Has it really been 2 weeks since I've posted? What in the world? There used to be a time when I could post mutliple times a day. (Darn Facebook!) Anyway, I'm trying to think about what happened in the last two weeks that you would find interesting. And I'm kinda blank. I guess I've just been relishing normalness after the completion of our September birthday mainia! Anyway, here are some tidbits....
SCHOOL: The fall school routine is in full swing. Eden is loving kindergarten and has had all "clear" days on her behavior calendar. She seems to be excited about everything she does in school! Lonna, on the other hand, is off to a slow start in the 3rd grade. This week we were informed by both the teacher and the evidence by her poor grades that she had been making the decision not to pay attention in class.
After a firm and rational discussion, we think she has seen the error in her ways, and she has till November Conferences to turn things around and prove so!
WEEKENDS: Corey made some adjustments to his working schedule, so that he has more weekend time off, now that both of the girls are in school all day. I'm loving it! It's just nice to have hime home of Friday and Saturday nights! This weekend the girls are with his parents and after some fun out last night just the two of us, we've been busy around the house getting things in order for winter...yard stuff put away, plastic on our drafty windows, fans put away etc etc. It just feels so normal...something that is hard to achieve when your hubby is an RN that works 12-hour night shifts.
ANNUAL DOCS VISIT: This is for you GrandmaJill, the girls had their annual pediatrician well-visits and are doing a-o-k, gorwing right along their growth curves, which in both cases are below 50%-tile: Here are the stats:
Eden at 6-years: 41 pounds (a gain of 1 1/2 lbs) and 44 1/2 inches (a gain of 3 ins)
Lonna at 9-years: 54 punds (a gain of 4 lbs) an 50 1/4 inches (a gain of 2 1/4 ins)
MY STUFF: After a quiet summer, things that I'm involved with have kicked into full gear. It is nice to have the days to work on these projects....co-leading for Brownie and Daisy Girl Scout Troops, PTA Newsletter, Yearbook and Book Swap and caring for Calvin and Emmett one or two days a week. Plus keeping up with things around the house. Who knew I would have so much to do?!?
ESTHER & CROSSTOWN KIDZ: I'm doing Beth Moore's Esther Bible Study for small group this fall! Love it!!!! Plus I'm working through the book of Ephesians with Lonna and the book of Matthew with Eden for their Crosstown Kidz reading assingments. I write this, mostly as a reminder to myself later: I'm reading lots of the Word and I feel SO good.
I know the phase will come when I am distracted from this kind of good daily study of the Bible and I hope I come back to this post and remind myself of why I need to get things back in order! I just feel so much more level when I am in God's word!
K-LOVE: Yes! Pittsburgh recently got a K-LOVE Christian Radio station. I am also loving this! And it too is contributing to the peace of my spirit. And the girls are coming to enjoy it too! We were listeing to it recently, and they were having people call in and share testimonies of how K-Love had impacted them etc. So a man called in to share his story. When he was down and out spiritually, he had bought a car, and ALL the radio presets had been set to his local K-LOVE. He said he was hooked right away and has turned his life around and found a church family etc. Praise God! Later Lonna said when she turned 16 and bought her first car, she wasn't going to buy the car unless it could play K-LOVE.
I thought that was too cute!
So that's just the loose highlights. We are in a rhythm around here and things for the most part are good. Now it's time to enjoy all the things that Autumn brings, and I'll be sure to take more time to blog about it!