A few photos

Given that I am terrible at taking pictures, I thought I would post these pictures my dad got of Joshua and Wesley yesterday.  Even he didn't get too many that were up to his standards, so at least I feel a little bit better for being such a slacker.

Hard day

Today was a really hard morning.  Joshua has not wanted to go to school lately and has been acting out a LOT!  Tantrums, running and screaming from his class, crying for mommy, the full treatment.  My heart was lurching as I left school today, and I cried all the way to bible study.  Please pray for us so we can get through this stage, however long it lasts.  Praise God that he calmed down.  I had a lot of people praying for him and me (shout out to Chicago CBS, you rock), so I give God all the glory for his improved behavior at school today. (post morning drop off meltdown). 

I don't deserve my kids

Ok, I will admit it right now, I am not a very thankful person.  I complain, A LOT.  About my husband, my kids, my life.  Those are sins and because I am doing them, I am missing out on what God wants me to see.  Well, He opened my eyes yesterday to show me how abundantly he has blessed me.

Yesterday, after my post on Joshua's new school, we had an interesting conversation in the car. (J=Joshua, L=me)
J: Why is the American flag flown higher than the Christian flag (side note: a flag with a cross on it they have at his Lutheran preschool)
L: I don't know.  Pause. You know at your new school they won't have a Christian flag.
J: Why not?
L: Because not everyone there believes in Jesus and follows him.
J: Can I tell people at my new school about Jesus?
L: (getting choked up) Of course you can Joshua.  That would be a great thing to do.

See?? I don't deserve that boy!  Please pray with me that our family will be a blessing to the new school!

Here are some recent pics of the boys in case you want to see them.

 Joshua pretending to be a pirate (the basket is his boat)

Wesley (before his latest faceplant)

Joshua's school update

I am a horrible blogger as the two people who read this site know, but I wanted to share with you that Joshua got into a Selective Enrollment School in CPS, which he will be attending next year.  Praise God!  As Andy and I prayed over next year, we really felt that Skinner North would be the best fit for Joshua, not even knowing that much about the school, and that is where God wanted him to be!  We are hoping to be salt and light for Jesus at that school and will see why God has put us there