Thoughts at the End of a Day

• Having a blog is a great excuse to procrastinate and avoid actually doing one's schoolwork.
• I wish schoolmates of sensitive, new glasses-wearers would keep their unkind comments to themselves.
• I am so glad to see progress in my son's ability to deal with negative emotions.
• I loved that Andrew purposefully chose to take over one of Ethan's responsibilities without being asked when he saw that Ethan was having a hard time.
• I must continue to seek God's wisdom to respond well to all of parenting's demands.
• I enjoy moving furniture.
• I think the new layout of the boys' room looks great.
• And the toy-purging was rather painless, too. I like eliminating clutter.
• The best part of the day was playing outside.
• Our snowman is cool.
• I also loved Abby's comment at supper: "When are we going to get more kids for our family? We need a girl -- a seven or nine-year-old girl." (I am reminded of how she was wishing for a baby girl before our referral last year, and I wonder what prompted this comment about an older sister. Now I wouldn't advise basing family decisions solely on the random suppertime comments of four-year-olds, but I must note that she does defy all the "never-adopt-out-of-birth-order-because-you'll-totally-wreck-your-kids" logic!)
• I also loved Ethan's response to Abby's suggestion: "Mom, we can get another girl when I... (pause while he does some counting on his fingers)...when I am eight years old, okay?" Pretty courageous from the sensitive kid who had a rough day, eh?
• I have a lot of unspoken thoughts on the last year or two: the changes in me, in how I see my world, in how I know God. There's a lot to sort out. Frankly, I find it a lot easier to write posts about cute, daily, kid stuff. But there's more for me to say...be patient. It's coming.
• In the meantime, I offer cute pictures.
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