The crazy-busy couple of weeks is over! Now, it's a fairly normal schedule till the end of June when my summer "break" begins.
Congrats to those of you who just finished up a school year, as teachers or as students!
My last couple of weeks were full of blessings and good things, but what topped it all off this weekend was the celebration of the marriage of two of my good college friends. Another good friend and her boyfriend came down for the weekend/wedding, and it was great to spend some quality time with them in addition to seeing everyone at the ceremony and reception! These types of gathering/celebrations in life are so very special, and I'm thankful to have been able to attend (and be a part of the ceremony!) and see so many "old friends."
In other news, I had the privilege of witnessing a partial solar eclipse last weekend! Did any of you? God is so awesome...and creative!
Stories from my life as a nanny:
On the way home from her second day at "school," I asked the 2 1/2-year-old I nanny for if she'd gone potty at school (so I knew whether we'd make it home, or not). She said she had, then her 5-yr.-old brother asked, "Did you go poopy?" She defensively said, "No!" Then, he asked "Did you fart?" I waited for her response before telling him that kind of question was inappropriate. She hesitated, thinking about her answer, before replying, "Umm...yeah, I did." Obviously appalled, he gasped and said, "(insert her name here)!! You're not supposed to fart in school - it's against the law!" I explained to them both that this isn't true - accidents happen. She seemed relieved, but he didn't believe me.
Earlier in the same afternoon, after we'd dropped his sister off at school, my 5-yr.-old friend and I stopped to put some gas in the car. When I got back in the car, my backseat passenger notified me of a bug on my arm. After I shooed it away and we got back on the road, he asked me, "What happens if you don't have enough blood?" A discussion of the circulatory system, donating blood, how we don't die from minor cuts, etc. followed. About 45 minutes later, and after many unrelated conversations, he came back to the topic saying, "I want to give you some of my blood." When I asked him why, he responded, "Because that mosquito took some of yours and I don't want you to die!" Apparently, the bug from an hour earlier had resembled a mosquito...and the precious kiddo was concerned about my loss of blood.
One last story about these guys: When they play "Cowboys and Indians," they call it "Cowboys and 'Indianans.'"
Lastly, I've been meaning to share this for awhile: I'm reading through the Old Testament, and came across this story a couple weeks ago (2 Kings 4:38-41):
Death in the Pot
38 Elisha returned to Gilgal and there was a famine in that region. While the company of the prophets was meeting with him, he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot and cook some stew for these prophets.”
39 One of them went out into the fields to gather herbs and found a wild vine and picked as many of its gourds as his garment could hold. When he returned, he cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.40 The stew was poured out for the men, but as they began to eat it, they cried out, “Man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.
41 Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He put it into the pot and said, “Serve it to the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
I don't remember ever hearing of this story before, and I had a hard time knowing what to make of this - I think I laughed out loud when I first read it. Am I/are we supposed to be taking something from it?! Flour makes everything better...? Does anyone else remember ever reading it, and/or do you have any thoughts about it?
Hope you all have a relaxing and reverent Memorial Day!
Stay cool,
Kensy
Favorites of the day:
dancing!!! (So much of it last night - and sooooooo much fun!)
Hawaiian Pizza from The Isles
catching up
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