Little Life Moments

Sometimes it is just the very little things that God uses to bring joy into my day. Like the way Abram was holding his adult-size mug of hot chocolate yesterday morning. He was tapping his fingers on the side of his cup and looked like an adult in a miniature body. I loved every second of it!

 Isaiah's smile always makes me smile.

 Yesterday the boys had finished their lunch and gotten up from the table. I was cleaning up in the kitchen while the girls were finishing their lunch - leftover fish, spinach and fu-fu (Congolese food) from the night before. They were so happy and having so much fun (notice their arms intertwined) that I just had to get my camera out to capture the moment. No matter how hard things are at times, I don't want to forget these ordinary life moments when they are so happy and content. 

If my camera would have worked, I would have pictures from our sledding outing this morning to add to this post. The kids were SO excited about the snow, of course. God gave me the grace to be a fun mom this morning take them sledding after breakfast (knowing the snow would be melting soon). Fun is not my forte to begin with, not to mention going outside in the snow to "play." But, like I said, God gave me a good dose of grace to be willing do just that this morning. And I am so glad He did. First, just to see the beauty of God's creation was amazing. Zoe kept saying, "it is bee-u-tee-ful!" (that is the way she says the word - love it!). The girls also said a number of times that it looked like Narnia outside. Watching the girls each pull a boy in a sled three blocks to the hill we went to filled my heart with joy. It was a fun morning.

I feel like I am walking around in a bit of a fog this week so I was especially thankful for these little moments of joy the past two days.