I am having one of those moments when I just want to document my gratitude.
I'm thankful we are done with school for the year. One more year down, we made it!
I'm thankful for our wonderful library and this collection Jacob got us into about 7 years ago now. They are what we call "letter books" and there is one for every state and tons of other topics too. We currently have 145 library books in our house! It's a summer tradition for the kids to read them.
I'm thankful I met a nice mom at the library who homeschools her five kids. After talking to her for a few minutes I learned that the cute little toddler she was holding in her front carrier is completely blind. You just never know what people have going on! And then another lady at the library approached me and said she was days away from adopting a little girl with Down syndrome and had prayed she could meet someone to talk to about it! I told the kids when we got home that "God used our family to help someone today" and Xavier said right away, "God used Ellie". So right, Xavier!
I'm thankful that the kids still get a kick out of the "treasure box" with fun toys for a reward for reading 10 books. Someone picked an "Old Maid" card game and on the way home they were cracking up in the van guessing the names "Doctor Dan", "Painter Pete", etc.
I'm thankful that Ellie is happy on her swing and even takes her iPad and toys up on it and swings as she plays/watches! This photo is blurry because she was moving so much! She's taking a bite of her lettuce.
I'm thankful our neighbor brought over some cupcakes leftover from a work function. Our home is a good place to bring extra food!
I'm thankful for all of you that still visit here out of love to check in on Ellie!
