Blessed Beyond Measure

I am certain you guessed it right away that Nixon is Princess Celestia from My Little Pony!  The pictures aren't great, but we were rushing out the door to do a little Trick-or-Treating!

We had another great time at The Houston Zoo celebration for Halloween!

One summer weekend we were visiting my parents and as we all sat around the living room visiting, we began watching the movie Talladega Nights.  I personally love Will Ferrell  and thought it might be funny.  I first inquired whether it was appropriate for children and was told by my brother that it would be fine.  It didn't take long to realize that his idea of fine for children and my idea of fine for children were two very different things.  But, before I could whisk Nixon away to watch something in the other room, we watched the "Dear Baby Jesus" segment.  If you haven't seen this, you must watch it.  It is pretty funny!  Not exactly family friendly, thus my quick exit with Nixon.  But, funny. So, this brings me to yesterday.  I have been working on sharing my praises with Nixon out loud in the car.  So, each day on our way home we talk out loud to God about what we are thankful for.  It went something like this: "God,...

Nixon came home VERY excited that her project at school this week was to run for an office of her choice.  If you know Nixon, you know she is OBSESSED with history.  Especially history relating to Presidents.  So she, of course, decided to run for President.  I am quickly reminded that her two-year old teacher told us Nixon would be running for office some day.  Her three-year old teacher said the same thing.  Four-year old, yep, same thing.  You get the idea.  I am pretty sure she was born to be some kind of boss! So, the idea of creating a campaign poster made her one happy girl.  On our way home she was telling me exactly what she wanted her poster to look like.  As soon as we arrived at home she asked if I would sketch it out before we created the poster using different fonts from the computer.  She knew exactly what she wanted it to say, and she knew that she wanted a picture of Mount Vernon with her standing near it. ...

I hope I never forget what I walked in and found in my craft toom today! The sweetest note left behind by the most thoughtful, amazing little girl ever. The note says "I love you!"  And she left me some Nixon-made confetti and a package of Stevia.  What a sweetheart! I, of course, cried! She told me she left it several days ago. I love that girl and how she loves me!