Literally, as I walked out the door, the phone rang. It was Adrienne wondering if we could join her family at the park at about 1:30. That worked perfectly as speech would be done at 1:30 and we’d planned to be at the park at 1:45 anyway. Jared decided to join us.
Lunch was uneventful. Speech was GREAT. Miss Natalie reports that Nolan is moving right along. He is able to make many (if not most) sounds now….but needs to SLOW down and say them correctly. We’re attacking this problem both at home and at speech.
Park was great. Adrienne had invited several of her friends. We walked 1 ½ miles around the park and the kids had major light saber tag/wars…We didn’t make it to the library. While here we learned that one family who have been looking for a home to buy are moving a short mile from our house. They have a 17 year old son (who reminds us of Craig in AK) and a little girl just 2 days older than Stacia…and a 12 yo girl. We are looking forward to having them so close.
We DID make it to Sam’s Club. While in there I heard a young military spouse (could tell by the hair cut and demeanor of said spouse) saying “I can SURVIVE now” and I smiled knowing just how she felt. What a joy to have a touch of the familiar in an unfamiliar place. I still haven’t located the frozen juice concentrate and have asked 3 sales folk for answers…but I’ll keep looking. Zander did the strangest thing while we were in there. It wasn’t very busy, was fairly slow in fact. He was being excellent. All of a sudden, at the top of his voice he yelled “Quiet – quiet in this store”. This caused Stacia to wake up and begin screaming – she hates loud noises. I do wonder if Zander has some sensory issues. It was bright and we were standing by a flashing light – but it WAS quiet in the store BEFORE his pronouncement.
I fixed dinner; Mike wasn’t home as planned so I took Stacia and Arielle with me to PWOC. Once a month instead of Bible study we have a fellowship or seminar. Tonight we were stamping Valentine Cards. We had 14 show up – that’s great for a monthly activity…..I’d say about ½ of our Bible Study group came and then new faces…which is what you’d like to see….well you’d like to see everyone all the time . . . I’m greatly encouraged at the things happening in our midst. From “there just isn’t an interest” we are now up to what I’d consider a healthy, fledgling group. {g}
Shannon (another chaplain’s wife) shared that she is at the gym every a.m. at 5. I wonder if I could do that. I’ve struggled with finding a way to get out of the house to work out now that girls aren’t here. I’ve also struggled with the pain in my feet and sporadic pain in my hip…but I need to do something. I weighed yesterday and have lost 7 or 8 lbs in January. I’m trying to walk while the kids are at the park….I’m not sure how much I can do at the gym these days but I suppose I can give it a try and let my pain be the guide…but I’m going to have to pray about this.
I made it home at 8:30 in time to catch the last bit of President Bush’s State of the Union address.
5 min before we left the house I told Zander to get some clothes on. He did...but he added his brothers black socks that go all the way to his thighs. Josiah said it was the 70's look. {bg} I decieded he had a vision, it wouldn't hurt and let him wear them. Josiah snapped a picture.
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