My Sunbeam

Lizzie is in Primary now! She has graduated from the little kid nursery and been moved up to the big kid Primary where her Mom spends her Sundays teaching the children! Its been very exciting to see her in there sitting in her chair and participating so well.

She must have gotten my lucky raffle genes because on her first day in Primary, the singing leader was playing a game where she draws names from a jar and whoever's name is pulled gets to throw a bean bag into a bowl to choose some fun way to sing the next song like "while marching" or "humming". So her first day in and the first name pulled was none other than Lizzie. She was beyond ecstatic and has been loving Primary since. I may be in the Primary Pres. but I promise it wasn't rigged! :)

She has an excellent teacher and gets very excited to see Mrs. P every week! She's soaking it all up and tells me about how she learns about Jesus each week. Very precious!

18 months old

Julie is 18 months old now and these pictures were taken on her very first day in nursery! It is official now- she is old enough to join the little kids Sunday school class which means she doesn't have to tag along with us to our Sunday meetings- which she so loves to disrupt! Surprisingly, she did great on her first day and didn't miss us at all. Thats credit to how good the teachers are to her there.

Julie is a little chatter box when you get her going. She can be shy around people at times and you may think the only word she says is "Mama" but when she is at home and comfortable she talks up a storm and can repeat just about any word back at you.




In the picture she's starting to pat her tummy. She loves this little song that goes, "pat your tummy, pat, pat your tummy!" and she will often lift up her shirt, pat her tummy and do a little dance while chanting, "tummy!"

Julie is such a little sweetie these days. She is always smiley and happy and loves to be held and cuddled. If I even just start to sing her the "Julie" song she will melt in my arms and rub her eyes. I guess she's been conditioned since I sing it to her before bed every night.
Although she's not quite as innocent as she would have you believe. One moment she's smiling and clinging to my leg and the next she's dancing on top of the table and sneaking into the cupboards!
She is very motor oriented and a huge climber! She loves to climb on anything and everything. We have started with some potty training because she kept insisting! How can you deny a kid who says "potty?" Then sits on the potty with her diaper on, and does her business? I dont foresee her trained within the week but we are off to a good start and she understands what's going on.