Please pray...

Y'all may remember this little darling making her grand dramatic entrance into this world causing us to hold our breath until she took her first.  From the 21st week of my pregnancy with this girl, we prayed for some divine healing and intervention from the Lord, because the odds were not in her favor.  God answered time and time again.  Over her 5 and 1/2 years we've learned more and more about her, and as she's now started kindergarten, this momma is...hmm...how to word it correctly.  I guess I would call myself alert.  We've gotten doctor notes, we've talked with teachers (shout out to the BEST teacher EVER, Mrs. Jenne', not quite sure what I would do without you...), and we've talked with the school nurse.  BUT, things happen.  This Tuesday, we got a call that Catharine didn't feel well and had a low-grade fever.  After some investigating, her teacher and I came to the conclusion that she got too hot in PE.  She overdid it and had to get picked up from school.  She doesn't sweat and just a simple indoor activity can mean that she will overheat and her entire day will be ruined.  Can you imagine?  

I'm just not sure how to pray?!  Ever been there?  How great would it be for the Lord to heal her of this disorder?!  But, we know that sometimes He allows hardships for reasons that we cannot always see.  I would love to take her out of PE and put her in the library, but I don't want her to be that kid.  I want her to live her life, like everyone else.  We're coping.  She's coping.

Many of you love her and have walked through a lot of her life with us. Would you pray for her and us and her teachers?  

Thanks, friends.  God is good.  We praise Him for her precious life.  To Him be the glory!

First Day of School!

I woke the girls up at 7 this morning.  Madelyn was super excited, Catharine was....sleepy :).  First they got dressed, then we ate breakfast, then a family devotion and prayer, then brushed teeth, packed backpacks, pictures, and off to school!  

 Today we learned that God has power to heal!  God is so good to us!

 This totally shows their personalities...Madelyn super excited and uninhibited, Catharine reserved and sweetly smiling.

 Me-"Madelyn, smile normal!  :)"

 Doll.

 2nd grade already?!

 Madelyn helping Catharine find her cubby and hanging up her backpack.

 Un-coached hug, made this momma about melt down in the cubby room of Mrs. Jenne's class...moving on....

 Having this UH-mazing teacher again was the difference between be being totally at ease leaving Catharine at school and being a wreck...So thankful for such a precious teacher!

 Madelyn's 1st grade teacher and Catharine's Kindergarten teacher!  Nothing but love!  :)

 2nd grade in Mrs. Allen's class!!  

 Hanging up her backpack!  The last to arrive...

 No shyness in her bones...hopped right into the desk with her name on it, didn't even look back!

 Settling in, me slowly exiting, sort of wishing she would blow me a kiss or something!

 The lone girl thinking she could take over Madelyn's seat...um, no ma'am... :)

This morning Elizabeth has been calling me "Teacher" and keeping me very, very busy.  I was super wishful that she would love being the only kid at home and be able to play quietly while I cleaned and worked on Mary Kay things some...instead it's been finger painting, play-doh, playing school, constant begging for snacks, and pretty much feeling like a fish out of water without her sisters!  It'll take time, but she'll end up loving this I think :)  Cheers to a brand new school year and being more than thankful for an exceptional school full of amazing people to take excellent care of my littles!  Praising God for where he has placed us :)

"School Send-off Celebration!"

To try to keep myself from getting all sappy as I can easily do, I decided to plan an impromptu "School Send-off Celebration!"  We made snow (thanks to Suzanne for passing a snow cone maker!) and the girls chose milk and chocolate syrup to add flavor (insert gagging...), next we ate decorated cookies with respective grades, the grand finale was SLIME, which happens to be my girls' favorite thing to do ever.  It is a big hot mess for a momma, but 2-3 times a year is manageable :)

The rest of the night included packing lunches, chicken pot pies for dinner, baths, picking out school clothes, and B.E.D.  Sweet times for sure.  Bring on Kindergarten and 2nd grade!  We're super excited!!