So yesterday we were doing our Family Worship time before bedtime. Robert has been trying to remind the kids to listen to the Bible reading and pay attention! So he got especially passionate last night talking about how important it is to read our Bible and pay attention to teaching on it. This is how it went down:
Robert: (this the shortened version of his speech) It is the MOST important thing! You must pay attention and learn about God and His Word! If you learn nothing else from Daddy, please learn that this is the MOST important thing! You must learn about Jesus and the Gospel and the Bible! (Kids are all starring at him, sitting in a circle, quiet for about a minute) Robert: Cal, what is the most important thing in the world? The Boy: (very matter of fact) The Dinosaur Restaurant....... Me: HA!! (muffled under my arm and hidden from Robert and Cal) The Boy: (His face totally lights up and you can literally see the correct answer explode in his head) OH!! No! Jesus!! Jesus is the most important thing!! At that point we all exploded in laughter and gave Cal a pat on the back for paying attention! Ha! AND, speaking of Jesus, there is a song called Son of David that Robert and I have been listening to sooo much! It is amazing and makes me cry every time! Go check it out! http://marshill.com/music/albums/the-good-king It's the fifth song down! Also, I'm wearing out Where Were You by them and Robert digs Lion Man.
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I haven't been keeping up, I know. Things have been busy and I've been having a hard time. I am attempting to make a come back.
Robert is currently applying to jobs. He really doesn't want to do psychology anymore but we don't have a choice when we have so much money in loans to pay off. We hope to hunker down and get them paid off quickly so that he can do something else. He REALLY doesn't want to work on the base as civilian, but they are about the only jobs in the area for now. And we sincerely want to stay here. He has applied to several contract jobs there that will pay very nicely but after taxes (thank you, unnamed political leader) and us paying for our own insurance he would be making less than what he makes now. Which will make paying off loans all the more harder. But we will persevere with the Lord leading. He know's our hearts and gives them the desires that align with His heart. We will keep praying and driving forward. Tender has been meal planning, grocery shopping, and making all the meals for Tuesdays for about four weeks now! She loves it! If she gets very good at it and can balance her school work with the responsibility then I may bump her up to two days a week in the fall. We will see. She has also started some Occupational Therapy weekly. Without going into all the drawn out details we noticed that Tender has some habits that are interfering with her life and we didn't know why she had such a hard time controlling them. We knew it was either anxiety or possibly a sensory problem. She got evaluated and the Occupational Therapist agreed with us, that it is either anxiety (self soothing habits) or sensory processing disorder (habits to feed her senses). So, since Tricare covers the therapy we are trying that to see if we see a difference. We still work on her anxiety at home with prayer and teaching. She has been going every Monday for about 3 weeks and I have been taught things to do at home to help her out as well. That would take a long time to explain so I will just say that we are seeing an improvement! It's still early and just a slight difference but her nervous ticks are decreasing, it seems. Hurricane is still hung up on birds. We have, blessedly, gotten to watch a whole family of Robins nurture, feed, and teach their babies how to fly! Right in our front yard. And then, right beside our front door a cardinal built a nest down at Bryse's eye level and right outside the window of our laundry room. We have sat in the laundry room and watched the daddy cardinal bring food to the mama sitting on the nest and then watched the mama feed the babies, all a mere four feet from us! She has also saved up enough money to buy her first B.B. gun! She stands on the back deck and, ironically, tries to shoot birds!! Why? I don't know. Seems she figures the only way she can see a bird super close is by killing it. We have made a rule that she is only allowed to aim at black birds. The Boy hasn't had a lot to do on his own lately. All three of the older kids are going to VBS this week for the first time ever!! Big deal! They are super excited! The Boy is also going through a phase of having issues with Daddy taking me on dates and wanting to cuddle with me. He wants me all to himself and then is quick to explain that he loves daddy a little bit more than me. ; ) To which Tender cries because The Boy might hurt my feelings and I have to comfort her and explain that I don't take criticisms from four year olds too seriously. Ha! Wild Man is about a breath away from his mama getting him potty trained! He not only lets me know when he's pooped but also when he pees and even when he passes gas! He is not a fan of wearing a dirty diaper and when he wears underwear for fun he demands a diaper when he needs to poop. We are currently looking at the calendar for a good time for a week to devote to that. Also, I've never seen a child more obsessed with cars. Robert and I feel close to pulling our hair out because we are screamed at so often to look at a car driving by our house. I am struggling a bit. To be honest. Feeling down lately has lead to eating unhealthy, which has lead to gaining weight, which of course only leads to more laziness and eating junk. I am currently breaking the cycle and getting my act together. I spent a lovely morning with a friend who really encouraged me on mothering issues. I took a list of questions about home management and she filled my head with knowledge, both biblical and logistical! I got to borrow some great books from her too and her kids are just amazing and the kids were so blessed to spend some time with them. Really it's only been rough for a few weeks now. Things will bounce back. I think I'm sinking because I'm struggling with Jasper's birthday next month. It is strange how grief pops up. Anyway, God is so good! |
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