Learning, loving, living…with purpose.
A few days ago Chelsea found her Valentine box in my closet. She pulled out each card and studied them. Then she calmly said, “Wow, a lot of people love me. All of these cards have my name on them.”
I love you, sweet girl.
“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” (1 John 3:1 NIV)
Who would have thought at seven years old, Caleb would be a published author? What an honor and blessed surprise!
Several weeks ago, shortly after school started, all the children in grades 2-6 were asked to write an essay about why their grandparent should be Grandparent of the Year. All the students wrote their essays in school.
The second grade teachers and the principal chose Caleb’s essay to be submitted to a writing contest sponsored by the State Fair. After the submission to the fair, the assistant principal chose five essays from various grades and sent them to an editor at our local newspaper to see if she would like to print any of them on the Kids Page.
Of the five essays, the editor chose Caleb’s essay to be printed! When the assistant principal went to Caleb’s class to tell him the good news, all of his classmates cheered. Everyone was excited for him and proud of him. Caleb’s teacher told me this was the first time a second-grader at their school had been published in the newspaper.
I was very excited, but I was also very curious because I never saw the essay. I wondered what he had written that made it so special. I had to ask the assistant principal to email me a copy of the essay!
Way to go, buddy! We love you!
I’ve been lost in Puppyland for eight weeks now. If anyone tells you having a puppy is like having a baby, believe them. If anyone tells you it is a lot of work, take it to the bank. (Two-month-old puppies go potty 12-15 times a day!) It is seriously like having another child. So now I have three children.
But it is getting easier. I am no longer cleaning up potty accidents five times a day. Piper has only had two accidents in the past two weeks!
She is growing way too fast. We keep saying, “Slow down!” At nine weeks Piper weighed 2.1 pounds. In just three weeks she almost doubled her weight to 4.1 pounds. Now at 16 weeks she weighs 5.7 pounds. Can’t believe she has almost tripled in size in just 7 weeks.
10 weeks
11 weeks
14 weeks
16 weeks
(Compare this picture with the first picture.)
