Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Friday Five-O #53 {I know, I know...I'm late!}

Good Morning, Friends and Family!
I know I'm late posting this edition of

BUT...Believe me when I say that there are good reasons for this!

First of all, I am currently deprived of my personal laptop.
I cracked the touchscreen (yet again...
*sigh*...I REALLY wish I would stop doing that!)
and had to send it off to be fixed by the magic-makers at Dell.
Secondly, my mother had surgery last Thursday
and I was very busy in the following days taking care of her.

But with all that said,
I do have quite a bit of stuff to tell you
about what happened last week.

Friday (April 3) was Good Friday.
Honestly, I was more than a little bitter about having to work,
but whatever...I guess that's just how it goes sometimes.
The children at the YMCA
(remember, Spring Break at the YMCA was in FULL Swing!)
were very excited to discuss the full meaning of Easter
and that put a big ole Smile on my face!

I had a proud moment when they excitedly called me over
to where they were playing to say,
"Miss Sarah! We made the whole Easter story out of blocks!"
They showed me the Garden of Gethsemane, Pilate's Palace,
the Temple, Calvary's Hill, and the Empty Tomb. :)

Saturday (April 4), along with some pretty (and SCRUMPTIOUS!) treats,
I set off on a new reading adventure!

If you haven't read Red Queen,
what in the world are you waiting for?!
Stop what you're doing...and go get it...NOW!
You won't regret it!

Easter Sunday (April 5) was relatively quiet around my house.
I spent most of the day at church
(as usual...that's just my life on Sundays!
and I wouldn't have it any other way!).

Hallelujah! He is Risen!

Tuesday (April 7) was ECSTATIC
to get back to my "normal" routine at Thomas Jefferson.
No, my little TJ lovelies are not perfect
and sometimes I think they are intentionally trying to drive me to insanity,
but they are SSSSOOOO much easier to handle in our own environment
rather than at the YMCA.
Now, that's not to say that EVERYTHING
about Spring Break at the YMCA was terrible.
Quite the opposite actually,
we had some really fun times over Spring Break.


See? :)

Thursday (April 9) I got to spend LOTS of quality time
with my very own pink Grandma.
It was very wonderful of her to accompany me
to Great Plains Orthopedic Surgery Center
for mom's shoulder surgery
(more about this later).
As usual, Grandma couldn't just sit and visit,
she had to keep her hands busy while she was at it! :)

Grandma hands are NEVER idle! :)

How was your Easter/Spring Break?
How do you celebrate Christ's Resurrection?
Have you read any good books lately
that I should know about?

I would LOVE to hear your stories!

Thank you so much for visiting today!
I hope you have a great week!


Friday, March 13, 2015

Friday Five-O #49 {A Very FULL Week!}

Good Morning!
And Happy Friday to you!
I hope this finds you doing well!

I have had...a week...
It's been awesome at times, 
extremely stressful at others.
Fun and hectic, lovely and depressing.
Like I said, I've had a week.
Why don't you take a seat, grab a cup of tea
(I sure need one right now!)
and I'll tell you all about it on today's:

On Friday I was still recovering 
from the worst sinus infection of my life
and, at my mother's prompting, 
decided that getting out of the house
for a short trip to the library 
and Starbucks might be beneficial to my health.

I'd say my mother was right...

That Tiramisu Frappucino was so delicious, 
it inspired me to (FINALLY!) update my chalkboard art:

LOL...this makes me smile every time I look at it!

Sunday I finally felt well enough to resume normal activities
which, of course, means CHURCH TIME!
It felt so good to be back in the House of God...
seriously...when I'm away for a while;
whether it be due to illness or vacation or whatever,
I MISS IT!
So I was VERY glad to be back!
Furthermore, I was glad that it was warm enough outside
to go without tights! :)

Anyway, in addition to being happy about returning to my usual activities,
I was also excited because it was International Women's Day.
I had only recently learned that there was even such a thing
and I was really looking forward to celebrating it
with a "selfie" photo shoot :)

To be beautiful is the birthright of every woman. - Elizabeth Arden.

Monday night I spent hanging out with my cousin.
ACTS Student Convention 2015 is coming up soon
and she's been begging me to play ping-pong with her
to help prepare her for the competition.
Of course, I was HAPPY to oblige.
Especially when she offered to pay for Starbucks afterward...:)

Yummy, yummy,  yummy to our tummies! :)
And let me just say, we NEEDED those frappucinos
after our fierce ping-pong battles!
We were completely sweated down
and could barely walk because our leg muscles were so tight!

Tuesday I did a super fun photo shoot with G&G,
the darlings I nanny once a week.
It was a complete success 
and I'm very happy with how the photos turned out.
I will be sharing the full shoot soon
but here is a preview:

Doesn't their darlingness make you just want to swoon?!

Wednesday and Thursday were...uh...interesting days work-wise.
A whole lot of stuff went wrong
and frankly, I felt worn out by 7am on both days.
However, thanks to some Heavenly help,
I kept on truckin'.
And Wednesday evening in Kids' Church,
it paid off!
We had an EXCELLENT class.
Great worship and prayer abounded for nearly two hours!

It was a beautiful, precious time
with the kids pouring their hearts out to the Lord.

How was your week?
Have any new chalkboard art to share?
My birthday is coming up soon
and I have some birthday themed chalkboard art to do! :)
Did you celebrate International Women's Day?
What has been happening in your Sunday School/Junior Church class?

I would love to hear your stories!

Thank you so  much for visiting today!
I hope you come back soon!






Tuesday, February 24, 2015

A Profile of the Children: Superboy

When you work in childcare, you're often faced with the challenge of loving the unlovable. There's frustration and annoyance, angry questions and sullen answers. But there's also the undeniable, excruciating feeling of having your heart ripped apart when you realize this child behaves in an unloving manner because they've been on the receiving end of such actions more times than you care to think about. And you know that God has placed you in this child's life for a purpose. This is a profile of one such child that completely broke my heart...and in the end: completely stole it.

I call him: Superboy


Superboy
Impossible and wild;
Daring and defiled

Superboy
Solitary and proud
Head in the clouds

Superboy
Cunning and smart
An overflowing cart

Superboy
Untouched and in need
Desperate to be freed

Superboy
Sweet and deliberate
Secretly considerate



Superboy
Unstudious but charming
His passion alarming

Superboy
Breakable beneath
His wrought-iron sheath

Superboy
Wrecked and undone
A friend to no one

Superboy
Under my care
Love and hope to spare

Superboy
Challenging and sad
Took everything I had