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A Bundle of Myrrh

"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13

Archive for the ‘Esther’ Category

Happy Birthday to Esther

Wednesday, September 10th, 2014

 

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Esther was born on 9.10.11 THREE years ago today!

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Things Mama wants to remember about Two:

You stopped wearing diapers.
You like to eat almost anything.
How you say “Fungry” instead of “Hungry”
That you’re favorite nursery rhyme is “Tumpy Tumpy sat on a wall.”
That you say “Yes Man” instead of “Yes Maam”, “No Tank You”, “Otay”, “Tovers” (anything that starts with C is a T) and your “Actuallyyyy.”
Your German phase walking around saying “Tschüss” and “Hallo” and die window, die door, die, die, die.
How you always want to be Frozen with a blanket tied around your shoulders and STRAIGHT in the back.
How sensitive you are and particular about every little detail and how upset you get if one thing is out of place, leading me to wonder if this obsession will continue as you grow older.
You still are very good at playing by yourself just as you always have been.
You love your baby doll, princesses, dancing, dressing up, coloring and reading books.
You like playing with the big girls, but your best friend is Gerhardt (Bo Bo) and you just can’t seem to get along with Ephraim.

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First Day of School

Thursday, August 14th, 2014

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It’s here, the first day of school! It was a mostly smooth morning. The babies loved their schultüte or maybe it’s “their schultüten” I’ll ask Esther. Not traditionally something Germans do every year the kids go to school, just for the first grade, but I started something that will be hard to stop!

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The Things They Say

Wednesday, July 30th, 2014

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Forgive the Cheez-It teeth.

 

How can you tell if your baby is German?

Esther: Open die fridge. Put die milk back in.

Esther: I can’t reach it!
Mama: What are you reaching for?
Esther: Die fan.

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Clara: “Mama did you know we have a crack in our booty?”
Mama: “Yes!”
Clara: “That’s how God made it. And He made our eyes and our ears and our mouth and our nose and our hair and our head. But I made my bracelet.”

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Lily: Was this kitchen all Daddy’s before you got married?
Mama: Yep.
Lily: And was there not a lot of food in it? Did all you see was Macaroni and Spaghetti when you came?
Mama: Ha!

Lily: I wish I liked more foods. Then I wouldn’t complain about it.
Mama: 🙁

 

 

The Things They Say

Monday, July 14th, 2014

 

Esther was pretending to bring me supper with her play dishes and then she wanted to pray.

Mama: Ok. What do we say?
Esther: This my body. This my blood.
Mama: !!! That’s right Essie! This is my body, this is my blood etc.

Our little ones are listening in church aren’t they?! It doesn’t get much better for a Mama to hear God’s Word from her baby’s mouth.