the milk mustache
a mustache is a funny thing at our house. if you have little ones, i am sure it’s funny at your house too. orville especially gets a kick out of having a mustache. i snapped a few pictures of one at lunch yesterday.(aunt heidi, these are for you!)
1st grade
i have been saying for a few weeks now that i am not prepared for 1st grade. amelia will be gone all day. all day! she won’t be here for errand running, which will honestly make it easier. she won’t be here at lunch time, which means preparing less food and wiping one less messy face, though she doesn’t eat too much and she’s a pretty neat eater. but i am going to miss her.
last night at church we had a few minutes together, just she and i. we were walking and holding hands, swinging our arms. i squeezed her hand a little, looked down at her, and had a tear in my eye. “what?”, she said. “i am not ready for first grade,” i said, “i am going to miss you.” she smiled, “i’ll be back.” “i know you will,” i told her, “but you won’t be home for lunch. it will be just me and the stinky boys.” she smiled again, “well, you can just put them in their room if they are having too much gas.” oh, a little bit of joy, and a little bit of sadness.
this morning she was up early. she ate breakfast while i packed her backpack. she put on her dress and fancy shoes(ones that would be reserved for lunch at grammy’s or something special at church). we did her hair, part up, part down, and added two yellow ribbons. we took lots of pictures, with daddy, with me, with the boys. she put on her backpack and told us it was too heavy, but just a little bit. she and i headed for the van.
we prayed on our way to school. i thanked Jesus for the gorgeous weather(it’s 66 and sunny) He has given us for the first day of 1st grade. i asked Him to help amelia have fun. to help her enjoy the friends she knows and to get to know new ones. i asked Him to help her to remember to behave well and to obey her teacher. and i asked Him to help her remember that she belongs to Him. right as i was saying amen, we pulled up to school. it was busy!
we made our way to the playground where all of the kids(and some parents) were lining up, waiting to head inside to their new classrooms. we found ‘our line’ and made it to the end. right in front of us was a boy from amelia’s kindergarten class. they were both excited to see each other. on our way into the school we spotted another friend from kindergarten and once inside the classroom, another friend from church. this eased my nerves.
i know she’s fine. i know she’ll be fine. it’s just my heart is a little sad. and i am already looking forward to school ending today so she can tell me all about it.
in pictures-from just after waking up, to sitting at her 1st grade desk.
bathtime
amelia has been able to bathe herself for awhile now. however, she always needed my help with the soap. we are not bar soap people and getting the shower gel out of the bottle proved a little troubling for her. last week i bought her her own bottle of soap, with a pump. she was so excited! tonight when she was taking a bath, she asked if i could stay in the bathroom while she got washed. i told her i’ve seen her get washed a million times. she said this time was different though, because she could do it all by herself. so, there i sat, on the stool they use to reach the sink, and i watched her get washed. and she did a great job. and i was overwhelmed. my little girl, 4 1/2 when she came home, didn’t know then that soap needed to be used on your entire body to get it clean. she didn’t understand why she needed to get clean. and she didn’t understand why she needed to get clean so frequently. and now, she understands all of that and can do it all too. it is the little things that make our family so amazing. the littlest things.
Filed under children, family, parenting | Comment (1)my husband’s current facebook profile pic
he is so hysterical! his sense of humor is one of the first things i fell in love with. i am so thankful that he’s still funny and i still find him amusing.
Filed under marriage | Comment (0)a slight obsession
orville has a strange obsession with my feet. it started quite a while ago. he used to get very upset when he’d get in the bathtub and there were fuzzies in the water. fuzzies from his own feet. so, we’d check his toes for fuzzies before he entered the tub. he didn’t like it much and would usually cry some. to ease the crying, i’d offer for him to check my fuzzies. he thought this was hysterical.
his checking my fuzzies went from before his bath, to after his bath. while watching TV and reading stories. it also went from checking my toes for fuzzies to smelling my feet, holding my feet, hugging my feet. sometimes he likes to put things in between my toes too. like tonight when we were getting ready to pray before bed. ladies and gentlemen, i bring you my feet, adorned with french fries and potato chips.
shoes, salsa, gutters, animals, jobs
an update of sorts. i really do plan to blog each of these little things as they happen. if only i weren’t ready to crash every night right after we put the kids to bed.
–a couple of weeks ago, grammy and gramps made plans to donate to shoes for orphan souls with the kids. grammy and i took the kids to pick out shoes one day. then a few days later grammy and gramps took the kids to a local drop off station.
we’re so proud of our shoes!
we’re getting ready to go!
did we mention they had donuts there?
–we very much enjoy going out for mexican food. and we are thankful our kids enjoy it too, especially orville.
–we always have projects around the house. i am sure most of you do too. last week a gutter needed fixed. the boys were quite helpful at home depot.
–friday we went to the zoo.
this guy was our favorite. until he laid down, rolled over, and showed us his parts. ah, no thanks mister.
–and last, but certainly not least, josh got a promotion at work! it’s been in the making for a while and this week it was announced. we had a little picnic with josh’s family to celebrate.
congratulations babe!
gramps and orville
grammy, amelia (yes, posing!), and wilbur
uncle ben (aunt ashley had to work) and uncle nate
josh, showing off the burgers.
and the “cake”, provided by grammy. apparently, the grocery store only had halves. but it was good. and we were/are thankful.
wonder what update will come next?