*Singing IN the RAIN!! *

Last week was wet and rainy, BUT not very cold.......so i thought it was the perfect opportunity for Ava to play outside with her new umbrella!

I love the days that we get to go outside! A two year old can only deal with confined walls for so long! (Of coarse I could not resist the urge to take some cute pics!).....pics to follow at the end!

On a different note.......has your child ever done something that just melts your heart into a million pieces?.....Ava has been doing this to me alot lately.

She is finally at the age to where she is saying things that are so reassuring to me .....that she is starting to get it!!!!

The other day we were walking into Target and she looked at me and told me " Mommy, Jesus lives in my happy heart, and not in my mean heart!"........It was PRECIOUS!!!


AND THEN.....yesterday....she opened my flood gates....the kind where it became suddenly pointless that I even spent time to put make-up on that morning. On our way to our destination....(mall and Chick Fil A) ....my ears were filled with the most JOYFUL, amazing thing ever! Ava singing this song almost from start to finish!!!




This momma needed to hear those sweet words coming from her two year olds mouth!!! Oh how they sounded more beautiful than they have any time before. ..... lately I feel like my days have been eaten up with constant discipline to Ava. Don't take me the wrong way here, it is not constant spankings, although she does get her fare share of those, it is just constant redirection and correction. We are trying to teach Ava the blessing and security of obedience....and to be honest, some days it is just plum exhausting!!! Hearing this just gave me some encouragement that she is learning!.....The best part was on the Holy, Holy, Holy part she had her hands lifted and all!!! ( yes, she was imitating her mommy, there is nothing wrong with praising Jesus while driving down the road!)
Anyway....here are some pics enjoy!!!!