Two Little Indians

It was the much anticipated Thanksgiving show and feast at Kirkley's school today.

Little did I know that by lunchtime, I'd have two wild Indians on my hands!! 

She was so proud to sing all of her songs with her friends!

And "loved everything" on her plate at the feast with her friends!

Then I took my two for a post party at a playground where little man picked up his first major/minor injury...the first of many panics for this mama of soon to be two little boys!

He stumbled up the stairs of the slide and nailed his chin.

Big sister screamed, "Does he have to go to the hospital!?!?!?" 

The huge blessing was that daddy was at a meeting at a location that provided help and dermabond!!!

My Bible study just a few hours before this had been on God's providential care -- 

I was soooooo grateful for a quick trip rather than a long wait in a dr's office!

So he'll look a little knocked around for a few weeks -- at least Christmas card pics were last weekend!

My kids would eat this applesauce 6x a day if I'd let them!  Good distraction for some pics!

And sweet boy is all good pointing to his "boo boos" every now and then!

We did these wreaths the other morning at our mom2mom Bible study, and I have to say, I am a house decorating skeptic.  I just feel like that is something at this stage of life I have to sort of let go of.  But when they told us, take your kids out for nature walks, use what you collect to decorate, etc. that piqued my interest.  And this little centerpiece on our kitchen table has made me so happy.

A totally different look than the arrangement of wipes and preschool devotional book it replaced.  :)

And it's made me tempted to try magnolia wreaths or an advent arrangement for Christmas!

Also making its first appearance as a tradition after much online inspiration is a thankful tree made from a few front yard branches.

Kirkley has loved "writing" what she's thankful for on it!

Mommy and Daddy would like to add "a good night's sleep" to the tree.

These two have us running a newborn nights kind of schedule around here -- we have 10 more weeks to rest, but somehow they have missed that memo and are up 6+ times a night.

Maybe we'll add that one to the tree before thanksgiving!  :)  ANY sleep tips welcome!

If you're a "stocker, " Publix has two key holiday baking items on sale this week -- Chex for Chex Mix and Ritz for Christmas Thin Mints! 

And last little happening: We're working on Psalm 100 with Kirkley.

We were at the lake last weekend with sweet friends who both had their kids memorizing this for Thanksgiving.  My unchurched as a child self was intrigued that this was an obvious choice for this time of year!  So we've taken on our first little chunk of scripture to work on.  I was sooo relieved the first few verses were on one of our Seeds CDs!  

Psalm 100: A psalm. For giving thanks.

 ¹ Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
 ² Worship the LORD with gladness;
   come before him with joyful songs.
³ Know that the LORD is God.
   It is he who made us, and we are his;
   we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

 ⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving
   and his courts with praise;
   give thanks to him and praise his name.
⁵ For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
   his faithfulness continues through all generations.