This month's post :)
Alice was singing her memory chapter Psalm 23 when she veered a little off course with:
"Yeah though I walk through the valley of the shadow of my wife..."
And some pictures:
"Yeah though I walk through the valley of the shadow of my wife..."
And some pictures:
Ascension
Alice: I'm going to go up to Heaven to be with Jesus.
Mommy: Not too soon, I hope. Because we'd really miss you.
Alice: Why?
Mommy: Well, because we wouldn't be able to see you because you'd be a spirit, like Jesus.
Alice: Well, then you can just pray to me!
Mommy: Not too soon, I hope. Because we'd really miss you.
Alice: Why?
Mommy: Well, because we wouldn't be able to see you because you'd be a spirit, like Jesus.
Alice: Well, then you can just pray to me!
Dear Grandma
Here's a letter Alice dictated to me this morning. I typed it word for word, and then she practiced a bit of her own typing.
I don't know if it's just me, but I think it's so funny! Perhaps that's just cos I know her and can hear her say it all in her funny little voice and cute baby way of pronouncing things.
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Dear Grandma, Grandpa, Gaby and Chrissy we write to say hi. Next thing we have to go and say we love you.
Grandma, we like to go to the house. We just like houses for us to live in it.
Yesterday we threw the bread far away for the ducks to eat it all up.
Grandma, Evy's new tooth is back. I got three tooths in my mouth so I can talk.
Grandma, we like to go to the playground with you and Grandpa and Gaby and Chrissy, that would be lots and lots of fun.
Now, grandma, I will type something for you:
octopus
ALIiCEe
graandpaa
chrissY
When we get to the house I want to visit you. I miss you and Grandpa, Chrissy and Gaby. I love you.
Love,
Alice
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On another note, we'll be traveling to Italy and our new house on the 25th. Tino will go by car and I will follow in the evening with the girls by train. Please keep it in your prayers that all will go smoothly. I was initally a little nervous about traveling by myself for the first time with 2 small kids, but the Lord promised that everything would be ok. TTL!
Will see you on the other side...
I don't know if it's just me, but I think it's so funny! Perhaps that's just cos I know her and can hear her say it all in her funny little voice and cute baby way of pronouncing things.
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Dear Grandma, Grandpa, Gaby and Chrissy we write to say hi. Next thing we have to go and say we love you.
Grandma, we like to go to the house. We just like houses for us to live in it.
Yesterday we threw the bread far away for the ducks to eat it all up.
Grandma, Evy's new tooth is back. I got three tooths in my mouth so I can talk.
Grandma, we like to go to the playground with you and Grandpa and Gaby and Chrissy, that would be lots and lots of fun.
Now, grandma, I will type something for you:
octopus
ALIiCEe
graandpaa
chrissY
When we get to the house I want to visit you. I miss you and Grandpa, Chrissy and Gaby. I love you.
Love,
Alice
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On another note, we'll be traveling to Italy and our new house on the 25th. Tino will go by car and I will follow in the evening with the girls by train. Please keep it in your prayers that all will go smoothly. I was initally a little nervous about traveling by myself for the first time with 2 small kids, but the Lord promised that everything would be ok. TTL!
Will see you on the other side...
Of Nicknames and the Like
Alice has developed a fascination for the Endtime, and for learning everyone's nickname.
One of her favorite things to read for devotions is from the MOP about how we'll all rise up to see Jesus at the Rapture. I gave her a brief explanation of the Endtime events and that there will be a bad man called "the Antichrist" who wil try to be the king of the world, but then Jesus will come and show him Who the real King is.
Once, when flipping through the book she came across a picture of the Antichrist, so I pointed it out to her and said, "See, that's the man that Mommy told you about. His name is the Antichrist." She looked thoughtful for a minute and then asked me, "Mom, what's his nickname?"
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The morning after her Auntie Coral left for Brazil, we were in the kitchen eating breakfast when we heard the sound of an airplane flying. Alice quickly ran to me and said, "Shhh, Mommy, I think that sounds like Coral!"
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A few days ago, she wandered out of the room. When I found her, she was in the food-room "cleaning" the fruits and veggies. When I asked her what she was doing that for, she replied, "For my country!"
One of her favorite things to read for devotions is from the MOP about how we'll all rise up to see Jesus at the Rapture. I gave her a brief explanation of the Endtime events and that there will be a bad man called "the Antichrist" who wil try to be the king of the world, but then Jesus will come and show him Who the real King is.
Once, when flipping through the book she came across a picture of the Antichrist, so I pointed it out to her and said, "See, that's the man that Mommy told you about. His name is the Antichrist." She looked thoughtful for a minute and then asked me, "Mom, what's his nickname?"
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The morning after her Auntie Coral left for Brazil, we were in the kitchen eating breakfast when we heard the sound of an airplane flying. Alice quickly ran to me and said, "Shhh, Mommy, I think that sounds like Coral!"
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A few days ago, she wandered out of the room. When I found her, she was in the food-room "cleaning" the fruits and veggies. When I asked her what she was doing that for, she replied, "For my country!"
Of slaps and tombs
Grandma had to give Cristian a little slap on his hand for disobeying. Alice immdediately came to his rescue and told Grandma that she shouldn't slap him. Grandma explained that sometimes when kids are naughty, they have to get a little slap. She went on to say that she had to slap Mommy (me) sometimes too when Mommy was a little girl. Alice's face registered horror! Then she said, "Grandma, then I'm going to teach you how not to slap people all the time!"
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When asking where her great Grandmother lived, she was told that she lives in Thun (pronounced toon). Alice, having just learned about the Easter story, understood "tomb" and exclaimed, "Yes, just like Jesus!"
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When asking where her great Grandmother lived, she was told that she lives in Thun (pronounced toon). Alice, having just learned about the Easter story, understood "tomb" and exclaimed, "Yes, just like Jesus!"
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And one of Evlyne: