June 19th
Convo with Sophia from tonight:S: (Referring to the NT Pharisees) Why do the religious leaders don't like Jesus'?Me: Because He was doing great things and saying that He was God's Son and they didn't understand. Their hearts were closed up really tight.S: But He does good work.Me: Yes, He is doing very good work, offering us grace and salvation.S: And flowers and bunnies! And birds and homes and clothes! And then after He worked really hard to make all of everything He was tired and had to rest.Me: He did rest after creating everything, not really because He was tired, but because He wanted to show us the importance of rest and the importance of the Sabbath.S:When you're sick, rest is best!
I made some awesome fried chicken for dinner... When I served it to Sophia she looked up at me and said, "Mom, I'm gonna need some bacon"
I can't tell it that's a good sign or an indication that we've ruined her...
July 14th
Sophia: Mom, you don't have a tail. You're a human. That's why.
July 19th
July 23rd
August 2nd
August 10th
Sophia Quote of the evening:
Jeff (while pointing at a piece of cheese Sophia had): What is that piece of cheese?
Sophia: It's just cheese.
Jeff: Where did you get it? From the floor?
Sophia: No. It's from that shoe over there...
July 23rd
Convo with Sophia:
S: I had a dream of Jamison getting baptized like Kaili.
Me: Oh yeah? Do you know what that means?
S: It is like what you do when you get older in the water at church.
Me: What is a Christian?
S: Can you just tell me?
Me: A Christian is a person who loves and follows Jesus. A Christian is a person who asks Jesus to make them more like Him. And when a person becomes a Christian they get baptized at church to show everyone that they want to follow Jesus.
S: Oh now I know! Carly is a Christian because she got baptized!
Me: Yep. Carly is a Christian.
S: When I'm old like Carly, I will be a Christian too.
Me: I certainly hope so!
S: I will Mom! I know it. I will.
August 2nd
Sophia: Dad, you're the betterest dad.
August 10th
8 hours in the car today... Sophia spent the entire time cycling through asking for snacks, figuring out different ways to make Aaryn scream and singing random songs. Her chart topper today went like this:
"Bugs. Stay out there!
Don't come in here!
This is our car, our car
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah"
August 11th
August 12th
August 14th
August 21st
August 29th
September 5th
September 11th
Sophia: My new favorite animal is a dinosaurus.
Me: You mean a dinosaur?
S: No. A dinosaurus.... And dragons.
August 12th
Sophia was saying she wanted to be a chef when she grows up but today she changed her mind.
"I want to be an animal doctor and a farmer so I can save the dinosauruses when they are sick and they will live on my farm."
August 14th
Little Miss Theatrical today after nap:
"Mom! Aaryn didn't take a nap! She just made a mess! She made it on my bed! She made it on the floor. She made it over there and she made it by the door!
Betsy doesn't like it, I don't like it! You don't like it and Pierre doesn't like it. She's the biggest mess maker ever!"
So, sometimes I do lecture them in a Dr. Seussical fashion to get them to pay attention... Apparently it is rubbing off...
August 21st
Sophia's quote of the day:
S: Can I walk to the park to find my friends?
Me: No, Mommy can't go with you right now and you can't go by yourself.
S: But God will go with me, so can I?
August 29th
Sophia's quote of the day to a friend while helping me taking clothes off the drying rack outside:
"Ava! You want to come help me do laundry? It is so fun! I always love doing chores."
This needs to be put on record for when she is 13 and doesn't like to help anymore.
September 5th
Sophia, while holding a wet rag in her hand:
"Um, Mom? Can I clean the floors?"
September 11th
Sophia's Quote of the Day happened during our devotion and prayer before bed time tonight. After we read a couple verses in Philippians we were talking about Paul being in prison for sharing the Gospel, which led us to talking about how God changed Paul's heart on the road to Damascus, and that brought us around to asking Sophia if God could change other people's hearts too.
S: Oh yes! First He makes you blind. And then He changes your heart from black and angry to good, so you can see again.
And then she followed that up with a prayer thanking God for letting Paul go to prison so that he could tell more people about Jesus.