Excuse me, I'd like to brag...

May 2010
I wanted to post these 2 special pictures separately from the Pre Summer - Post Summer post.

We are extremely proud of our children and their efforts that they put into school. I also love that they have such personality in all they do. They're are not just our 'little robots' regurgitating what they are 'programed' to do. It's such a lovely thing (as all parents can attest) to see your children doing right and loving others with their own will.

Our lives are filled with joy watching these 2 learn, love, fail and succeed.

Citizenship: Demonstrating unusual cooperation, kindness towards others, respect, obedience, and a helpful spirit. Titus 3:1-2

Principles List: For exeplary academic achiedvement by maintaining a 96% - 100% numeric average during the 2009-2010 school year.

"For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance.... in the kingdom of light." Colossians 1:9-12

First Day of School

Miss Essex--2nd grade teacher.

Miss Flores--1st grade teacher.

I have had a handful of friends ask, "What are you doing with all your time now that both kids are in school all day?" (8a-3p)

True, it is a new season of my life. What has made up my life for the past 15 yrs as a wife has been a fine blend of fulfillment....college student (4 yrs), employee (2 yrs), teacher (3 yrs), volunteer (5 yrs), and certainly not least 'mommy' (8 yrs).

Sunday night before Orientation Day at SCCS, I was feeling a lot of internal emotions.

As most of you know, I do not quickly adapt to change. I like to know what to expect. I generally plan for the worst, hoping to be relieved when things go better than expected. I analyse all the possibilities of what could go wrong but also being hopeful of the good as well.

So, not knowing what the next 2 days would bring about, I worried. Yes, I know verses...Psalm 46:10, Psalm 37:5, Philippians 4:6, 1 Peter 4:7, Matthew 6:25-27, Matthew 11:28-30, Matthew 6:34, etc...but I have not committed myself to solely leaning on Him, so my 'nature' took over my well-being.

Come Tuesday (1st day) I anxiously walked Emily to her 2nd grade class and Nathan to his 1st grade class (both are wonderful teachers). I did not shed a tear (as I had done the previous 2 yrs) but looked ahead to the possibilities of what was to come. Many of you know that I attended SCCS 2nd gr.-6th gr. My experience during that time was mixed and unfortunately ended poorly. I am thankful today that I am able to step ahead and step into making SCCS a wonderful experience for our children.

Currently, I am heavily involved with PTF (Parent-Teacher Fellowship) and I LOVE IT! I am thankful to the Lord for blessing our family with a hard working and loving father who also supports Christian education for our children. The more I am involved there, the more grateful I become for the opportunity to be a stay-at-home mom who can have all the time in the day to 'go back to school' and give back to a student body and administration during this season of my life.

Kidspeak

I am excited to get pics and a few posts up about our start to a new school year. However, this was too funny to forget, so I am taking the opportunity to document these now.

Mom: (day 1 at K pick up) "Hey! How was your first day of kindergarten, Nate!?"
Nate: (big sigh) "Mrs. Dennis has a lot of words."

Mom: (day 2 at K pick up) "Nate! How was your day!?"
Nate: *silent*
Mom: "Nate, you need to answer mommy."
Nate: "Can we just have the car quiet?"

Mom: "Hi Em, how was your day at school?"
Emily: "Bad. Miss Flores had to call my name a few times."
Mom: "To help, or what?"
Emily: "No, to tell me to stop talking. It's so hard, my friends are sitting right next to me on BOTH sides!"

Mom: "Get in the car, time to go to school."
Emily: (reaching for a tissue in the tissue holder) "Oh, SNAP!" (the box was empty)

Mom: "Em, did you have a better day today?"
Emily: "Thank the Lord!" (with a big sigh)
Mom: (giggling)
Emily: "Miss Flores did not have to call my name today."
Mom: (thinking, Yes, Praise be to God!)