Today is Monday....Some Lessons Are Hard

So today I am sitting at the kitchen table posting on my blog while enjoying a venti peppermint mocha and banana chocolate chip coffee cake. I have one very stuffy nose and sore throat and seem to be starting on the upside of this, I am sure cold. The rain is falling and the dogs are settled in on the sofas. I have a job interview today at 10:00 a.m. I also am expecting the pest control man to come by any time now for the 8:00 a.m. appointment. I have also had very little sleep overnight due to my very stuffy nose. I'll spare the details. My son has also endured a sleepless night. His complaints are of a stomach ache and not being able to sleep. He and I watched the news and cartoons from about 2:30 a.m. on. He finally dozed off about 6:00 a.m. Sadly it was short loved because he had to go to school. I would love to let him stay home and rest his weary eyes but alas that is not how the world goes and better he learn now than to grow up an irresponsible adult. There is mild suspicion that he may have encountered a Monster energy drink yesterday. I do not know this as fact. He grumbled and generally let me know being at home on this rainy day would be best. I agreed and told him I understood. I have my own responsibilities today- including 3 appointments -that must be met today. And oh how I would rather just curl up and rest today..... Welome to Life My Precious Son.

Pumpkins and Clean Hearts!

It's pumpkin time again! The kids still love carving pumpkins and so they did last weekend. They drew their designs on paper and then I wielded the knife to carve. Ethan wanted a "Jason" pumpkin bc he is into all the gory stuff boys like. Emily wanted a classic pumpkin face like they made last year in her Kinder class. She's a classic kind of a gal. All that pumpkin carving brought to mind the book I have for preschoolers: "The Pumpkin Gospel". Step by step it demonstrates how, like a pumpkin, God removes the sin (yucky insides) and makes us clean and able to shine a light for others to see. How thankful I am for a God can clean us up and make us shiny. I didn't read the book at the time we were doing our pumpkin thing but had read it to Emily a week or more before. So when Emily finished with her pumpkin and started to clean it off I thought there was a bit of symbolism in that. Happy October!