What a memory!

Three weeks ago Faith decided to stay for the music portion of nursery school at church. It was there that the music teacher gave each child a silk scarf and they swung it around to a song. Then after they were done she asked the children to wrap it up and sing "I am a child of God". The scarf was to similate a baby who was being rocked. Well I had not brought that up since but this afternoon while I was laying on the couch she brought a wad of toilet paper in to Bud. "Look daddy, I have a baby." Bud told her that I would be mad at the fact that she continuously wastes toilet paper. However when I saw that she had remembered the baby from church I couldn't help but smile. I then asked her to go finish wiping and then she unwrapped the toilet paper and told me she had a jump rope. Then she wiped herself in the kitchen and wiped the stove off with the same toilet paper. Why oh why are children so awnry yet so cute at the same time.

Rain, Rain Please Stay

As the old nursery rhyme goes, "Rain, rain go away little Faith wants to play." However with the lack of rain around here I have forgotten just how much I love to hear the rain. The after effects of tropical storm Faye are making their way through the hills here. Yesterday I came home from work and the clouds were floating on top of Bull Run. "Mommy look, it looks like there is steam coming from the mountain." Faith said. I told her it looked liked the mountain was on fire and the fire had been put out. Just the ashes and smoke remained. It was a beautiful site. With all the trees surrounding our house the pitter patter of the rain drops is enough to make you feel like you are at one of those spas where they have the rain music going. I catch Faith singing the "Raindrop song" from Barney although she never watches him. She knows the song from a long time ago. It is the last day of Bud's work travel for awhile. I'm excited to keep him home with the cool weather on it's way. Of course we love being outside especially when the fall weather comes. Look's like it will be another cool day just like yesterday. Forte, enjoy the rain as it makes it your way.

Such a smarty pants

Faith has showed her smarty pants side recently. I decided to take her over to the Village yesterday after school to let her draw with some markers. My friend was over there so I was going to just take the opportunity to sit and chat while she enjoyed coloring. So I asked her what color she wanted and of course she said yellow. She opened it and colored with it only to realize that wasn't the right shade of yellow she wanted. She then went on to tell me she wanted dark yellow. So I gave it to her. She colored and drew some then she asked for another. So I gave her another without telling her the name and then asked. It was a uncommon color that two year old color with. Her response when Hannah asked her what color it was, "it is probably peach." So I gave her another one. She asked her what color that one was. "It is probably turquoise." Wow, Hannah said. That is crazy. She followed with the colors tan and dark brown. She is so funny just how she phrases things. Then she wanted to play the game let's write words down and she will guess them. Those words she recognized were Faith, Daddy, Mommy, Andma, Lamby and Abby. Who likes to play that when you are two? She is very inquisitive now and will talk your ear off. Not only will she ask a zillion questions she will just talk about stuff she sees alongside the road or from school or stuff that happened six months ago in IL. I love her innocence and her sweetness.

We're back too

Back to the 21st century as far as internet goes. I didn't realize how much of my life is dependent on the internet. It is like my haven to escape and write. So I know everyone has been waiting on some pictures of this beautiful place. Well here they are. These were all taken as the sun was setting over Bull Run mountain. We took a walk to the horse pasture and climbed on the fence and just hung out. I love that about here.
Faith is doing well. She is singing singing and singing these days. I caught her singing her ABC's the other morning while still in bed with the lights off. Another evening she did her rendition of her class welcome song. However instead of the children's names she used various objects names that were within her view. These included but were not limited to the couch, shoes, toothbrush, Lamby, Andma, Pa Pa, her bear, Mickey, herself, me, Bud and her car. When I spoke with her teacher about it she said, "well she has the first half of the song right." Then she told me the second half which dealt with locations (beside, in front of, behind, etc.) No, Faith had that down she just took it a step further and spoke of such things like who is sucking on the toothbrush, who is in the closet, who is in Illinois, etc.
Her new class is going well. She is adjusting with the 3 year olds. She now tells me that she is not lonely anymore. She has friends. As of Sept. 2 there will be 14 children enrolled in green room. Not to be confused with 14 attending each day. She enjoys the activities and I enjoy hearing about them each day.
We are getting over colds here. Faith's is still lingering at night but mine has subsided. I guess it is just that time of year when the weather changes enough at night to make the air cool in the morning.
She is starting to test everyone's patience. "Patience" that is the word that coincidently was the topic of discussion at church last week. Maybe that was a good choice.
We are looking forward to the coming weeks when Andma and Pa Pa will be here. I think that they have no idea what they are getting themselves into when they see Faith. She has changed just so much since May. The other day she saw something run across the porch. Then I asked her what it was. She said, "probably it was a lizard." Probably....that is the word of choice lately. She puts things into wonderful understandable text and sometimes I just sit back and think, how old are you? She asks questions galore now. Sometimes she knows the answers but she just asks to ask.
We visited the FireStation this morning. I was having a hard time explaining the difference between the utility vehicles she sees each day and the fire trucks. Both have ladders and both have lights on top. So a visit to the station was the only thing that could clarify for her. She is learning the names of the construction vehicles as they are widening HWY 15. She knows backhoe, roller, crane, dumptruck, semi, bulldozer, yellow/orange-slow down, caution. She knows when we cross HWY 66. For she tells me the name of it only to follow that with her address. A smart little girl. I realize just how different she is each day that I am around children her age. I see these 5 piece puzzles at school that are hard for the children and then I see her whip through 9 piece puzzles just like that. Never seen the puzzle before, just takes it apart and puts it together.
She has learned to recognize the letters in her name and name them. She has learned to recognize her name written along with daddy and mommy and their letters. She now enjoys the Rebus books that substitute pictures for words. She feels like she reads along too. I could go on and on about all the things that she is doing however you just have to see it to believe it. It is story time here so off I go.

Doing well

It has been awhile since I've blogged. I guess life is just getting the best of me. I find myself excited to go to Rainbow each morning, even happier to come home, and even happier to spend the evening together with my family. I guess I have found a good spot. Everyone is doing well. Still can't load pictures due to the fact that I have no camera. The speeding ticket I got the other day doesn't help in purchasing a new one either. Well I can only get online here at school and don't really have time to do that. I love teaching the two year old as long as they listen. They are will to do anything. Faith is enjoying her new older classroom and gets along with the children well. Her teacher has recognized her differences and is will to assist with them. She is so nice. I will get pictures up. Maybe I can borrow the school camera and return it. Anways, see you all soon.

I love our new house

I awoke this morning to the locusts chirping in the trees along with an owl who decided to stay up late last night. The sun was coming up over the fields. The fog was lifting and I thanked God he gave us this new place. Last night a deer came and grazed in our yard eating the persimmons. The airplanes fly over our house as they leave the airport and I couldn't smile any more. We took a walk up to the barn and fed the pony last night while Bud mowed the yard. He may say he doesn't like mowing but part of him likes it because it is relaxing to him. Did Faith mow with him? Heck no. She stayed about as far away as she could without being in the house. The mountains are beautiful as I drive home each night. How we have been graced with this lovely home is beyond my knowledge. I know that we love it and will call it our home. I can't wait to settle in some more and post pictures. Hurry and come visit. We have room now.