One Thousand Gifts...Mary Evelyn

Let me just start by saying that I actually DO put spaces between each item on these lists. Blogger does weird things to my spaces. Sorry about that because I know it makes them harder to read.

Now, Mary Evelyn. I wrote a post about her not long ago, so some of this will be a repeat, but I do love this girl...so much to be thankful for with her!

133. I am thankful that she still loves to sit in my lap and snuggle.

134. She asks us to read the Bible to her at bedtime. (Right now I think it's a stall tactic, but I trust that God's word is not going to return void!)

135. She has been patient while waiting on me to get her new pink shelf ready to hang over her bed.

136. She was very agreeable and sweet last summer when she had to give up her room for a new little sister.

137. She is doing well in occupational therapy.

138. She is very healthy.

139. She found a salamander yesterday at her great grandmother's house! (The reason I am thankful is that she would have been very upset if she had not found anything at all.)

140. I am also thankful that she did NOT bring home the big toad she found yesterday!

141. I am thankful that she loves to color and draw.

142. She will listen to almost any chapter book as long as she can draw!

143. She is so funny!!!

144. She has lots of compassion.

145. I am thankful that I am learning more about her.

146. She helped me make my muffins last week.

147. We get to make popcorn balls together this week.

148. She has finished her morning chores with no complaining (might be because she was motivated to go hang out with the salamander, who is banished to the garage)

149. She did her best handwriting EVER last week when I implemented a technique I learned from the occupational therapist.

150. She loves to play "in and out," a math game that teaches addition.

151. She does not complain when I have to brush or fix her hair.

152. She and Rachel are playing together.

153. She makes me think about how I do things and how I say things!

154. She has the cutest freckles in the world.

155. She is a gift from God.