Boy!

When you show Elijah a picture of me, and you ask him who it is, he says, "Mommy!"
When you show Elijah a picture of Greg, and you ask him who it is, he says, "Daddy!"
When you show Elijah a picture of Charlotte, and you ask him who it is, he says, "Charlotte!"
And when you show Elijah a picture of himself, and you ask him who it is, he says "Boy!"
And we have no idea where he got it from, since we know he knows his name. Regardless it's cute and I don't want to forget!

The Emotions of a Practically 4 Year Old

This weekend Charlotte and I headed to Village Creek Bible Camp for the Women and Girls retreat. And although we had a wonderful, relaxing time this post isn't really about that! We didn't get to camp until 8:30 pm on Friday night, and by the time the hay rack ride, session, snack, and setting up our room were done and taken care of, and Charlotte was in bed, it was 11 pm! Yikes! That is about 3 hours later than she usually goes to bed!
She did take a nap on Saturday and woke up really tired (still) and cranky. I decided to lay with her and ask her what she wanted to do, throwing out the option of even staying in bed. To everything I said, she said "no." Did she want to see the bunny? Did she want to paint? Did she want to lay in the bigger bed? She wanted to go home and see daddy, but I said we couldn't as we had one more day there, but that we could call him on the phone. Even that she didn't want to do. And then a couple of minutes later she said she didn't want to go home. She wanted to stay at camp. She complained of being cold, but then she also complained when she was in her slumber party (sleeping bag). She was absolutely and completely indecisive! More sniffles and crying ensued, so I gently and lovingly asked Charlotte why she was crying, to which she responded, "I'm angry at myself because I don't know what I want to do."

And I couldn't have been prouder! An almost 4 year old expressed her emotions better than some adults I know (myself included!)