• Oct. 3, 2009
Weekly Wrap-Up
From the Heart: I know I’m supposed to be wrapping up the past week, but at this time I am beginning to look forward to the coming week. I will be on a plane with a very precious girlfriend headed to our annual Women of Faith weekend getaway. I can’t think of a better place to be for feeding my spirit and spending much needed time with a sister in Christ. I feel this time is needed more this year than in the past and I know that’s because I’m just beat down after the past month or so dealing with my dad’s situation.
I also love this time of year. My favorite! The cooling of the temperature, the beauty of fall and a lot less lawn mowing. (Yep…I’m smiling about that one!)
With the Lord: Psalm 34 (I’ll let you go read it for yourself!) has been beside me since ladies Bible study on Wednesday. We are picking apart Psalm 23 and this week we were looking at the verse that talks about walking through the shadow of death. What wisdom is spread throughout this passage in regards to His faithfulness to us during the difficult times.
As Wife and Mom: I felt much more in touch with the family this past week than I have for several weeks. I am thankful that things are getting to a “normal” place again after all the chaos of the past month. Just the flip of the calendar page brought peace instead of stress as it looks empty.
The kids have both been nursing colds again this week and I was actually able to double up on doctor appointments Thursday. The kids told their daddy that “we were in a car race today.” What happened? We took my dad for his cardiologist appointment at 10. Prior to that I had phoned and miraculously got on our very busy pediatrician’s schedule for 11. His office is directly at the opposite end of the building on the same floor. We were done in plenty of time so I told dad to just stay put while we checked Punkin’ in for her appointment. I found out that the pediatrician was 30-40 minutes behind so we made a dash for it and took dad back to his “home” and headed back. We only had to wait for five minutes to get in with the doctor. Worked out pretty well and I promise--I went the speed limit! Anyway, Punkin’ did have a sinus infection so she’s now on antibiotics. I’m going to call my doctor on Monday as I realized I’ve been nursing my cold for over a month now. Betting I have the same issue.
Sweetie Boy threw us off guard once this week by proclaiming “I wish I did not belong to this family.” Not exactly sure what brought that statement to light other than he’d had fun at a friends house and it may have seemed a lot more lively that day than our “boring” place. He’s since told us that he loves us and has been content to stay with us.
In the Schoolroom: We had a great week with our “together school” (KONOS) as we continued our study on sequencing. We made hearts for February, shamrocks for March and umbrellas for April to hang on the Tree for all Seasons. W read about George Washington’s teeth and learned about Abraham Lincoln’s love of books. We learned about St. Valentine and St. Patrick. We read a wonderful book to learn why we have night and day. Made it so easily understood for two young children!
Our Friday School group began the first week of classes and I am leading the K-3 group in a study about sharks. For the first lesson I gave them a verbal quiz to see what they thought they knew about them. Was pretty funny! We also got the lapbooks decorated on the front to individualize them and then studied about the shark as The Perfect Hunter. I think it will be a fun study for them and it isn’t hard to fill eight weeks.
Comments
• Oct. 18, 2009
I'm not surprised I missed this one...
Posted by ThreeLittleLadies
That weekend was pretty chaotic and I didn't even post one myself.
Good to get caught up with you.
Carol
