Adrianna starts preschool tomorrow and she seems very excited! We have her clothes and back pack all set out as well as her new shoes. I will definitely post pictures of her tomorrow! I HAVE to have her first day of school picture!
Today I think we had 4 time out's and a spanking. So much for trying to focus on the positive!
Shawn and I made a new behavior chart with just a few things we want to work on with her.
Like having a sharing heart, speaking kind & loving words, thinking of others first, and verse memorization. No sooner had we discussed what it means to show that Jesus is in our hearts she was fighting with Eliza. Our verse this week is Matthew 5:9, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God". Okay....not so peaceful today. Satan was really attacking us! I kept asking myself if I was looking hard enough for something positive and there just didn't seem to be anything! So at dinner Eliza wanted more cantalope and Adrianna offered to help her put some in her bowl. I jumped right on that one! She got a sticker for her chart for having a sharing heart!
This was after she was jumping on Eliza's bed, giving her dogfood with a VERY mischievious look on her face, and getting out of rest time to open Eliza's door! (She was still sleeping..grrrr)
Tomorrow is a new day right....:(
I am in the 3rd trimester finally! Only about 10 weeks to go! It really is not very far away but on some days it seems like forever! I have been going to the doctor every 2 weeks for about a month and half now and I know it will just get more frequent.
Shawn is busy with Band, meetings, church, and other odd jobs. He was going non-stop today at work but he still came home and helped me get dinner ready AND clean-up the mountain of dishes. He is so great! I wish I had half his energy right now!
I am praying that God will show me in a tangible way that parenting can be a joy, because right now, IT'S NOT!
"This is my beloved and this is my friend." Song of Solomon 5:16
Adrianna Grace
7 years old
Eliza Jacquelyn
4 1/2 years old
Caleb Eric Steven
2 1/2 years old
About Me
- BeckyG.
- I am a stay-at-home mom who is loving the every day journey God is guiding me through! I am learning to rely on Christ for my identity and value. I am taking each day as it comes and trusting God to give me grace and joy on this incredible journey!
3 comments:
I love you, baby! I only wish I could do more around the house right now...
It's bittersweet having Adrianna go to preschool.
Parenting is not always a joy, if you look at it that way. But parenting brings you the greatest joys you will every know in spite of the "bad" days. Easy for me to say, I'm not sitting in the middle of it right now, but I am sitting in the middle of boxes and a room being packed up as your sister moves out. Bittersweet... a very common word in parenting. You want them to move on.. but.. you're still the mamma!
You know something that I thought of recently. Being a mom is a JOB. (hey...I didn't say it was earthshattering!! ;)
ANY job has is pros and cons. Sometimes your job is fun, exciting and easy to look forward to. Other times you have to force yourself out of bed and plaster a smile on your face to say "you want fries with that?" =D
God calls us to excellence in all things- being a band teacher, a church volunteer, a mom or flippin' burgers! This is my job for now and I need to ask him to give me the strength and grace to do my best for HIM. I don't know if that is very insightful but it's helped me recently!
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