The other day I was at my Dad's house and Macie spilled something on her clothes. She insisted she take off her dirty clothes, which left her a little indecent.  So I looked in a closet and found some old dresses from when I was a kid. I was pretty excited to see that some of them can fit my girls.  I even might let them wear a couple of them in public.  Don thinks Macie looks like a Fundamentalist Mormon in this one.

Look here I am in the same dress! But I must be at least a couple years older than Macie.  

This past weekend we ran a 5K at the Phoenix Zoo. And by "we" I mean Don pushed Macie and Chloe in the stroller and I ran ahead with my friend Katie.  Chloe ran the first mile with us. She was so cute, and she really did run a good portion of a mile, of course she was decked out in pink from head to toe.  I got to see her cross the finish line.  The first thing she asked me was, "Did I win??!"

I of course said, "Yes!"

Then she jumped up and down and asked what she got for winning.

I told her, "a t-shirt."

She was sorely disappointed.

Later that day she asked me, "Mom, did I really win?"

And once again I made a Mom lie and said, "Yes!"

And she replied, "I didn't think I was going to win.  Because my family doesn't know how to run very fast.  And I had to stay with my family so I didn't get lost...I always beat Dad when he races me to my room."

: )

Today driving home from school she told me about this worksheet.  I love looking at the pictures she draws.

She told me, "Mom, I got nervous today."

Me: "Why?"

"Well because all the other kids drew a street for "end" and I drew a moon and stars because I thought of the "end" of my day."

Me: Well, that's okay. Why would that make you nervous?

"Well I didn't want to get in trouble for drawing something different than everyone else.  I didn't know what to do.  So I prayed.  It didn't really help.  Well it helped me a little.  It told me what I could do."

As you can see, she erased her original moon and stars and drew a street like the other kids.

Another lesson for another day will be about not having to do the same thing as all the other kids...But I just really loved that she prayed when she got nervous.  

And she gave Macie her Lollipop when she got in the car after school , and Macie was overcome with joy.

Moments like these make me feel like the luckiest Mom in the whole world.