We went to church this morning. The kids service is focusing on their gifts and their talents and talking about what each kid can do that is important and awesome for God. Madi seems to really be loving it!
We came home and she did her Fasttmath and two sections of IXL (for talking in class). She had five minutes of laps on Friday at school. Has been doing an awesome job on her assignments and is enjoying being involved in so much at school.
Later in the day we played Hide and Seek. The girls all love this game and we've played it quite a few times more recently. Julia only counts to three and very quickly so you have practically no time to hide. Then she yells "I find you!" and laughs. Riley doesn't like to count because she's afraid she won't find us and fears that she'll feel bad if she doesn't find us well or that she'll be alone. So that leaves Madi and I to count for the most part. The girls have some really cool hiding places. Under beds. In cabinets in the bathroom - Madi hid under the sink in their bathroom today!!
I went in our room after counting to ten and saw that the hair dryer was in the bin in the middle of the floor. So I opened the cabinet to find Riley inside. She got out and I looked in our closet and she said "No one is in there." So we go to walk out and she points at Jeremy's cabinets in the bathroom. I open the door and Madi is inside. Madi gets out and says very kindly "Thanks for not telling where I was Riley!" And Riley says "You're welcome. I just pointed." Madi was like "What?! You told on me?" Riley started laughing when she realized that Madi figured out that she'd told with her hand. We all laughed hard about that one.
Towards the end of the game, I had Riley and Julia hide under Julia's bed and pulled the trundle out so you couldn't see them. Julia always sleeps on it out anyway so it's usually how the room looks. Madi had fun finding them and then joined them under the bed. I called down and had Jeremy come find the three of them. Julia and Riley did not want to get out from under there!! They loved it.
Tonight we had pulled pork and Madi talked about some of the things that you're hoping to do when you're here. She shared about getting a dog in a year, getting half of what you save buying groceries in money, World of Warcraft, etc... so we talked with her about how these are things you're definitely hoping to do and that they may happen but that she needs to realize that they may not happen in that time frame. That a dog may come in a few months or a few years and not to expect them exactly in a year or whatever. That it is just what would be ideal if all things work out. She kept saying certain times like "We'll do this in ___ years or I'll get ___ in ___ ." So we tried to help her understand that these are all things you're hoping to do and would like to do, but that it may take some time before they happen if they happen.
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