My Daughter the Preacher

Matthew 21:16

They asked Jesus, "Do you hear what these children are saying?" "Yes," Jesus replied. "Haven't you ever read the Scriptures? For they say, 'You have taught children and infants to give you praise.'"

Between a a meal in the fellowship hall and a slide show that followed in the sanctuary, my little girl got up on the altar, stood behind the communion table and began preaching to the 20 or so people who'd started to straggle into the sanctuary. At the top of her lungs she said things like, "You guys, the King said we could come to his house!" "A cross--Jesus died on the cross!" And "You guys should pray."  I told the Pastor that I think she's trying to take his job.

(The photo, by the way, is of her eating her Dunkin Donut hash browns in the church foyer before Sunday school began)

A White October

 I had a delightful surprise when I looked out the front door at about 5:30 on Saturday morning.  Snow! I thought the first picture would be the end of it--that it wouldn't amount to anything more, but an hour later we had this:

By around 1pm, we had really good coverage on the ground, and when it was all over we had maybe about 4 inches of wet, heavy snow. 

My husband was saying that had it been a bit colder we would have even more but since it was so wet, it really packed down hard. 

That was perfect in my opinion, though, because so often snow is too powdery to do anything with.  But not this snow! We did all the wonderful things that one is expected to do on a snow day and we have the piles of wet boots and outerwear to prove it!

I hope those of you in the path of this weird storm enjoyed it as much as we did! :-D

Sharing

My poor little family.  I thought we were over the hump when I got better from the virus that racked me last week... and I was proud of myself for transferring my antibodies to my precious Bunny, but alas, it's not over yet! Bunny woke up screaming last night with a 100.5 fever, and my husband has been sick since yesterday.  So today, I took another day off work so I can take care of them.  We'll be returning to the newborn days where all we did was hold Bunny and rock her when the colic was really bad.  I do want her to learn to take naps on her own, but today I'll rock her to sleep and nurse her to sleep and let her sleep in my arms all she wants.  Last night, she slept in our bed for half of the night because with the fever, it was the only way she slept soundly.  It means that I did NOT sleep soundly.  I don't like the idea of sleeping with Bunny because I'm always afraid I'll smush her or she'll smother in the pillows or against me and my husband, but last night I was just really careful, and I held her in my breastfeeding hold (I curl up next to her and she feeds while we both lay down) and slept lightly to allow her to sleep deeply. She's had two doses of infant Tylenol and I think the fever may have broken because she's cool for the first time and also a little sweaty.  I won't know, though til the Tylenol wears off which will be in about 15 minutes.  Oh, my poor little family! I like sharing but this is not what I had in mind...

BUSY!!!

I'm so busy suddenly! I'm a part time Spanish teacher, in case you didn't know, and progress reports are due at my school tomorrow and, YIKES they're not ready! So, if you're waiting for another post from me, don't worry, there will be more beautiful baby pictures and sewing tutorials soon.  But for right now, I'm on hiatus because I need to finish grading some essays and then catch a breath or two playing with my adorable daughter and seeing my husband who is likewise very busy.  Blogging just takes second place next to my adorable little family. :-D