Author: Breezy Point Mom
•10:33 PM
July 15, 2010 10:33 p.m.

I have to write about something that makes me very proud.  It is about Chips.  Chips (and Sweet Girl) have both been having a great time at Music Camp and at VBS, both offered through our church.  Chips has been receiving some pretty neat compliments, and I want to share them here.

1. The Chief Musician of our church saw me twice last week (during Music Camp) and commented about Chips.  He had been teaching him in a small tone chimes group.  He said that he really enjoyed Chips, that he has a great smile and that his attitude is positive and very refreshing.  That pleased me.

2. This week, the lady who taught Chips' class at VBS (who happens to be the pastor's wife) told me that she really enjoyed having Chips in her class because he is such a willing participant.   That comment made me feel good, too.

3. Yesterday, another mom came up to me and told me that on the way home from VBS the day before, her 11 year old son told her that he really liked Chips a lot, because "he is really nice, he really loves Jesus, and he always tries to do the right thing".  The mother followed up by saying she was thankful that Chips was in her son's life, that as a peer, he was a good Christian witness to her son.  All I can say about that compliment is WOW!  What better words could I possibly hear?

We are still pretty new to this church, but people are starting to appreciate our son as they get to know him.  Chips isn't doing anything unusual at these events.  He is just being himself.  Very cheerful and happy, very engaging, and enjoying everything he does, big and small.  He also loves to engage adults in conversation at every opportunity.  It is so wonderful to see him growing in Christ in this way!
Author: Breezy Point Mom
•9:36 PM
July 14, 2010 9:36 p.m.
 

VBS is this week.  Therefore, I am two tired.  Two tired to right a decent blog post write now.  Maybe tomorrow. ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

Whew.  And I thought this wood be an easy weak!
Author: Breezy Point Mom
•10:11 PM
The children had a great time at VBS. They can't stop talking about it. All evening long, they pretend that all their little VBS friends are playing with them. It's so cute. Anyhow, they had a waterslide at the VBS today, for which I had to sign a liability waiver before they could participate. Talk about comforting thoughts. I am not used to these sorts of things. In fact, my kids are very rarely out of my sight. The only time they have not been with me over the years has been for two hours each week (during the school year) at AWANA meetings. So, imagine my trepidation as classic over-protective mom at..
1) sending them off to their first VBS and
2) having to sign a waiver. Yippee!!

So, of course, when I arrived at the church today, there is the inflatable water slide, looking about twice its actual height (to my eyes) and I am saying "gee that slide looks big.." and my five year old is saying "that slide looks small!". Must have been my eyes.. I think I am beginning to need bifocals. Maybe this prescription makes waterslides look bigger.

Fast forward a couple of hours, the children have been picked up, and they did have a great, great time. And both of them, of course, loved the waterslide.

So this is the first week since I've been a mom that I have had both kids away from me every day. They were gone from 9 - 12:30 each morning. Wow -- all that time just for ME! I can shop, I can visit friends, I can have lunch dates with other moms. So what did I do while they were gone?

I worked on my dd's adoption lifebook (see earlier post). I will write more about that some time. For this project, I used the book Lifebooks: Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child by Beth O'Malley. I can't recommend this book highly enough for designing lifebooks. This week, I managed to begin the project, and complete 9 pages of the lifebook.