Uh Oh ~ Holidays

I refuse to think about Christmas until after Thanksgiving.
Well... Thanksgiving has come and gone.
It was a relaxing, fun and of course delicious day! My mom cooked everything. I'm spoiled. Without a doubt, she makes the best pumpkin pie. My family played a game that proved we are all idiots. Great fun... then we watched "Santa Claus is Coming to Town."

Seems Thanksgiving is over ~ as soon as dinner is over.

I can feel my blood pressure rise.
So many things to plan. So many things to buy!!
We even have to buy a new Christmas tree! We "retired" our old tree this summer when we let the church borrow it for VBS. Instead of dragging it home... we dragged it to the dumpster. He lived a long and decorated life.

Date with Daddy

This morning Hope was so excited about having a date with daddy. They were heading to Cracker Barrel with plans to eat a lot of bacon for breakfast. She was also calculating ways to get Daddy to go shopping and buy her something... every little girl's dream. I think every little girl could benefit with a few more "Daddy Dates." Let's face it, much of how we view men and our expectations of our relationships with them are built on that precious relationship with Daddy. I guess we never outgrow that desire for a "Daddy Date." A couple of weeks ago, my dad stopped my office just to see me... a pretty nice bright spot in my busy week.

Pilgrim Hats

Yesterday was the Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast. The parents were asked to send fun finger foods. So we made "Pilgrim Hat" cookies. They turned out pretty cute.

Mental Ping Pong

I am involved in the most ridiculous sport. Mental Ping Pong. Makes me crazy. I had a hard time getting to sleep last night due to this insipid game. Ping - I love my job. Pong. It's too hard. Ping. It's what I am meant to do. Pong. Maybe I should be doing something else. Ping. It's great for my family. Pong. It's hard on my family. Ping. I'm the best person for this job. Pong. Someone else could do it better.

Anyone can play this game! You can apply it to any aspect of your life!! Being a parent, housework, money, marriage. Believe me, I've tried them all! Other people call this game, self doubt, insecurity, etc...

Well... once I went to sleep I slept very well. But... and that's a really big butt :) This morning I awoke from a very disturbing dream. My family and I were on our way to church. Sitting in the car I realized we were 30 MINUTES LATE!! This is really bad for the Interim Director of Children's Ministries. LOL The weird thing was that Ray did not see this as any problem at all. We get to church. Apparently, all children's classes had been cancelled. No one seemed upset... quite a matter of fact. All the kids were in adult worship, which had a very low attendance. Then... my boss found me. He said, "Maybe we should pray before we chat."
Then I - thankfully - woke up.

I think too much.
Does that make sense?
Perhaps I need a new sport... maybe tennis? Don't know much about it. Don't they talk about love? LOL

A New Cousin?

Yesterday was very fun! We got to meet a new family member. Pedro Ponchot. Shaun, Jane and Darci's new puppy. He is so cute - He looks like a toy. You may know that Hope and Micah have a very love/hate relationship with little animals. Mostly, if they are in the same room... forget about it! But they both fell in love with Pedro. Even Micah.

A couple of years ago, when Micah was very small we went to the playground across the street. There were lots of other little children there. All very comfortable with dogs. Well, there are two very nice german shepherds that live up the street. They are very well behaved and never walk on a leash. However, there are signs in our park that say dogs must be on a leash. When Hope and Micah saw the dogs coming to the playground with their owner they trembled with fear! Micah screamed at the top of his lungs, "Can't they read the signs?!!! They are supposed to be on a leash!" Micah wasn't quite 3 years old. There was lots of weeping and screaming. sigh.

Last year, in preschool a very nice family brought a little bunny to share with the classroom. It was at the end of the day so I was waiting in the hall to pick Micah up. I turned around and there was Mrs. Dozier with Micah in the air ready for me to take him. All she said was, "Bunny in the room." then rushed back to class. Needless to say, Micah was in tears terrified of the bunny.

So... we are very happy that Hope and Micah have made great progress! As you can see, Hope was quite found of the little guy.

Today was another fun day at church. I'm so excited! The River Kids Worship kids, will be singing in adult worship on December 23rd. I introduced one of the songs that we will be singing. They began picking it up lickety split. I am so proud of them. I think they are going to be GREAT! I can't wait to introduce them to the other song!

Budding Photographer

Micah has been enjoying taking pictures with my camera. Seems like he may have a future in photography... or at least a shot at being the creative director of Davis Family Movies. You can see for yourself... the boy loves Halloween toys!

Star Wars version of Jacob and Esau

This video came from a Christian Church in IL. It was perfect for River Kids Worship this week. We were talking about God forgiving Jacob. The kids are learning Bible stories by drawing simple pictures while they hear the story. Hopefully, they will be able to retell the story by drawing ~ BUT, what if kid's used their toys to tell great Bible truths... I guess it might look a little like this video. It was our first "Bring Your Parent to Church Day." The Kindergarteners and 1st graders brought their parents this week. I think the parents enjoyed this video more than the kids did. My favorite part is Chewie a.k.a Esau!