Yesterday afternoon Corrie and I were surprised and amazed to discover a huge carrot growing in our garden. Mostly, we were surprised because we didn't plant any carrots, but also, when we have actually tried to plant carrots, they have never grown very big!
Mac pulled it up for us, and we went inside for snacks. Corrie was so excited (carrots are her favorite veggie). The carrot was big enough to fill up her entire snack cup. We could not believe its bright orange color and incredible flavor!
Later while the boys were downstairs watching TV, Corrie came up and asked if she could have some graham crackers. As she ate them, she asked if there was any way we could make a ginger bread house. I said, "Well, we need frosting to stick the grahams together, and we don't have any."
Corrie wondered if there was anything else we could use, and then I remembered that we had a tub of Nutella in the cupboard! We decided to test it out - and it worked perfectly. We had such a good time making a mini gingerbread house, and we decided that we will surprise Mac and Davey with our ginger bread house idea for Christmas.
Then we started talking about all of the wonderful surprises that God had given to Corrie that day. She talked about getting to share her favorite stuffed owl "Swoops" (see below) at school, finding the carrot, making the gingerbread house, getting to eat her gingerbread house at the counter with her fish...and other cute things that I sadly can't remember now.
What a sweet girl you are, Corrie. You have such a fun, creative, and witty personality. I would like to thank God for the blessing of YOU being in our family!
Love,
Mom
(Swoops sitting in the special nest Corrie made and duct-taped to her door)
