Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The Most Boys?
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Bring It On
Monday, April 27, 2009
26 Weeks...27 Weeks...28 Weeks...
Someday when this newest child of mine grows up and becomes a parent, he/she might just ask, "Mom, when you were pregnant with me, did you have...?" So, to someday satisfy his/her curiosity, let me record the answers now before I forget! :)
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Simple Sunday - Storytime
Friday, April 24, 2009
Abundant Beauty
...I can't get over how lovely they are. The shades of color seem particularly beautiful to me this year.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
When I Need to Laugh...
I find it impossible to watch this without completely cracking up. Isn't it refreshing to see what amuses a small child? Simple pleasure--pure and delightful!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
He Loves Me
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
My Latest Craving
Monday, April 20, 2009
Finally Four
He tried to fit the whole beater in his mouth, but it didn't quite fit. :)
When I asked David what kind of cake he wanted, he was very specific: chocolate cake...with green icing...and sprinkles...and four dinosaurs on top! :)
He managed to get the candle blown out by himself as Jeff held the cake for him and we all sang "happy birthday" -- again -- to him.
We enjoyed our company very much. It was the perfect way to cap off a very special day for a very special boy. He even got to stay up until almost 11:00 PM that night, a huge treat for him. :)
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Simple Sunday - First Tulip
I was planning to include a verse or two in this post; but when I looked at Matthew 6 in The Message, I got so caught up in reading it that I decided to use more than one or two verses! I appreciate the freshness of this version, and these particular words (verses 25-34) speak volumes to me...
If you decide for God, living a life of God-worship, it follows that you don't fuss about what's on the table at mealtimes or whether the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body. Look at the birds, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, careless in the care of God. And you count far more to him than birds.
Has anyone by fussing in front of the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch? All this time and money wasted on fashion—do you think it makes that much difference? Instead of looking at the fashions, walk out into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They never primp or shop, but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them.
If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.
Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
The Last Night as a Three Year-old
I love you, David, more than words can say. You are truly beloved.
Why I Want White Closet Doors
THAT is the reason (one of them, anyway) why I've been eager for the closet doors in my bedroom to be painted. Who wants a freaky face like that looking at them? Even if it is only wood, it's weird! :)
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
When Daddy Takes the Day Off...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Good, Better, Best
...blue walls but still with wood trim. Our friend Kevin, the painter, made good progress last week with basically finishing the blue walls; but a bout of sickness over the weekend slowed things down considerably, especially the painting of the doors and trim.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Finished!
Later that afternoon, Josiah curled up on the couch and started reading Five True Dog Stories, just for fun. (And speaking of fun, I let the boys have a pajama day on Saturday since it was an extra-special day and we didn't have to go anywhere!) Josiah has taken off with his reading this past year. He technically learned to read during kindergarten, but during his first grade year, he soared with it; and the thing I'm most pleased about is that now he reads of his own initiative, simply for the pleasure of it. That's what I would have done all day long as a girl, if my parents would have let me. ;)
Not to be outdone, David announced on Saturday that he was doing math like a big boy. He got out this game and matched the numbers with the pictures, announcing that 2 + 2 = 4 and figuring out that 2 + 8 = 10, etc.
At supper on Saturday, when Josiah got the Celebrate plate and was congratulated on his successful school year, David announced that he didn't feel very special. Of course, we reassured him about how special he truly is; but it seems he needed to prove himself because today he hurried up and finished his dot-to-dot book and then asked if he could have the Celebrate plate tonight for his big accomplishment. Of course you can, David dear! :)
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Simple Sunday - Empty Cross
Friday, April 10, 2009
A Good Friday
Thursday, April 9, 2009
I Can't Get Enough...
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
23 Weeks...24 Weeks...25 Weeks...
Monday, April 6, 2009
Brilliant! ... and Not-So
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Simple Sunday - Paint on the Wall
Friday, April 3, 2009
7:00 AM
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
33
Then these cheerful daffodils caught my eye...
Ours are on the north side of our house, so they always bloom later than most in the area.
Some hyacinths...
...which I planted a few years ago around the base of my fringe trees.
Green grass... It's kind of silly to take a picture of grass, I know. I only wish the color was better in it so the vivid green would be visible (I'm too tired tonight to even try to edit it to correct that!). One of the things I love about the month of March is how the grass greens up. Beginning of March, it's brown. Beginning of April, it's beautifully green. What a difference!
Water drops on lily leaves from our light sprinkle of rain earlier...
But most precious by far of all the things I saw around our house is the treasured face of my little Tobin Bear. He's gorgeous to me!
...who had short hair and liked big earrings...
...and went off to Israel and met an almost-too-good-to-be-true man and fell crazily in love and was wooed long distance by him and received countless letters (real letters, hand-written, not emails) from him and occasionally even flowers...
...and who became engaged to him and could hardly wait to marry Prince Charming...
...but who still had to finish her senior year of college, but fortunately had fantastic friends to help her through...
...who finally did graduate, three weeks before the wedding day...
...who embraced the adventure of being a newlywed in the far-off land of California (here at the San Diego Zoo...there's a lion in the bottom right corner of the picture)...
...and did silly things like kissing Jack (from Jack in the Box restaurant, but most East Coasters probably haven't heard of that restaurant) on Halloween...oh, you guessed it, it's really Jeff inside that silly head he made!... :)
...and came back to her college campus in Pennsylvania a year or two later to dress up in her wedding gown and take more wedding pics, just for fun :) (since the wedding was in Virginia, we didn't get to take real wedding pics in this gorgeous location)...
...and who eventually became a mother--A MOTHER!--to her firstborn son...
...and her second...
...and her third (but there are plenty of pictures of that on the blog already!), and now is expecting a fourth.