Things to Remember

*On Easter morning before conference started Kyle gave a little lesson on why we celebrate Easter. He told the story of Jesus and then we watched Finding Faith in Christ. Of course I started to cry during the Atonement and Crucifixion and my sweet little girl crawled up on the couch by me and started to wipe the tears from my eyes and said, "Mom, don't be sad, Jesus came back to life." It was such a tender moment.

*Allie is a social little butterfly. She has constant need for friends at the park or library. She is a leader and a follower and I love that about her. At times she takes charge and wants to do something specific, but other times she is content to just play whatever game the other kids want to play.

*Allie felt the baby move for the first time a couple of weeks ago. This baby has been so active but Allie has never had the patience to sit and wait for him to kick. One night I was laying on the couch and the baby was going CRAZY. Allie could see his big movements all the way from the other couch and she started to giggle. She jumped up and ran over to my stomach and felt him kick. Ever since then she has been even more in love with her little brother.

*This one sounds weird, but Allie has an obsession with eggs. If I hear the fridge open I know that she has gotten into the egg carton and is holding one or more eggs. She loves to crack them, eat them, and hold them. You know when you go to a grocery store and most kids want to look at the live lobsters in the tank? Well mine likes to look at the eggs.

*I took Allie to McDonalds the other day. Although this wasn't her first time there, we don't eat fast food hardly ever and if we do it is usually while we are driving somewhere. So for Allie this was a special treat to go inside and play in the playplace. The next morning Allie was blessing the food and in her prayer she mapped out what she wanted to do that day..."play with puzzles, and then go to the store, and then go to Old McDonalds." She still thinks it is called Old McDonalds and I don't correct her because I just think it is so cute!

*Allie is my big helper. She loves to make her bed...how great is that?! She even loves to make mine. It takes her a while, but she insists on doing it by herself. She also loves to put on her jammies. Cleaning up toys is still another story. She even took this picture of her bed because she was so proud of herself.
*Kyle is magic...in Allie's eyes anyway. He 'magically' pulls treats/cookies out of Allie's ears. Now Allie will walk around saying that she can feel a cookie in her ear and that dad needs to get it out. She REALLY believes there is something in there and it cracks us up.