day with rebekah

i spent the day with rebekah yesterday. just me and her. and it was awesome.

back up a bit. 3 weeks ago she had a HORRIBLE sore throat. for 2 days.
i finally took her in. it was strep throat. she went on an antibiotic.
8 days later she still could hardly swallow. something wasn't right. i took her back in.
she was diagnosed with mono?!? crazy, huh??
by the time she got diagnosed, she was through the worst of it and we just keep moving on. the dr said no need to miss school or sports unless rebekah wasn't feeling well. she felt fine (except for her throat still hurting) and i just never even thought to post about it.
shows how crazy our life is, huh??

ANYways, yesterday she had a follow up dr appt for her mono so i took the opportunity and kept her out the rest of the day!
{GREAT thanks to pat's mom for watching the little boys!}

we did a little shopping...the 5th grade has a BIG end of the year party so i got her a new shirt for that.
then we went out to lunch.
she wanted chick fil a. i wanted chipotle AND to eat outside.
we fit it all in! :-)
{ps. does chipotle have crack in it? because i want it ALL.THE.TIME}

we came home and tried to take some "jumping" pictures with the timer on my camera.
we never got one...robyn - how do you do it?!?

we still had fun :-)
{dress is from target. on sale at the end of last summer. today was the first time i wore it!}

i lost sleep the night before worrying about this day. when i did a day with bailey a little while ago, a certain somebody tried (and nearly succeeded in) sabotaging it. some of that day was my own reaction. but some of it was out of my control and needed to be dealt with. i just wanted it to be a special day for her and not another day "centered on him."

i finally slept. He gave me His peace that even if that did happen, it could be special. HE could do that.

and it truly was a special time, focused on her.

i tried not to force things too much. not to ask too many questions. just to be. to be silent and let her questions and observations guide our time.

we cut up lots and lots of strawberries (and found a heart leaf!)

she loves to cook. i think cooking/baking will be a fun thing to do together this summer.

{to make jam, i just use a box of sure-jell pectin and follow the recipe in the box! it's REALLY easy!}

after we made a LOT of strawberry jam, we sat on the porch and talked. i was able to tell her how proud i am of her and why. i was able to let her know how special she has been to me since the day she was born. her smile reached her heart. i need to remember that. it takes so few words, yet they traveled so far.

and then our time was over. we picked up the other 2 from school and the craziness of the afternoon was upon us. arguing. complaining. i hit my own wall after such a full day (although my heart was FULL and He carried me through, i still had some "moments." ugh)

bailey and i wrote a story together. she wrote a line, then i wrote a line. she took quite a spill on the playground during recess and came home with bandaids all over her body!

she's still about to kill me. i do NOT know what else to do with this one...

and the 1st grade (bailey's grade) had an exhibition of some of the activities later that evening. it was cute.

the best i can remember, i threw them all in bed with, "i don't want to hear a WORD, ok?!?"
and finished up a few things and headed to bed myself.

by the time pat got home (meeting after work) i was still awake, but barely. i gave him a "bullet point list" of the day (he wishes i'd do that every night!) and we both went to bed. tired. beyond tired. yet so thankful for our lives. for all He's given us...

{i have some days lined up soon to spend with lincoln and sawyer. joshua informed me yesterday he does NOT want to miss school like bailey and rebekah did. that kid. he would have "too much work to make up." i did have a fun day with him a couple months ago when he was sick...maybe i'll have to do another one in the summer with him.}