God is AWESOME! He knit us together perfectly and exactly as He wanted us to be. We are so complex and amazing, there is NO WAY we could have evolved! I am so phenomenally awe-struck at God's magnificence in our creation and in the world around me!
Some examples in this article of Wow-worthy development facts. They have only listed a few of the many things worth saying "Wow" about!
One of the things that I am saying wow about is my beautiful Lucy. While all children develop at different speeds, there are still "norms" that each child accomplishes by a certain age. And based on this chart, Lucy has accomplished some things that 22, 23, 24 month old children should be able to do! That is AMAZING! Obviously she is still learning "younger" things too, but I am so thrilled at how much she's learning!
One of the things she is learning ever so quickly is how to use the potty! People say she'll learn some, regress, learn more, etc...and that's fine. But for now, we are thrilled! And she gets SO excited when she goes, too! Oh she is SO cute and SO sweet. :) She feels so proud of herself, and loves it when we're proud of her too! So that's great!
As for Gwen, she is amazing too! She is growing up so fast, and is becoming more and more refined and lovely as days go by. She is truly a joy to be around. I can't wait to see what amazing things God does in that girl's life. You know what I just thought of? We don't have any programs for tween girls at our church. We need some sort of devotional "become the young lady God designed you to be" sort of class. One would say "So start one!" and i would say to them "I have NO CLUE how to teach a 10 yr old ANYTHING!" (Including my own! lol) So that's hard. But I really do feel like we need that. Those young ladies are an under serviced age group, I think. I can't even find good devotionals for Gwen's age, and she is even reading 6th grade stuff! I'm gonna call the Kid's pastor and see what he says. That's a good plan.
Anyone have any thoughts?
***UPDATE: I called the children's pastor. He seemed like he thought it was a good idea, but sort of just referred some devotionals to me individually. I even volunteered to team up with someone and actually teach the class. He's gonna "stew" on it for a while he said, so we'll see.*****
And THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1NR7oGzcEg
It Was Time
6 years ago
2 comments:
Your kids are definately great! I am so proud of Lucy! That's awesome! And Gwen, yup, she is awesome! I would like to do a photoshoot of her in her pretty Easter dress if that's ok. Maybe Lucy too. I never thought of a developmental class like that, I guess they just figure that moms will fill in the gap. Though, what about for Janie and the like? Interesting!
Nice blog Jess!
Yeah, and girls whose mom's work or aren't "cutting it" for whatever reason? or girls whose moms aren't christians? good things to think about.
yes I'd love to have you take kiddo pics. :)
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