Boots, balloons and Jesus Loves Me...

Recently I've noticed that when Lily gets something on her mind it's hard to divert her attention or to get her to change her mind about something. So, I'll start with the boots.....a dear friend gave me a bag full of shoes that her daughter has outgrown and out of ALL of them Lily has become very attached to the green rainboots with frog faces on them. It all began on trash day....she loves riding in the truck with Daddy to take the trash to the front of the driveway. She usually insists on wearing a hat but in addition to the hat this week she had to have her boots. I thought it was really cute since it's raining and she looks cute in just about anything! But the rain has ended and she's still wearing the boots :)

So, the story of the balloon....she went to the store with Joe and he got her a balloon and on their way out it somehow got loose and they watched it float over the grocery store and Lily was pretty devastated. "My balloon, my balloon, oh no...." So, of course, you know Joe went back in and got her another balloon. :) But, let me tell you.....we haven't heard the end of the tragedy of the lost balloon. Today she went grocery shopping at Publix with me and they always give the kids balloons and cookies (such a fun store!) but she was so worried that balloon was going to get away. All the way to the car "mommy, my balloon, my balloon, don't let it go" And next stop, Target. She insisted on taking the balloon in the store and she continued to squeeze the string on that balloon for the remainder of the afternoon. Every time I would look over at her those little fingers were clinched TIGHTLY around that string.

And the other thing she's been somewhat fixated on lately is a medley of songs that we play in the car....Jesus Loves Me/Praise Him God is Love/Jesus Loves the Little Children. Out of all the songs (30+) on the cd she wants me to play that one over and over again. And she listens so intently and sings along with it. I think she's working on memorizing all the words??? One time I looked in the mirror and she had her arms crossed and lifted up to her chest kind of squeezing herself and her eyes were closed and she had a big smile on her face saying Jesus Loves Me. So sweet! Those are the moments that just make you all warm inside. Jesus does love her and so do I! Here's our boot wearing, balloon clinching, Jesus Loves Me singing girl -