Ninja Boy {The Mercy of Sweet Laughter on Hard Days}

(*update regarding the baby rabbit pictured later on...we spotted him today! he's alive and hoppin'! This is a blessing. I'd asked the Lord to show me what to do with him - let him go or try to raise him, and it's wonderful to see confirmation of God's guidance.)

Sarah said, God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me. 

Genesis 21:6

Meet Ninja Boy. The mask helps disguise her true identity (that's why I told you up front who this is). Ninja Boy carries a whip to help her deal with the bad guys. Oddly enough, the whip resembles a long shoestring, but I am sure that's just part of the whole stealth package.

Here, the honorable Ninja strikes a more intimidating pose, with a hint of carefree confidence.
Can I just say what a blessing our crazy, off the wall CA is?! She is so hilarious and has us laughing all the time.

This was an attempt at a tough-and-angry face. I loved it that she posed for me at all. I already had some quotes of hers to post, so after she played Ninja and I got these photos, I thought they were perfect with her funny sayings...

 This one was just uber-cute. Look at those eyes. When she was tiny, her sisters all called her Miss Big Eyes.

Anyway, the quotes...

At supper the other night: Does Chuy's (Mexican restaurant) have escargot? [What?!] Of course, we all just cracked up.

Here Ninja Boy was taking out a bad guy she encountered walking through the living room. MK ran by Ninja Boy, but the ever-sneaky Ninja attacked before MK knew what hit her. MK cried out, "But I'm just the messenger boy!" Ninja Boy's response: "Too late. I kill messenger boys." (yes, know that I'm redirecting the killing talk...I'm not quite sure where she's getting the Ninja bit, but what a sweet happiness CA brings to us all! Thank you Lord for her!)

The other night CA prayed before supper, to thank God for the food. Included in her prayer, with total seriousness: ...and thank You, God, that I have a mommy and daddy to boss me around...

Gotta smile!

Fresh vegetables. Madeline washed, dried, and put them away. We loved the orange and green, the different shapes.

Baby rabbit we found in our backyard last week. It was fun and exciting to see him up close while I googled whether to let him go or make an attempt at raising him.

We let him go. Small as he was, everything I read said he was about big enough to already be on his own. If he was still a mama's boy, then the best thing was to put him back where we found him, hoping the mother would come for him at night.