Spiritual Sunday- Speechless

Inappropriate..

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 but funny

Just Another Day In Paradise- With A Biker Chick

Concerning An Egg

Well, friends, if you know me well, you probably don't consider me very crafty. Paper plates and googly eyes are about as crafty as I get. You probably don't consider me sporty either. Kickball and freeze tag are usually the limit of my ambition. One thing you may consider me is a bit silly, because I probably wouldn't enjoy spending 10-12 hours a day with preschoolers and toddlers if I didn't have a little silly in me... or a lot :)

I hope, though, that I am also imaginative. I know I was as a child and I know I was as a teenager, but I sincerely hope that adulthood hasn't beat the imagination out of me. Children can imagine such extraordinary things! It's amazing, the sorts of answers they can imagine for questions that are basic and boring for us. These imaginings are delightful to them and to us. So why do we let it slip away? The life experiences we have should feed our imagination, not drown it.

I went on Facebook the other day to see that one of my friends had posted a picture of an egg she had recently found in her garden while digging potatoes... they don't own any chickens and they were wondering what it could be. There were 19 comments under it from her friends with suggestions of snake, turtle, turkey, etc...

Do you see what I saw? Come on! An egg... with no nest, burrow or parent in sight... dug out of the ground. Did no one even have a passing thought of Dinosaur?!?!  

If we show our children that to be an adult you must be bland and boring, thinking of only what we can touch and see, how are we going to raise up and encourage the next generation of scientists, writers, and actors? What do children do if not mimic what they see around them? I strive every day to not only encourage the imaginings of the children around me, but also show them some of my own. Not only for them, but to keep things fresh and new and amazing for me as well.

How about you?

Just Another Day In Paradise- Climbing High

Creation 2012

Hello Again

I feel like I should tell you the truth right now. The truth is- I have stopped myself from Blogging for the past couple months. It was one of the restrictions I put on myself during a time when I had nothing good to say, but it was because of my attitude, not my situation that I had nothing good to say.

I don't care what is going on in my life, if I can feed and house us and if we are healthy, I should not have nothing good to say. (Did you follow that?) I succumbed to a bad attitude. I was ungrateful and bitter and sad and angry when I could be, because it meant I didn't have to be sad. I have still not completely smacked myself back into place yet, but I feel I have earned the right to continue my blog through my good behavior on facebook :)

So what did I read when I needed to escape from myself? What else but Harry Potter?

  

The first four in paperback and the last three in hardcover. By the time the last three were published I was one of those crazy people at the midnight release... therefore, I had to splurge for hardcover.

We also discovered this adorable young readers series called Seekers. They are a series of books about the travels and adventures of four bears. Two grizzly bears, a polar bear, and a black bear that start out in totally different situations and locations and end up united in purpose and traveling together.

     

They are told from the point of view of the bears, which is exactly what Gwen loves! Barnes and Noble.com says they are for ages 10-12... what kind of age range is that?? Honestly! Who comes up with that stuff anyway?

What have you been reading?