she did it again

that thoughtful, sneaky little daughter of ours left chris and i another bedtime surprise a couple of weeks ago.  remember the last time she did this?

well, she surprised us again a few weeks ago.
this time our little gifts were hung above our bed...

this was mine.  she attached a bookmark she had made (nani had taught the kids to make these several months ago for a craft fair - still need to post on it)...

 

and this was my beautiful treasure i found inside...

here is chris'...

he also got a bookmark.  here's what he found inside his envelope...

our sweet daughter did this on a day she was home sick from school.  let me repeat that...home...sick... from school...  - and on that day she finds it in herself to think and do this for us. - wow-  it just melts my heart, these little wonderful surprises she leaves us.

ella is so incredibly thoughtful and creative, i just love how she comes up with so many different crafty things on her own (i have so many i need to post!) and how she and her friends sit and cut and create fun things when they come over.  which reminds me of last weekend...her friend elise was over and christopher had a friend over, the boys went swimming and the girls decided not to join them (the pool is getting a little chilly, even if it still has been record heat!).  when the boys were drying off sitting out back, here come the girls with these special drinks they had made for them: chocolate milk with whip cream and chocolate syrup drizzled on top.  it was so sweet and thoughtful and totally their idea just wanting to do something nice for them.  i was so impressed by their thoughtfulness.

how did we get so lucky to have such an amazingly thoughtful and creative daughter?  she sure is special, and oh how we love her so.