Nicole loves taking care of little children. She is a huge help too if we have other little children over. Today we watched Theo Linthorst while his parents closed on a new house. I love her sweet mother heart.
My sweet Noah is a messy eater. His shirts and the corners of his mouth are usually colorfully embellished. Aaron made a deal with Noah that if he didn't use his shirt collar to wipe his face for two whole days he would earn a reward! He's sticking to it so far and my laundry basket is excited too. The other kids are anxious to make a deal with Dad since Noah did. So far Cameron has decided to park his bike every time after riding it, Mary is going to make her bed every morning, and Nicole is going to use a tissue when cleaning her nose. I think a candy bar for these changes are great deals.
What Noah lack in clean eating he makes up for in just his sweet tender self. Tonight he read to Cameron on the bean bag for a while. I love this little brother bond.
We also received four offers on the flip house yesterday and accepted a full price one today. That's one deal I am happy to make!
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| Noah's cherry-stained cheeks at Nikki's practice |
Yesterday after our dentist appointment we stopped off at Toys R Us. Mary wanted to use some of her birthday money to purchase something. She came across this amazing art kit. She used her money for this and then so generously bought each of her siblings a small present. My mother heart was beaming by her kindness.
Mary wore her hair in braided pigtails in case her name was chosen for her class oral presentation today on Laura Ingalls Wilder. She wasn't called, so she'll be sporting this look at school until she does.
Also, good news...our pictures of the flip house went up last night and our realtor said we had four offers..one day of being on the market! What a blessing.
Last night the Elders accidentally ran over Cameron's bike. Lucky for us, Ashton's old bike is available and he's even more excited to use something that belonged to awesome Ash!
I took Mary and Noah to the dentist...no cavities..everything is looking good. Mary was so sweet at entertaining the kids while Noah was getting his teeth cleaned. I made the mistake of going to Costco afterwards and filling their flouride prescription. We were there for over two hours waiting for it. They told me a couple of times it would be a half hour wait, but it kept getting pushed back and at that point I didn't want to leave empty handed, not after waiting so long. I think in the future I will call this one in!
It's been a week since we put the flip house for sale by owner and we haven't had anyone come and look at it. So, today we listed it with a realtor. Hopefully they will have the photos up in the next day or two and on the MLS.
For family night we used Mary's frozen yogurt gift cards from her birthday party before we stopped at Great Clips for haircuts. The boys, including Aaron, need a good cut.
Sweet amazing Grace was given a beautiful baby blessing in church today. It was such a special day the culmination of a lot of miracles that brought her here to our family. God is good. His grace is great.
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We worked most of the day (excluding soccer games) on Mary's Day of the Famous poster. I think she's done a beautiful job researching and learning about Laura Ingalls Wilder. So proud of her.
