Just thought I'd share my day

Today was an interesting day for our family. I'll try and give you a rundown and I apologize if it is a bit mundane for some of you :) Faith woke up at 5:00am with a bad cough and I settled her on the couch so she could get a little more sleep. Mercy and Elijah crawled in bed with us at 6:30am and Mercy's face was looking worse than when she went to bed (she has about 10 mosquito bites and can't stop itching them so they are swollen and breaking open). We had breakfast and then did a little school (my homeschool books should be here Friday). Elijah did 2 pages of math and read a chapter in his chapter book. Faith worked on her writing and read a few short books and Mercy worked on painting and glitter glue :) Yep, I had a mess to clean up, but all the kids painted and decorated some cool pics. Elijah went to "work" with the maintenance staff and came home a few minutes later telling me he felt sick from the cement powder he had inhaled while at work. He promptly ran into the bathroom and threw up.

I then quick cleaned him up and set the kids up in front of a movie on my laptop because I had to be at the chapel at 10:30 for an adoption ceremony. Today, there was a couple and a single mother who adopted their little ones. The single mother stayed with us for 2 nights last week while her new son was getting better from the flu. It was so wonderful to see how much they had bonded in their week together. I cried a couple of times during the ceremony because I have gotten to know them and it was so amazing! We talked for awhile afterward and then said our goodbyes. I am beginning to get to know a lot of the kids here and I think the adoptions are going to become more emotional:)

I went home and made lunch for the kids and then cut Elijah's hair as it was getting too long. He was not excited and neither was I as I have not cut his hair since he was 2! The "new" clippers were not very sharp and pulled his hair pretty hard once and we had a meltdown. I don't think he will EVER trust me again when I cut his hair (I miss you Tammy and so does Elijah). He was relieved when I told him he could have a month off with no haircuts :) I then cut Faith's hair and it went great because I didn't have to use the clippers. Suprisingly, I really enjoyed cutting her hair and thought it was very easy compared to her brother's.

The kids and I then went to the playground and I pushed Mercy and Faith on a swing for about an hour (Elijah went home and rested as he was not feeling 100%). Came home and made dinner and then hung out with the kids and skyped with my friend Sammy. After we put the kids to bed, I got to cut Bryan's hair and he was much better at sitting still and not whining than Elijah was, so it went much better (he did say that the clippers pull a bit and hurt a few times so Elijah has been justified). It is a good thing that I can't seem to download any pictures on our blog because I am not sure I want to show you the haircuts :) In all seriousness, we can't get the pictures to work and so feel free to friend Bryan or I on facebook if you have it because we try to post pics every week.

Well, a lot of people ask what I do all day and this is just a sample of one day and none of them are ever the same! Today, we did not play with the Beautiful Gate kids due to the coughs and vomiting as we would never want to get them sick. Sorry if it is a boring post for some of you, but I thought I'd share my day! God Bless You and have a great day.
Anita