Aiming for progress, not perfection.

"...being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you
will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."
Philippians 1:6

Wednesday, July 07, 2010

beyond impressed.

i bought a big box of legos at a garage sale a couple months back for $1. they sat in the garage for the longest until i saw them today while preparing for this weekend's garage sale. i decided i should finally wash them and let the kids play. i did. they love them. they fought over them all day. i'm not sure why as there are approximately 10,000 legos. plenty to share. but i digress. ellie was quiet for awhile, playing with the legos, when she came to me with this:

"look at my dinosaur, mommy!"

am i wrong to be mind-blowingly impressed by this?! as far as i know, she's never even seen legos before today! look at the rounded pieces for the feet! and the neck that is to one side of the rectangle blocks! and then topped by more rectangle blocks going the opposite way for the head! the little exposed lego thingies at the bottom of the head even look like teeth coming out of the mouth! i mean, COME ON!

i.am.so.proud.

what am i gonna do when she gets her first soccer trophy? i don't care that everyone on the team got one or that they were 0-12. SHE GOT A TROPHY. clearly, she's a genius.

6 comments:

Love said...

i'm impressed, too. seriously.

your comment gave me a good ol' happy cry. thank you.

i'm [finally] subscribed to your blog now.

i think we'd be good neighbors. =)

La said...

wow! maybe she's destined to be a master lego builder. She and John David would get along great!

Anonymous said...

Oh I'm gonna have fun with those. I mean....WE'RE gonna have fun with those. Hahaha She is a genius!

cls said...

You know, that dinosaur of hers is really impressive. Like, really. What a creative little girl you have!

Alison said...

LOL! Yes, she is clearly a genius!!!!!!

Love said...

[your e-mail isn't linked up to your comment, so i'm back!]

i'm really behind on comments. just got to your one that asks me about "more later...." i was shocked that you were the only one to ask. =)

i didn't really mean it that way. well, mostly. =)