Today's Top 10--How ordinary life is Extraordinary!

10. I put Daniel down for a rest while Marc went to do a computer job. Marc returned 15 minutes later and got him up to watch football together. ABSOLUTELY!!!

9. Me: "What museum is that?"

Lizzy: "The 'Mithsonian"

8. Snuggling with Lizzy, Leah and Gabriel to watch The Storykeepers cartoon-set in Roman times. My Sunday "home from church" rule is Christian movies only!

7. Leah: "Knock-ock"

Me: "Who's there?"

Leah: "Ba-cow"

Me: "Bob the interrupting cow, who?"

Leah: "ME-OOOOOO"

(The joy of this, is that she is copying our new favorite joke, but doesn't get the timing at all!"

6. The smell of baby sweat on Gabriel. How is it all my babies have the exact same smell?

5. Making jokes with Marc that only married people can make! No further comment!

4. Me: "Leah, what is in your mouth?"

Leah: (her pacifier is immediately hucked onto the ground :-)

3. When Papa was here in Dec/Jan he helped Daniel build the USS Nemitz, the German Bismark and the HMS Victory. Yesterday, Marc helped him build the USS Alabama submarine. These are out of paper, mind you, and good old fashioned glue! Daniel told me today, with such excitement in his eyes, that tomorrow(Daddy's day off work) that Daddy is going to help him build the Trireme- an oared ship from Roman days!!! I love how man-time lights up his eyes!

2. The way Gabriel soaks the front of his shirts now that he is vertical in his johnny-jump-up. He is mimicking the way Dan soaked his shirts with drool!

1. Helping my sweet Sarah scrapbook. She is working on a small album of pictures of her and Ashleigh Connor, her best friend of 5 years who recently moved to Virginia. Then we went to Michaels and she was SO EXCITED that they have a whole line of American Girl crafts now! She super-saves her money now that she is older, but she whipped it out to buy 150 sheet book of AG scrapbooking paper and a new 12 x 12 book. I had so much fun with her tonight looking through my old College scrapbook and helping her find pictures for her own book! I am thrilled to have something fun for the two of us to do together and I can say "Whatever you like honey, it is your book" instead of constantly telling her what to do, like I do for everything else!" Thanks to God!

Isn't God extraordinary! He has blessed me with all these lives to impact and be impacted by! And how fun and funny it is!!