While grocery shopping with Grace and Ethan, I put Ethan in the front of the cart and Gracie in the back. After we had gone down several aisles, Grace started blessing everything in the cart. She started by saying, "Dear Jesus, I love you so much. Thank you for being in my heart. Amen." Then she would hold each item individually and say, "Dear Jesus, I love you so much. And I love jello. Thank you." "Dear Jesus, I love you so much. And I love ranch. Thank you." "Dear Jesus, I love you so much. And I love cheese. Thank you." Everything got blessed.
Ethan is now starting to cruise around the furniture and falling pretty regularly. We have to gate off the stairs and block the electric cords from him. If we see him going for the stairs or electric cords and we block them off, he just balls like we broke his heart. At his 9 month doctor appt (Jan 4), he weighed 19 1/2 lbs and was 27 inches long. So he has slowed down considerably in growing, only gaining 3 oz and 1/2 inch in 3 months.
Emily LOVES playing with her friends from preschool and church and her cousins! I love that at her age, she enjoys anything she can do to help mommy. Yesterday she cut pictures out of a magazine of ways she can help me and glued them on construction paper. Think it will last long? Last night at Walmart, the girls were getting fidgety in the shoe aisle, so they starting racing down the aisle. We heard a loud clang like a big bell and then eardrum blowing screaming. Emily had run full throttle into a fire extinguisher on a pole. She got a big, purple goose egg instantly, along with many stares as people went by.
I went to a homeschooling orientation on Tuesday night. There is so much information to go through that it makes my head swim! I will need to sort through everything and see my options with living overseas. I'm planning to take the materials and books on the airplane in February. Kent and I will be flying to Albania for 7-10 days around Feb. 13-22. In order for the ABI board to officially invite Kent as a faculty member, he needs to teach a 2-4 hour trial class at ABI. This will also be a good time for me to see our possible future home and see how things work there. The hardest part for me will be leaving the kids for so long and so far away!
Ethan is now starting to cruise around the furniture and falling pretty regularly. We have to gate off the stairs and block the electric cords from him. If we see him going for the stairs or electric cords and we block them off, he just balls like we broke his heart. At his 9 month doctor appt (Jan 4), he weighed 19 1/2 lbs and was 27 inches long. So he has slowed down considerably in growing, only gaining 3 oz and 1/2 inch in 3 months.
Emily LOVES playing with her friends from preschool and church and her cousins! I love that at her age, she enjoys anything she can do to help mommy. Yesterday she cut pictures out of a magazine of ways she can help me and glued them on construction paper. Think it will last long? Last night at Walmart, the girls were getting fidgety in the shoe aisle, so they starting racing down the aisle. We heard a loud clang like a big bell and then eardrum blowing screaming. Emily had run full throttle into a fire extinguisher on a pole. She got a big, purple goose egg instantly, along with many stares as people went by.
I went to a homeschooling orientation on Tuesday night. There is so much information to go through that it makes my head swim! I will need to sort through everything and see my options with living overseas. I'm planning to take the materials and books on the airplane in February. Kent and I will be flying to Albania for 7-10 days around Feb. 13-22. In order for the ABI board to officially invite Kent as a faculty member, he needs to teach a 2-4 hour trial class at ABI. This will also be a good time for me to see our possible future home and see how things work there. The hardest part for me will be leaving the kids for so long and so far away!
So long for now,
Angie
