Mary Clare’s first church outing! (This was taken after church, so McCanless’ hair is a bit out of place and Mary Clare is sleeping, of course)<\/p>\n
I know this age is such a time of exploration and testing boundaries. (and McCanless has mastered the art of testing boundaries to the max) I even mentioned to Mel tonight, how is it that I can be so angry with her one minute and absolutely melt the next. She can be so very, very sweet, then so very, very….ummm, well not so sweet. I also laugh so often at her comments. I have to hide my laughter though because she gets so frustrated with me or embarrassed if I, or anyone else for that matter, laughs at her.<\/p>\n
Yesterday morning we were painting. She is really into mixing paint colors to create new colors. I was showing her how to mix white and red to make different shades of pink. (Because all of her paintings consist of ONLY pink and purple these days, I thought I’d show her a few variations of the two.) I told her I was creating baby pink. She looked at me and mixed a darker shade and called it, “Big Girl Pink.” I wonder why we don’t have a Big Girl Pink.<\/p>\n
Today was Mary Clare’s first Sunday at church. She did wonderfully and slept through most of it; McCanless did okay, but would have done better if Father Michael had told a fairy tale. McCanless was a bit bored and dancing around, stacking Bibles, singing to herself, drawing, etc., and I had no idea she was somewhat listening until she looked up at me wide-eyed and said, “Is he going to tell us about a princess too?” I was confused until I realized that Father Michael had mentioned Jesus, the Prince of Peace.<\/p>\n
Mary Clare’s first church outing! (This was taken after church, so McCanless’ hair is a bit out of place and Mary Clare is sleeping, of course)<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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