I love America... the freedoms of worship and education, the bounty of rich foods, and closeness with family. A super great library system...I'm sure others experience similar joys.... but as we begin summertime on the Leo Homestead, I am reminded to give thanks to our Father for His great blessings.
Yes - I threw the library in there. I am so thankful for a quality library... new books to read - old ones and hard to find ones are delivered without cost. And then we enjoy them over and over again. One such is Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? It is a lovely rhyming poem showing the love and care of Jesse and his parents... as he wears such things as sand on his hand and water to float. Jesse is an explorer and well loved. One wonderful toy Jesse has is a patriotic toy ball. After examining several American flags, the children happily found the stars and stripes on many of our homey decorations. Then we shared Jesse Bear... found his patriotic toy ball illustrated several times, and each child made a "flag" snack from cream cheese toast, cherries and blueberries. It was a lovely way to enjoy a new good book, introduce the fun Independence holiday to come, and rest with a healthy snack. Thank you God for your many blessings to us!
We had a super time cleaning our home today... the children were motivated by the understanding of guests coming over and the blessing of a newly decorated home to enjoy. Decorations are always a time for joy here... and I love the cute places that children think decorations should go. Left up to them, there would be one highly decorated, somewhat tacky pile of fun and the rest of the house would be sparse. Happy Fourth of July Weekend! Hooray for America!
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