Four things I'm loving right now, in no particular order:
- Text threads! My parents, my sister and I are all in a thread we've dubbed The Fab Four. We text all kinds of stuff, silly and important, and it always makes me smile. One of my kids just yesterday learned that we did not make up the name Fab Four. The child was disappointed and vaguely annoyed at the Beatles, I think, for coming up with it first.
I'm also loving the text threads with my kids, near and far. They are laugh out loud funny to me. I am so very thankful for technology keeping us all connected over the miles! - Fall!! Fall colors, fall candles and today, for the first time, crisp fall air! I never want summer to end, but this year, since summer keeps haaaanging on, I am ready! Out with 80 degree temps and in with the 50s and 60s! And, while my children have told me I'm not really a redhead anymore (sniff, sniff - there goes part of my identity for 40+ years!), I still wholly relate to this meme:
3. TTTT! For about the last year or so, my decorating obsession of choice has been the TTTT. Dubbed so by my children as the Two-Tiered-Tower of Tchotchk(e), I have endured countless minutes of ridicule, but I have stood firm. These little bits of decor have brought me Great and Abiding Joy. Someday when my children have their own houses, they can decorate as they wish (I can only hope they don't decorate with their current favorites: dirty socks, food wrappers, backpacks and tennis shoes.)
My fall TTTT, which is showcasing the fabulous movie Thoroughly Modern Millie in the forefront
My 4th of July TTTT, the only pic I have of it, which includes our July 4th charcuterie -
I'm a sucker for a theme!
And this precious thing - a baby TTTT, which I did not buy whilst at Hobby Lobby, but considered buying for many minutes until boring common sense prevailed
4. PreK! I don't remember if I've blogged about it or not, but this year I moved from teaching preschool (3/4s) to PreK (4/5s), and I LOVE it. I taught 3s for 7 years and had absolutely no desire to move out of the 3s. I adored their sweet little smiles, personalities and love, and I saw myself teaching 3s for the rest of my career. So when I was offered the switch to PreK, I had to ponder and pray about it for moment. It might not sound like a big change, but there really are quite a lot of differences between the two, and I wasn't sure I wanted to let go of my precious 3s. But after a little bit, I felt a peace about moving to PreK and gladly said I would move (which entailed moving classrooms, supplies, curriculum, the whole nine yards). And I am truly loving it! I've mentioned many, many times here that change is not my jam. At all. Like I said, I was quite happy to remain where I was! But teaching PreK has been incredibly rewarding to me. I love all my little students, with their eagerness to learn, their precious hugs, and their love of Jesus. The whole move was a good reminder to me that God works in everything, including change.
Teaching in EC affords one the opportunity to wear super cute shirts like this. Try not to be jealous of my cutting-edge fashion.