Dennis is facilitating the Bible study tonight with his group of guys from church. Because he was spending some extra time preparing, I did the bathtime/bedtime routine with Amity tonight. After reading this week's Bible story about Joshua and the walls of Jericho, there was a short discussion about how Joshua obeyed God and then it asked "Who should you obey?" "Who else?" Sometimes I can't tell how much she is taking in but when I read these questions, she immediately said, "I obey Mommy and Daddy" and then later went on to add, with prompting, aunts and uncles, grandparents, teachers at church, and Mrs. Etta.
She then climbed up in my lap for us to pray. I prayed first and then I asked her what she was thankful for. This question has previously not gone anywhere but tonight, I asked her if she was thankful for her bed and her soft pillow and then she kept going with "Mommy and Daddy" and the whole list of family, including Baby Vivien. So sweet! Of course, the list did end with gorilas so I am not fully confident that she gets the concept but I do think we are making some headway!
On another thankful note, I am thankful that Vivien is once again sleeping through the night and that she can now roll both ways. However, that does mean that we can't leave her lying anywhere alone now. She was on her playmat tonight while I was dressing Amity and Dennis was getting ready to leave. I heard her start to cry and, by the time I got to her, she was a couple of feet off the mat on the hard floor. Poor baby! She seemed to have survived the rolls and was happy to be laid in her comfy bed.
So much to be thankful for!
