It is so HARD joyous, fun and thrilling to reflect. I know the value to be found in assessing. The springboard evaluation provides for growth and change. But is isn’t always easy. Watching reality tv often seems like a much better escape option. Read the rest of this entry »
Waking up on Monday morning, I’m thankful for so much….
1. The routine.
Loved Spring Break, but my oldest NEEDS routine. Last night he was in bed and asleep by 7pm and didn’t make a peep until 6:53am. Hopefully today will be a better day because of it! Baby was in bed by 6pm and didn’t wake up until 6:38am. WOOP WOOP!!!!!!!!!!!! And it’s Monday, so that means, school, Hot Shots, Miss Jeeti, Miss Anitha, Miss Debbie and Miss Sandy’s classes and preschool friends!
2. Brother time.
3. Amazing creativity and beauty.
4. Signs of Spring & New Life
5. Baby Holders
6. Easter Tattoos (& Pastor Steve!)
6. Family
7. New Friends
8. Surprise Visits from Old Friends
9. Easter Wear (and bright Easter socks with tennis shoes later added)…..CLASSY.
10. Heating Pads and Ice Packs and Advil. (somehow my back is totally out of whack and so I’m trying to be careful and rest up).
What are you thankful for this morning?
I have been enjoying following a few folks on their attempts to capture their families in a *portrait* one time each month. Tara Whitney originally posted about this project, ”Six People Twelve Times”, last February. I never end up in family pictures, mostly because I am always the one grabbing the camera and/or annoyed at how I look when I manage to get photographed. So, signing on to do this is a leap of faith and challenge for me, an {opportunity} to let go of my need for perfection and focus on the goal, capturing glimpses of our family for the next twelve months.
Accompanying each month’s photo will also be a few notes on the family and what’s going on that month. Some folks end up compiling a book after the year’s over. That won’t be happening for me, but I love the goal of having twelve photos that embody the changes that will no doubt occur this year. Drew will go from 3 months – 15 months for heaven’s sake! Look at the difference in that time frame for Alex…
So, here’s the first installment!
As for the family,
Drew is:
~finding his hands
~smiling
~”talking” and cooing
~grabbing toy on his playmat
~trying to survive the onslaught of his *loving* brother
Alex
~starts going to The Music School this month each Thursday from 9:30-11am
~loves building castles from blocks & parking garages
~asks tons of questions about life that stump us
~trying to figure out the complicated skills of bike riding (with training wheels) & basketball hoop shooting
~loves playing school, forcing us to come to circle time (even Sally’s not exempt!)
Matt
~is settling into his new Associate Pastor position at Sunnyvale Presbyterian
~working on his “honey do” list that I’m constantly adding to
~enjoys his new Kindle
~heading out on a session retreat this month and a junior high ski trip
~is preparing to “be installed” as the Associate Pastor at Sunnyvale on January 9th and will preach on the 30th
Christine
~the continually evolving process of navigating stay-at-home-mom land
~grocery shopping, dish washer loading and unloading, cooking, cleaning (and then repeat, repeat, repeat)
~hoping to get going on my running goal to be ready for March’s 5K
~trying to get the hang of the new sewing machine
and Sally….
~trying to stay out of the way of two boys and two crazed parents
~lots of sleeping & resting
~maybe a once/week walk (poor sallster)
~lots of snuggling and cuddling
