aspects of Aubrey Ann’s character and help to build her up.

I got my very first indication that Aubrey Ann was starting to understand what this ‘Fruit of the Spirit’ stuff is all about. She was petting Sherlock very gently, as she always does, and then she looks up at me and says, “Mommy, I’s gentle to Sherlock, that is the food of asparagus!” I couldn’t help but smile, and give her a handful of marbles for her jar.

Why oh why must they grow up? Lord, help me to remember this moment the next time my sweet baby is taken captive by the terrible two’s.

In a time period of about 30 minutes, Aubrey Ann made us laugh 4 different times, here’s why.

1. In the car on the way home from church.

MJ: Who made the trees?
AA: God
MJ: Who made the car?
AA: God
MJ: Who made Daddy?
AA: Mommy
MJ: HAH! I own you!

2. Still in the car…

AA: I used to say Ba-Na-Na (Banana)
MJ: When you were a baby you said, “Ma-na-na”
AA: Ba-na-na, not Ma-na-na

3. At lunch

AA: I know rhyming words!
Me: Oh ya? Tell me two rhyming words.
AA: Cat, Sandwich. Rhyming words.
Me: lol

4. Taking of her shoes getting ready for a nap.

AA: I have Mustache Feet!

I have no idea what “mustache feet” are, but she’s been using “mustache” to describe her eyes, hair, legs, nose, etc for the last week. Maybe one day we’ll figure out what Mustache Feet are…

We just arrived home from San Diego (in a record breaking 5.5 hours! Google Maps was off by 1 hour…)

It’s 11:00 p.m. so naturally Aubrey Ann was very tired. She didn’t sleep on the way home so by 11 p.m. (4 hours past her bed time) she was exhausted. She was sitting in the car seat talking to herself and then said, “Mommy, I have a good idea!”. The rest of the conversation went like this.

Aubrey Ann: Mommy, I have a good idea!
Mari Jo: What’s your good idea?
AA: I’m gonna paint my eyes.
MJ: Paint your eyes?
AA: Ya!

At this point, Aubrey Ann licks her index finger and starts painting her eyes with her saliva. Then she “paints” the eyes on her teddy bear. The rest of the conversation sounded like this.

AA: I’ma paint your eyes mommy!
MJ: I don’t think so baby.
B: I think that’s a great idea, lick your finger and paint mommy’s eyes!
MJ: I still don’t think it’s a good idea.
AA: PAINT YOUR EYES MOMMY!
B: PAINT YOUR EYES MOMMY!

Then we all laughed. Aubrey Ann finished the conversation 2 minutes later.

AA: Mommy, I have a good idea!
MJ: What’s your good idea?
AA: I’ma paint your eyes!

This morning when I got Aubrey Ann up for the day, I suggested that we have eggs for breakfast. Aubrey Ann responded with, “I don’t want to have eggs for breakfast.” So, I asked her, “Well, what would you like instead?” She responded with, “How about an alligator?”

I spent a couple of minutes trying to figure out what I could make that would resemble an alligator, but luckily she decided to have eggs after all! What a fickle little girl we have!

Today while I was putting on my makeup, Aubrey Ann and I were talking and I decided to ask her a series of questions about her ‘favorite’ things.  Here are the answers I got:

Favorite Animal-  “Sheep”

Favorite Letter- “B.  And C too.”

Favorite Food- “Bananas”.

Favorite Color- “Yellow”

Favorite Shape- “Octagon”

Faborite Movie- “Peter Pan”

Favorite Princess- “Sleeping Beauty”

Favorite Song- “It’s a small world”

Favorite thing to do- “Go to Disneyland”

Favorite ride at Disneyland- “It’s a small world”

Best Friend- “Ella”

Favorite place to go- “Kindergarten”  (????)

Favorite Book- “Otto Goes to Bed”

Favorite thing to do with Mommy- “X-rays” (aka exercise)

Favorite thing to do with Daddy- “X-rays too”

Favorite thing to do outside- “Blow bubbles”

Favorite thing to do at Mamaw and Papaw’s house-  “Swim in the pool”

Favorite thing to do at Meme and Pa’s house- “Swim in the hot tub”

Favorite thing to do with Cousin Micah, Aunt Amanda, and Uncle Robert-  “Cousin Micah is my friend”

Favorite thing to do with Aunt Tahnee and Uncle Derek: “Tahnee’s coming over!”

Favorite thing to do with Uncle PJ- “With Valerie too!  They come over today!”

Favorite thing to do with Grandma Nita and Grandma Euthene-  “Push ups!”  (??????)

I thought the answers to the questions were so adorable!

Here are some random cute pictures of Aubrey Ann having some summer fun!

This year for Fourth of July, Mamaw had a block party at her house, complete with bounce house, snow cone machine, awesome BBQ, and pool. It was a blast, and Aubrey Ann ate it all up. Aubrey Ann really loves social situations, so she had a blast. Here are a few pictures from our fun holiday.

Having some ice cream with her Mamaw

She makes it look so good!

She needed a 'bath' after that dessert!

Sweet girl!

With her daddy

In the bounce house

Aubrey Ann had a great day. She kept saying, “Happy Birthday America!” She loved the fireworks and stayed up well past 11pm, which is a record for her! It was a fantastic day. Thank you Mamaw for throwing America such a wonderful party!