Franklin's First: June 2012

Monday, June 25, 2012

Obstacle course!

He was so excited about this, but in true Alex fashion, he had to have me play with him. Everything is more fun with someone you care about. I got to crawl on my tummy under all of this and once in the center, he told me to go in the tunnel (under the table.) We had lots of fun together, but it is truly hard to fit in those tiny spaces like he does without knocking your head or funny bone on something.

Camp Preschool

Today was the first day of camp preschool. This is in lieu of VBS at our church. All of the available classes were at maximum enrollment. Yea! I had my T-shirt on this morning and showed Alex that he had one just like it. He got so excited and immediately asked to take off his Jammie's and put it on. We were twinkies today and he thought it was cool. I wonder when that will go away. For now it's a treasure. Alex had so much fun in his class that he was anxious to skip lunch and go straight to nap time! Four days in a row of this and I can bet Friday will be a welcomed rest for him. Camp is from 9-noon which is perfect timing for us, but the some of the tiny ones were late for their naps and got flustered. I was blessed to be able to teach the one year olds. Three teachers with six kids. Great odds especially since they all break down into tears at the drop off and pick up times. I love it when they come up to me and want to be held or just loved on. I felt really special today. They got to hear about how God gave Jesus a special family who loved Him and we have families who love us too. Who knows if they understand it, but they Sure recognized when I mentioned the word "mommy" when referring to Mary. That was not necessarily the best thing to say on the first day right after they were dropped off! I'll have to remember that for tomorrow.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

A Beautiful Bookshelf

We went to some garage sales and I have greatly increased Alex's book collection. Oh happy days.

Books

Great books for later years.

Books

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

She's free!!!

For those wondering what this is about. . . This boat is family. She has been locked away in my parents'front yard for many years. I never truly knew how much I missed this unique sailboat until my dad said he was putting her back in the water. I wanted to cry with joyful tears. So today while I was visiting, a guy came over to get her out of the yard. The tires on the trailer were flat and so they had to replace them before she would budge. Then, eventually, she emerged from the trees looking quite ragged and in need of some good old TLC. So that's what we did. The Roi-L got a bath and the leaves blown off. I can't wait until she is in the water again!!!!