Evelyn’s first Lexington Legends game!
It has been a busy few weeks at the Ballard house! We have finished up dance until the fall, we finish t-ball tonight, and we had a week of vacation bible school. There has been a couple of birthday parties, and one Minor League Baseball game in there as well. Lots of running, but lots of fun. Of course, the girls haven’t disappointed in the entertainment department…
Lilly is just taking it all in.
Bible school was in the evenings and this year, I stayed with Lilly in her 2-3 year old class and let Sophie go on to the 4-5 year old class by herself. They got snacks every night and Lilly wanted to save one of hers for the ride home every night. Sophie was supposed to remember to save one of hers too, but one night she didn’t. Lilly had kept a HUGE rice crispy treat for the trip home that night. When we got in the van, and Sophie realized that she had not saved anything she started to cry. I asked Lilly if she would mind sharing her cookie but she didn’t want to. So, trying to build on that night’s lesson, I asked Lilly if Jesus would want her to share her cookie or eat it all in front of Sophie while she cried. Lilly looked me straight in the eye and said, “Mama, Jesus wants me to eat this whole cookie!” How do you argue with Jesus? Well, after some negotiating, we decided to do what mama wanted, and we split the cookie 70/30 with the larger half going to Lilly. She sure drives a hard bargain!
Sophie and the ‘signed’ ball she got.
Sophie has been very interested in God, Heaven, and death lately, and so she’s asking some of the hard questions. We try not to get into a lot of detail because she worries about everything, so we leave the part out about Hell, we don’t talk about mama or daddy dying, etc. The other day I overheard this conversation that she had with my mom:
Sophie: Nana, I will go to Heaven because I believe in God.
Nana: That’s good, Sophie! You have to believe in God and be a good girl, too.
Sophie: You have to be good to get into Heaven? If you’re not good, then when you die you have to stay here?
Nana: Yes, but you have nothing to worry about. You are a good girl.
Sophie: But what if you’re bad?
Nana: Well only the REALLY bad people have to stay here. Like if they kill somebody or steal something…
Sophie: Oooooh! So I will still get to go to Heaven even if I sneak a little.
I’m sooo close to crawling that I can taste the victory!
Evelyn has been doing great, too! She is the happiest baby EVER! She just rides along and goes where we go and never fusses about any of it. She can say “dada”, “mama” and “bye-bye”. I think she says “hi” sometimes, too. She has reached ‘expert’ level at sitting up on her own, and has started to army crawl forward to things! Take that, Spina Bifida! We are starting to get things organized for the Walk-N-Roll in October. It’s a walk sponsored by the Spina Bifida Association to help raise funds and awareness for those affected by Spina Bifida. We are pretty excited to be involved with this organization and hope to have one of the largest teams at the walk! More information to come when we get things set in stone.
The Ballard Five 
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