Three grandmas

Per Tiffany:

Out of nowhere, Mila just came up to me and said, "Mommy, I have three grandmas." And I asked, "Who?" And she said, "Grandma de Berry and Grammy and Peggy. That's three grandmas!"

Mila's first day of school!

Today was Mila's first day of school. When I spoke to her on the phone this afternoon she said "We had goldfishies and water!"
;-)

Aunt Jen's House

Grami brought the girls over to my house today to play.
It was so much fun!

At one point, Ellie took a walk with me and Preshie and every few minutes Ellie would ask me "Is Precious going to go poo poo? She only did pee pee, right Aunt Jen?"
;-) Each time I would reassure her that yes, so far, Precious has only done a pee pee and hopefully she will do a poo poo before we get back home.

It's so heartwarming to see that Ellie understands and appreciates the importance of number two. ;-)

Praying with Confidence

Today Mila was assigned to give the closing prayer to Opening Exercises in Primary. All the Sunbeams were providing the program. Each contributor had the assistance of an adult family member.

Before Mila had gone up to sit on the platform, I asked her if she wanted me to help her say the prayer. She replied with an emphatic "NO."

As she was called on to give the prayer, her teacher asked her if she wanted help. She again said no.

She then gave a clearly spoken, smoothly enunciated, and extremely sweet prayer:

Heavenly Father,
thank you for this day.
I love my family.
I love my friends.
Bless this church.
In the name of Jesus Christ,
Amen.

Three adult sisters came up to me afterwards and said how impressed they were with her composure during the prayer. As if she'd done it a million times.