A trip to the park

After the visit with the chicks and ducks, we took a quick trip to the park. We didn't stay long because the sun was setting and it was getting chilly. But Millie got to play for a few minutes.

Easter chicks and ducks!

We took Millie to the Tractor Supply Store Friday after dinner to see some baby chicks and baby ducks. She lost interest a little more quickly than we had anticipated. She did hold a baby chick and a baby duck, and also rode on a Massey Ferguson tractor. And then when we went outside, she got in the dog house and acted like a dog.

A 1-yr difference

Wow, what a difference a year makes!

Check out those boots

This is my favorite picture!

Look how tall she is....

Her head is up to the door knob. And that dress is a 4T. Yikes!

Spending time with Max

Enjoying the warm weather

Growing Up

I realized recently that I haven't taken any new pictures of Millie. So I got out the camera this weekend and snapped a few shots.

She is really growing up...too fast. She is dressing herself a lot and is paying attention to clothes matching, and will even ask, "Does this match?"

We went to the library on Saturday and a woman at the front desk said to her, "Oooh, I love her little hat. It looks so cute." And Millie replied, "Thank you." And I just patted myself on the back that she used her manners without my prompting.

On Sunday after we had dropped Jacade at the front door, I said to Millie, "Oh, I hope we can find a good parking space." And she said, "Dear God, I pray we find a good parking space, that make me glad." And we did. And I said, "Thank you God." And Millie said, "I say a prayer for you." So sweet and sincere.

Toys, Toys, Toys

Last night when Millie and I got home, she said that she wanted to do some arts and crafts. She wanted paint and glue. I told her we didn't have any glue and that it was too time consuming to do the paint at that time. She wanted to look in her closet (that's where all the stuff is) and she looked up and saw a box of cars. She said she wanted to play with the cars (Little People village). So I got everything down and she played by herself for a little while while I got dinner ready.

She came out to the kitchen about 5 minutes later and said that she wanted to play with something else. So I asked her, "Millie, did you clean up your cars?" And while I was thinking that she probably hadn't, she said yes. So I walked into her room, and lo and behold, the box was on the floor, with all the toys put in it and the lid was attached!

Then I felt terrible for doubting her. But I did praise her and told her that I was very impressed that she cleaned up the toys before I had even asked. I put those away and then she and I did some artwork with the colored glue.

Southern drawl

On the way to church yesterday morning, Jacade and I were holding hands. So Millie said, "I want to hold (short pause) y'all's hand." I love that Southern drawl!

Where is Jesus?

Saturday morning, Millie went with Mawt Maw to see her cousins, Sara and Will, play basketball. On their way to Jackson Mawt Maw got a little lost. She called several people but no one was answering their phones (incl. us). She and Millie had a conversation and it went something like this:

Mawt Maw: "Oh, dear. I don't know which way we are going."
Millie: "Oh my, Millie and Mawt Maw are lost. Millie Bear and Mawt Maw Bear are lost."
MM: "Let's see if we can find our way. Hopefully God will help us find our way."
M: "I pray God to find the right way."
MM: "I think we found the right way."
M: "I say a prayer for you."
MM: "Yes, you did. Thank you. We found the right way."
M: "Yea...... God is in my heart and Jesus is in my heart too!"

What a great memory. Millie and I are now working on more scriptures too. I talked with her teacher and she said that they do a lot of praying, which I have noticed Millie doing more of. It's awesome!