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Little hints of maturity abound onto Tatum every single day. They are not about her being able to write her numbers more neatly

Or her ability to organize her shoes (which she did out of pure delight without asking)

No, they are glimpses into her heart.

You see, we chat A LOT about what it’s like to have responsibilities or to exude kindness, or to be a light in a tough world. It is not just theory for us; we live it. (Well, we try). I show my humanness to her often as I probably apologize daily for an oops on my part. I’m very transparent with her in my parenting; (I don’t mean in the  what’s of parenting, but in the “why’s”…why I make certain decisions or why I don’t back down on vital issues. )

I want her to see my heart.

Well this is when I see fruit; she wants to do chores because she WANTS responsibilities. She WANTS to do right and please.

Just last night she cleaned her room just for fun.

It is pure joy to watch her! Today, I had to take a second look to see how much she has grown. I love you Tatum Isabella Knight!

I love it when Tatum and I have a chat about new opportunities to grow and she wakes me up with surprises.

We are learning the concept of addition and subtraction in much more than just numbers. She sees when she adds responsibilities to her day, life is good!

She awakened early before 6am this morning only to come get me to show me her bed and room.

It’s a hard bed to make, hence I have made it every morning. But, now, she is going to do it! And she did so well.

She had the trash bag ready

And her desk all clean!

 

She then played with her National Geographic animals: Red Panda, Sloth Bear, Otter and Red-eyed tree frog.

I surprised her then with new sprinkles for her oatmeal. (Stars!)

For my little shining star!

On the way to school, we do addition and subtraction problems. I asked her, what is Tatum + Mommy? She said: That equals lots of hugs. *Melt*

It was only 9:35am, and Paradise For Tots gave me THE CALL. “Please come pick up Tatum; she is throwing up.”
OK, she had NO sign of any stomach issue in the morning, so I was a bit shocked.

I mean look at this little cherub the night before:

Alas, we headed home and she rested while I worked. She read books, played with her dolls, and relaxed. It was a joy to be with her all morning. I actually got more done than I usually do! So, blessings all around.

I had to head to school so Doug kindly came early.

She miraculously came back to life. Doug has this power, ya know.

Cotikins was feeling blue from lack of attention so……

 

 

And so, you may wonder, was she better on Friday? Back to her old self. Her sparkly little shining self.

Tatum and I headed to the Dr. on Wednesday to check her knee. She has a couple little warts on there, and I wondered about having them removed.

First we waited….

and then got her weight and height. (32.8 lbs and 38 inches).

She then always plays Dr.

The Dr. recommended to leave them alone, so hooray, we did. And so…we’ll keep an eye on them!

Tuesday, our fun day, is always a surprise! Today, we would add to our chart:
Bring cookies to the firemen and say THANK YOU!

So, we decided to draw a schoolhouse (since they protect us in school!).

We then pasted our pictures and our thank you notes onto the bag o’cookies!

Off to the firehouse headquarters.

When we got there, the front desk called for Maria (she is admin for the fire chief). She came out and was so excited about our gift, she called the fire chief, Eric, to come out.

They took pics and so did I. Then they gave Tatum a few little gifts like a hat, nightlight, pencils, and ruler. Again, we did not expect such kindness! We did this for the policemen at Christmas.

 

Such a fun day to celebrate others and kindness.

Tomatoes are delicious when they are teeny and sweet, but do you know what is better?

Fresh tomatoes from your own garden!!! Thanks to Doug!

We picked the first two tonight….

And Tatum and I each had one in our salads.

Now, the only problem? I could have had about 20 more. Delicious!

I cannot believe it, but we are up to knowing 40 Bible verses by heart. Today, we added verses to our craft we worked on yesterday. Our new verse today had to do with our tongues and the power we have by our words. Proverbs 18:21.

Painting first…

then the fun part…making confetti

Then we added the verses after gluing.

She made the heart (and we added Psalm 73:26). God is the strength of my heart!!!

And, I did a donut! The sweetness of our words should be like a donut, eh?

Now, we put them up to add to our assortment on the wall.

Amen!