A Little of This, A Little of That

A little silliness

Katelee took my bucket of rhythm sticks, my cake pan, my earrings, a couple of leaves and a wood chip and created this guy. She is hilarious!

A little mess

I told Katelee she could roll the pie crust dough for me for a moment. I ran to answer the phone. Gerald walked in a minute later and found half the bucket of flour on the counter, Katelee and floor. Lovely.

A little dilemma

Katelee loves her awesome heart glasses. A while back, I sent her into her room to get dressed for school. She came out looking like this. She ate her breakfast, brushed her teeth, made her bed, did a little playing, got her hair done ... and never touched the glasses. In her mind, they were part of her outfit, not a toy. On the way to school, I debated how to handle this. Should I let her walk into school like this? I thought of my friend, Lisa, who is a master at letting her kids express themselves and be true to their own sense of style. But everything in me wanted to make her leave the glasses in the car. In the end, I didn't say a word. (This was really hard for me!) Katelee happily wore the glasses into school. Her teacher asked her to put them in her backpack during class, but she wore them throughout recess and again as soon as school ended. She was happy. She was confident. She felt stylish and independent. I guess it was worth a bit of embarrassment on my part. Though I still debate if I did the right thing. What would you have done? Luckily, the glasses haven't made another school-day appearance.
A little cousin

We enjoy getting to babysit baby Elijah every now and then. Katelee can't get enough of him! What a sweetie!!
A little bragging

We had parent-teacher conferences this past week, and Katelee's teacher told me that she had given Katelee the end-of-the-year reading test. Katelee passed with flying colors. Her teacher is going to begin assigning her first-grade-level reading material. What a smartie pants!

And finally, a little news

We have a couple who is considering us for adoption! We've met them and emailed a bit. When we went to dinner with them, we had a great time and really felt that we had a lot in common and that we formed a friendship. Our case worker called to say that they were serious enough about choosing us that he was going to pull our profile offline for awhile so no one else would choose us in the meantime. We were feeling pretty excited! And then...we haven't heard a thing from them all week. No response to our email, nothing. And we've noticed our profile is, in fact, still live. Not sure whether or not to get excited. IF (and we realize that this is a IF) things work out, the baby is due November 28. We may get our hearts completely broken. Or we might get a baby! But I feel the that the Lord has told me to embrace the experience and live with hope and faith. No matter what happens, we need to go through this for some reason. So, keep your fingers crossed and remember us in your prayers, and we'll keep everyone updated!