The day in reverse:
The kids were a little hard to wind down, but they are asleep now. My parents come over, and brought dinner. Antonio showed them how he could read, and Bella sang the "I love you" song. Andrew received the garbage truck toy he wanted for staying dry through the night. He has been doing well with that the last week. I am hopeful. It's almost time to get the potty seat out for Bella-girl. (didn't I just put that away) It is nice to put things away "for good" It feels like we aren't going to have any more because we have passed some sort of time barrier we never have before. One Year! 20 more to go! Catholic contraception is exhausting. And frightening. That's what being a Christian is all about. right? Probably not. I have gotten to the part about letting God have control over your future, He knows best. But now I need the peace part. The peace to really accept that He knows best. So I can sit back and...rela.....what? no? mmm..darn.
Earlier today I was eating lunch, after the kids finished up. Antonio asked to go play on the computer. I usually let him, but I told him that I wanted him to come read some little books I had just borrowed from the preschool. He sat down, and really did well. I had to help him with d, p and b. And sometimes he tried to add an extra syllable into a three letter word, but then he stared to get it, and read a few word without even having to sound them out. I was very proud of him ( I got a little tear in my eye) And he was proud and happy too. It is so cute when he is proud of himself. When they are young their emotion shows in their whole body. When I was pouring some juice for Bella today (that I guess she really wanted) she stared doing that thing where she tries to jump, she is so excited.
Before picking up Antonio from preschool, I took Andrew to the dollar store to get a few "Lightning McQueen" puzzles for staying dry at night. Bella is really terrible in stores, she just wants out of the shopping cart. Which sometimes seems preferable to her screaming, until I let her out, then it's like chasing a chicken who pecks everything off the shelf around. And I go around picking up after her, or grabbing inappropriate things from her, which is not so bad until someone looks at me, and I realize what am I doing letting my one-year-old lead me around the store (her laughing, me scowling) and then I try to get her tiny kicking legs back in the cart, and I remember. Andrew was happy with his puzzles anyway
Lately I have been trying to remember my husbands schedule better. On Fridays he starts late, which makes me think "I'm going to have more time to spend with my husband" but really he goes to drop off Antonio, does his holy water duty at church, and most likely one other random errand, and then we have no morning left. Nest month is going to be busy I made a bunch of Dr. appointments. Andrew needs his eyes checked, he squints all the time. I think he will need glasses, and what am I thinking about? I don't have him covered under our eye insurance plan. It was seriously a matter of checking a box. Darn. Anyway today was a good day.
Here following is Our Lady of Medjugorje's January 25, 2011 Monthly Message :
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