"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13
March 24th, 2011 by Aubri
Tonight while reading “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” Clara pointed to the fat caterpillar (after he’d eaten all that food he eats and gets a tummy ache) and said “Too mush” before Phil could. Then she said “Coon!” knowing that on the following page that caterpillar would be getting inside his cocoon.
It’s just amazing to me that she remembers the story and is now able to communicate that by TALKING! It’s the little things folks! The little things that really are the big things.
March 22nd, 2011 by Aubri
During the season of my life, with all these dear ones in the pew with me, going to church isn’t easy. It’s frustrating. And on some occasions it feels like I’ve gone 12 rounds with Mike Tyson. Wondering what punch are they gonna pull next and do I have enough tricks in my WAY overstuffed diaper bag to pacify the raging bulls!
I can’t really say why I decided it would be okay to take all three babies with us Sunday afternoon to the installation of a new pastor in our circuit. Phil said he could sit with us during most of the service until he went forward for the blessing. I figured we’d do alright. Well…we didn’t do alright.Phil thinks differently but I’ll just give you a quick synopsis of our time in “Reserved” pew #3. That’s in the front of the church, you know, right where everyone can see you?
March 20th, 2011 by Aubri
Why do they call it a “Fun Run”? I guess because it rhymes since we all know there just can’t be anything “fun” about running 2.2 miles. I thought it would “fun” to walk that so when Phil suggested we go to a neighboring town and enter the St. Patrick’s Day “Fun Run/Walk” I agreed to it.
So that’s what we did yesterday. In 40 mph winds and 50 degree weather. I did it with Gerhardt strapped to me and Phil (who of course ran the thing) pushed the girls in our stroller (we are all very proud though, he was the first stroller to the finish). So today I’m hurting a little and tomorrow I’m sure I’ll be hurting a little more. And we didn’t even stay for the parade (the real reason I wanted to go!) We couldn’t since we couldn’t figure out how to kill the hour and a half before the parade started with three tired hungry babies, stuck outside, in the cold wind asking to go home so they could watch a show.
Photo Credit (no that isn’t Phil believe it or not)
March 17th, 2011 by Aubri
All week I’ve been telling the girls about St. Patrick, who he was, how he loved Jesus and the Irish people. We did some coloring and crafts earlier in the week. And I had a lot of grand plans for today. Green pancakes or yummy chocolate chip scones were going to be served for breakfast. Then rainbow cupcakes for snack time. None of it happened.
I’ve kind of been in a fog this week for some reason and just haven’t been able to get it together. Even our catechumen in their confirmation class noticed I failed them when they asked where their St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes from Aubri were. In past years I’ve managed to make cupcakes for them, then…not this year. Sigh.
We did however manage to go with Phil to “town” and spend some time at the library then to our favorite family eatery and we all (well, not Phil of course) wore “the green”. So it was indeed a happy St. Patrick’s Day, even without those scones for which the ingredients are sitting on my kitchen counter as I type this.
