Randomness...

Yesterday Aubree "read" Jada two books-- one that has pics of our family and a Sesame Street book about animals that we've read to Aubree approximately one million times.  She put on a little teacher voice, and I heard her saying things like "Now, Jada, which animal is green and has a shell?"  "Which animal purrs and says 'Meeow?'"  Even though I had sent Jada to Aubree with her books because I was busy cleaning, I had to stop what I was doing to spy on them.  I got a little lump in my throat.  My little girls are growing up, and luckily they seem to really like each other.

Last week was VBS, and on Sunday Aubree could remember the Bible points.  Each day had an animal figurine to take home, and so she was asking me about each animal, "Which animal means 'No matter how you feel- Trust God?"  She probably didn't realize it, but she actually said the 5 points... "No matter who you are... No matter what happens... No matter what people do.... No matter where you are... Trust God!"  I was impressed that she could recall all of that.  Jada was even finishing all the prompts with a BIG "TWUST GOOOOOD!"  So, a HUGE thumbs up to Park Chapel VBS for teaching these truths to my little kiddos.

We visited great-grandma Julia in the nursing home on Saturday with Grandma and Grandpa Maurer.  This is only the second time that Grandma Julie has met Jada, and luckily Jada was in a good mood!  That girl brings serious sunshine with her (when she chooses to!)  Aubree colored her a picture while we there, and told us that she "had such a good time going to see her Grandma Julia."  It was a sweet time, and I'm mad that we forget to take pictures!

Jada is really starting to change.  She makes complete sentences and asks whole questions now, and I keep thinking, "Where did my baby go?"  She is also starting to be interested in different things and has been bringing me book after book to read to her, which I love!  I was starting to think that she was never going to go through the book obsession phase like Aubree did, since they are so incredibly different, but she definitely is ready to start soaking things in.  She even occasionally stops moving long enough to listen to an entire book.  Her best inclinations seem to still be very rhythmic and physical.  She can dance, sing, and find a beat like it's second nature.  She is also fearless about everything.  She'll climb up and jump off of any piece of furniture.  Hope her bones don't break as easily as mine did when I was a little kid, or we're in trouble.

This week we have an empty calendar, for the first time in months.  There's nothing.  It's weird, but I'm embracing it.  I will resist the urge to make a bunch of plans-- no really, I mean it!