A Champion and Her Cheerleader

Anlynn was a little slow getting out of bed this morning until I reminded her it was time to put the cheerleading outfit on! Once dressed, I wanted to take her picture. She told me she wanted to have it taken outside! I was thinking, it's still a little dark out and it's cold! But she didn't care! Standing by the pumpkins, she looks darling!I had her strike a cheerleader pose, and this is what she came up with! Isn't she the cutest?!Amana threw on her "champion" costume, but didn't want to go outside for her picture. So she stood in front of the closet door in the living room: our usual picture-posing backdrop. I snapped a picture, then asked her what she was doing in this unusual pose.She said, "Mom(in that exasperated, annoyed 5 year old voice), I'm doing my runner's pose." Okay, maybe she is the cutest! Hard to argue with a smile like that!


On a totally different note, today is my birthday. When I went to wake the girls this morning, Amana, with sleep still in her sweet eyes, whispered, "Happy Birthday, Mom." Anlynn followed with her own birthday wishes. What a blessed way to start my (gasp) 29th birthday!