Overheard in K3

I have said it before and I'll say it again, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my babies at school! Today in my 3 year old Art class we were reviewing primary colors and the kids were given a chance to draw anything they wanted to as long as they used primary colors to do it, while I traced their hands for their next project. This is what I overheard:

3 yr old #1: I'm gonna draw a TORMATO

3 yr old #2: I'm drawing a TORMATO too and mine is gonna be blue (and he started drawing swirly lines that began to resemble a tornado)!

#1: oh no! That's not a TORMATO! It has to be red and round like this (and he starts his tomato)!

I adore them!

Parenting 101, as I see it...

You know, I will never claim I have the right formula for parenting but I do my best and hold God's hand along the way and pray my way through it! There are a few basics, as I see it. I'm sure I will miss a lot but these are the ones I hold closest (by the way, these are not numbered on purpose because the value of each one varies daily!)

Be a good example (walk the walk, don't just talk it!).

KEEP YOUR PROMISES!! (I work in a school, if you tell your child you are going to pick them up early, pick them up...if you tell your child if they behave they will get rewarded, reward them!!!)

Spend time with them, play with them, read with them, pray with them!!!

Pray OVER them, constantly, for everything, big, small and future!

Be affectionate! This morning as I was waking up Maya with kisses and hugs and raspberries things turned silly very quickly and we were both laughing and she said, "Mommy, do you think other moms & daughters act like us?" I told her I hoped so and she said she did too! Love your babies!!

These are obviously very fundamental, very 101, if you like but SO, SO important!

What are some of your Parenting 101 concepts?

One of my favorite verses:

1 Samuel 1:27-28
I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD.

Paul Puttin' it Plain!

We finished our Galatians Bible Study last night. Paul left us with this at the end of the book. He always slams the truth into us! Just something to think about:

Galatians 6
Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important.
Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else. For we are each responsible for our own conduct.

So relevant!

Prototype!

Today we started a new series at church. It's called 'Heaven'. It is going to be a really awesome series that I am looking forward to! Robey said something today that was very cool. He called Jesus a 'prototype'. I'd never heard that before and think it's so appropriate! He was the original! He died and rose again so that we can follow his example if only we believe! I liked the analogy!

prototype
Dictionary.com Unabridged (
pro·to·type /ˈproʊtəˌtaɪp/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[proh-tuh-tahyp] noun, verb -typed, -typ·ing.
–noun 1. the original or model on which something is based or formed.
2. someone or something that serves to illustrate the typical qualities of a class; model; exemplar

Do You Feel Guilty?

As a native Floridian, hurricane warnings, threats and such are a common occurrence. What makes me uneasy about the whole thing is not the winds and rains but the feeling of gratitude when I realize it is going to miss us and go somewhere else.

My family prays for the storm to dissipate and a lot of the time it does. What about the ones that don't? What about katrina? What about Gustav? What about Hannah, where is she going? Our good luck is someone else's nasty reality. It stinks. I try hard not to think about it, but when I do I feel like pond scum. Am I really happy when I see it veer off into the Gulf or up higher to the Carolinas? Yes, I am. I feel awful admitting it. Obviously I would never pray for the storm to GO elsewhere but I still feel extremely guilty! Do you?

I am praying that Ike will just be a tropical storm...he looks like he's on a mission straight to South Florida. Pray that ALL of us will be safe, not just us South Floridians!

Keep praying for it to disintegrate!

Psalm 107:29
He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.