princess lily prayers

Lily had a very fun mail day Tuesday with a gift of princess attire from the Grissom's and a few b-day presents from cousin Nico.

THANK YOU, Grissom's and Ayars!!!

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Now, our little princess will hardly go anywhere without at least her wings, and Laura, the jewelry box, especially, is SUCH a hit.

Lily and Louie have become good friends (and it actually goes 2 ways! imagine that)...they follow each other around, sleep together, and Louie is frequently Lily's dress-up mate.

One of our favorite new things Lily is doing is praying with us.  Before each meal and at bedtime, she grabs our hands and waits for us to start.  Once we start praying, she waits for a pause, and starts interjecting things and people that she wants to thank Jesus for.  At first, it was "Mommy and Daddy", and now, we can hardly finish the prayer in under 10 minutes...Mommy, Daddy, Dodo, Bubba, Baby Sophie, Nico, Jacob and Josephine, Maxi, Abel, Gertha, Misheline, Granny, Jake and Nina, Shay, Louie, Grandpa, Lisa, Admin, Grammy, Pops, Uncle Don, Uncle Matt...then on to her favorite things..."cup, rice, goats, toys, games, princesses, cookies, Elmo, books, monkeys....

She is becoming one very grateful little girl :)  She has also finally perfected remembering "Mesi", "Please" and "You're welcome" and last but not least...she hasn't had an accident in days...I think we're finally there with potty training!  We even were gone from home for 4 or 5 hours yesterday with no accidents.  While she still prefers the "village method" ("pee in the GRASS, Mommy!") to the "home method", she's got 'em both down.  Such a blessing in a  country where we can't buy diapers or wipes!