R-E-B-E-K-A-H

So I have this darling girl. She is sweeter than anything in the world. I can't get enough of her darling-ness--see? I even stoop to making up nonsense words to describe her. I can't stop smiling when I think about her. Too adorable. Of late I have enjoyed a new phenomenon: One-on-one time with Rebekah. What a delight! With Preston gone 6 hours a week to preschool she and I have some automatic girl time and I have been loving every minute of it. It has renewed my committment to get a little one-on-one time with each of my family members every week-- it is just a great way to connect and lends itself to different communication than we have as a group. I learn things about each person that I didn't know every single time I do this.

It usually is nothing too special. We have had long chats about why girls have longer hair than boys. We have painted our toenails together. She lets me play with her hair in new ways and sits by me and puts on her "make up" while I do mine.
She has a fine eye for comfortable and cute and is becoming a world class shopper.

Sometimes we pretend she has school. We do our "homework" (usually coloring) and talk about whatever she is interested in.
Other times she helps me clean the house. That is always entertaining :)

Other times we have gone on walks and enjoyed the park across the street. I love to do this with my children, because they see so much of the world that I miss. Nothing escapes their interest or their eyes--and their questions are endless!

Rebekah's love for music continues. She is constantly singing her way through life. One song usually weaves into another and has a great deal of her own ideas threaded throughout as well. I love this. She sits at the piano and sings and plays everyday. A few of her current favs: Little Pioneer Children, Daddy's Homecoming, and "The Blue Blue Sky" (My Heavenly Father Loves Me)

Here she is eating a popsicle she scored for being cute in Old Navy one day. She likes to wear her sunglasses and sing along with the radio while we drive-- must be Mom's girl!

"Homework"

Running the Vacuum.

And finally one more cute story: We had the missionaries over to dinner last week. I made brownies for dessert. The kids both picked at their dinner and were not eligible for brownies yet. So Rebekah pulled out her super sad frown. The heartbreaker that I think all little girls have some version of--and said, "Mom, I think I need a brownie face" then she proceeded to sing, with her long face, "No one likes a brownie face . . ." We all got a pretty good kick out of that one. And Rebekah got a brownie face after all.