Ellie wanted to get her sprinkler out Tuesday afternoon so I let her play in it while I potted some herbs and tried to fix one of our landscape lights. Her friend Katelyn came over to play too and they had a great time. Then we picked up Jackson and they were quick to do their chores because they knew they got to go over to the Vincents' to play when they were done. They got to play in the sprinkler there too and had fun on the slip-n-slide. And the fun didn't stop there as we went to my parents to celebrate Molly's birthday. Jackson had to leave part way through to go to practice though. But the other two got to enjoy the pool and some popsicles. And we also got to see Sara, Bella and Brady who got to come into town for a few days. On the way home we decided that maybe we shouldn't tell Jackson that they got in the pool because he might think it wasn't fair because he was at practice. Ellie said, "Do you mean he will get jealous like Joseph's brothers?" talking about Joseph and the coat of many colors. She has told me that story many times. 
On Wednesday Ellie had her last dance class. We watched some of my old dance videos so she could see me dancing on the same stage when I was around her age. They were so old that they were the old 8mm ones. My mom had them made into a video for my dad years ago and I transferred it to a DVD for them. I think Ellie is a little nervous, but I know she will be very excited.We spent some time at my parents on Thursday working on some stuff for the Disney trip and on Friday we tried to get Bella to come over to our house so Sara could have a little bit of a break. Even though she had declared me her favorite (Lissy did not like that one at all and immediately called Bella up to talk about it :-)) she wasn't having anything to do with it. I tried telling her about all the exciting things we had at our house and she would either respond with "I have that too" or "I don't like that". So we decided to go ahead and have Sara and Brady come also and hopefully next time she will realize it wasn't that bad and maybe come by herself. Ellie and Jackson don't get too nervous about all of that now and even got to spend the night with my parents on Saturday night.
This weekend has had pretty yucky weather-cold and rainy. So we have spent most of it inside. Jackson decided to try out my parents' Wii Michael Jackson game. I think ever since he realized Walker liked Michael Jackson, he thought he may be okay too. He liked dancing to "Bad" and some random song about the ghost of jealously. It must have been one of his later songs. But Jackson sang part of it for us and really thought he sounded like Michael Jackson. I even heard him singing "Bad" in the shower. Jackson has also enjoyed reading lately. One day last week he decided to just start reading "The Monster at the End of This Book" and he did a great job with it. I ordered him some new starter reading books and he is very excited about them. Jackson also gave me a great Mother's Day gift-actually the best part was his card. It was a fill in the blank card and he said that I was awesome, that I liked going to Disney World, that sometimes I worked out, that I always packed his lunch and the thing he loves about me the most is that I make his bed (only when we wash the sheets-he does it the rest of the time but I guess he really likes it when I was the sheets). Sara said he did a great job with his phonetic spelling. It just made me smile.
And lastly I have to share about Ellie and her sweet prayers. I would love to record some because they are so sweet and I just love the little voice she uses when she is praying. She thanks God for her friends and family. Tonight she also said, "You are the best and you take care of all of us. And thank you for dying on the cross for our sins that is why you are the best and we love you." She has also called God her favorite and the likes. Someday I will remember to record them.
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