Few quick posts...

My younger brother gave me the idea MONTHS ago to try to post shorter updates on here. It's a great idea, but I never remember to get to that until, all of a sudden, I have a million things to share...but, I'll work on it.

Here's the first:
We've been passing some little virus/cold around for about a week. Mitchell had it the worst, but the kids have all been a bit yucky. The other day we spent an entire 2 hours just coloring at the kitchen table. Elise was so pitiful and Ainsley was extra grumpy, but they were both happy with the new coloring books and colored pencils. yay. Elise colored a picture specifically for Nana (it's in the mailbox TODAY!). She colored a second picture REALLY WELL. Sometimes she gets so distracted that she just scribbles on it and then runs off, but this was a lot of focused coloring. The next few seconds went like this:

Me:Elise, what a GREAT job you did coloring that picture!
Elise:I know, I worked REALLY hard on it.
Me:Who should we send it to? It needs to be someone very special to you since you colored it so well (thinking for sure it would go to her best buddy in SC or to Mitchell- the top recipients of her creations these days.)
Elise: that's a tough choice. I want to send it to God. He's very special to me.
Me: (tearing up a little) Ok, let's put it in an envelope and send it to God.
Elise: I'm sure the mailman can get it to God, the mailman knows where everyone lives.

Love it.