All 3 girls are sick. This is a first for us. They are incredibly healthy and if one gets sick we have been good about keeping it from spreading. Not this time. Skylar is on the mend but Bailey and Reagan are just starting the flu bug. So, today's comic relief was a welcome reprieve.
Skylar returned to school today but it completely wiped her out. She rested for a while, and then started talking. And didn't stop. I had to laugh because she wouldn't even let me get a word in edgewise. She hardly took a breath in between sentences. I think she was making up for being so lethargic and quiet the last few days. I hit "record" on my phone so I could capture her chatty-ness. I don't know how to upload it here so below is a transcript of my favorite "story". Just try not to laugh.
"Mommy, do you know what would be fun? If we could get a pink car for me, the kind with batteries and pedals that go when you push down on them, and we could get a car for Reagan and Bailey that was a police car that had pedals and could go fast, but not really fast, cause that's not safe, but just kind of fast and they could chase me in my pink car. Then I could jump out and run and Bailey could jump in the pink car and Reagan could stay in the police car and I could hide behind a tree and when they drive past me, cause I'm a good hider, I could jump in the police car and Reagan would be so scared that she would jump out and then I would be chasing Bailey who thinks that she's chasing me, and we could drive all around our neighborhood, chasing each other and then come home and have a snack and laugh. Wouldn't that be so fun?!"
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Back to Basics
Martin Luther King Jr. used to say that some days his schedule was so busy that he had to spend two hours with God, instead of one, just to get it all done. I wish I had that perspective. I wish I was better at just giving my day to the Lord before I go and mess it all up with worry and chaos.
It's been over a month since I blogged. It wasn't a purposeful fast, it just didn't fit into the schedule.
In the last year or so we've been trying to get "back to basics." We're eating better, exercising, spending time as a family, budgeting, etc. So, it came as no surprise last week when my devotions were about being child-like in our faith. How much more "back to basic" can you get? I started to research exactly what that meant and in the process I came up with a top ten list of ways that we can become like children in our faith. I even prepared to share it with the ladies at one of our church leadership meetings. But, if the Lord is going to have you teach something, He makes sure you learn it first.
One of the characteristics of children that we can learn from is believing that God is capable of anything, even the little stuff. I had gotten out of practice in asking the Lord for the little things.
Yesterday Skylar woke up with a bad headache and a 104 degree fever. She has the flu. It has been almost two years since the girls had any kind of virus so our ibuprofen was nearly empty and expired. We made it through yesterday with just acetaminophen, but today it just wasn't working. I put a plea on facebook for someone to grab us some ibuprofen while they were out and no one responded. I got discouraged and frustrated. Brian has been visiting his family back east, and my mom is up north at my cousins. So, my normal go-to helpers weren't around. I finally just stopped and prayed. Within 2 minutes I got a text from a fellow school mom. She was heading to the store and wanted to know if I needed anything. She doesn't have facebook so she never even saw my request. Then my neighbor texted and asked if I needed anything. Then I got an email from a friend asking if there was anything she could do to help. Not only did the Lord answer my prayer, He answered it in abundance.
It was a good reminder. A humbling reminder.
I still have so much to learn.
Today I'm going back to the basics. The laundry can wait. My goal for the day is to sit with my precious girl and possibly shower. :)
It's been over a month since I blogged. It wasn't a purposeful fast, it just didn't fit into the schedule.
In the last year or so we've been trying to get "back to basics." We're eating better, exercising, spending time as a family, budgeting, etc. So, it came as no surprise last week when my devotions were about being child-like in our faith. How much more "back to basic" can you get? I started to research exactly what that meant and in the process I came up with a top ten list of ways that we can become like children in our faith. I even prepared to share it with the ladies at one of our church leadership meetings. But, if the Lord is going to have you teach something, He makes sure you learn it first.
One of the characteristics of children that we can learn from is believing that God is capable of anything, even the little stuff. I had gotten out of practice in asking the Lord for the little things.
Yesterday Skylar woke up with a bad headache and a 104 degree fever. She has the flu. It has been almost two years since the girls had any kind of virus so our ibuprofen was nearly empty and expired. We made it through yesterday with just acetaminophen, but today it just wasn't working. I put a plea on facebook for someone to grab us some ibuprofen while they were out and no one responded. I got discouraged and frustrated. Brian has been visiting his family back east, and my mom is up north at my cousins. So, my normal go-to helpers weren't around. I finally just stopped and prayed. Within 2 minutes I got a text from a fellow school mom. She was heading to the store and wanted to know if I needed anything. She doesn't have facebook so she never even saw my request. Then my neighbor texted and asked if I needed anything. Then I got an email from a friend asking if there was anything she could do to help. Not only did the Lord answer my prayer, He answered it in abundance.
It was a good reminder. A humbling reminder.
I still have so much to learn.
Today I'm going back to the basics. The laundry can wait. My goal for the day is to sit with my precious girl and possibly shower. :)
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