Well, as I sit here eating my now usual breakfast of saltine crackers in my office, I guess I should retell the story from last night when I told the church kids about the baby. So here it goes...
We had pizza, brownies, and cookies, and we also did a pretty fun lesson (well, I liked it). I had all of the kids answer 11 questions like "what's you favorite animal? favorite color? favorite sport?" and "What color are your eyes? your hair?". After we finished our pizza, I would pick 2 kids, usually 2 that didn't get along, and I wrote down the things they had in common with each other. All the pairs had at least 6 out of the 11 things in common with each other. Our lesson was about accepting others because by accepting them we can show them God's love. We also learned that if we open up and get to know people we might not think we like, we might discover that we have some pretty cool things in common. After the lesson and some much needed brownies and cookies, we headed to the gym to do a canned food relay. Each child was asked to bring canned food last night to donate to the local food mission in town. We used some of our cans for the relay, and we had a blast! They kept wanting to do it again and again. I was exhausted! It was almost time to go, so I had them all sit in a circle in the gym. We huddled up and talked about the upcoming summer events, and then I told them that I had some special news to share. I told them that they mean so much to me and I wanted to share the news with them first. They all got extremely quiet (a miracle for sure) and waited. I told them that Mr. Josh and I are going to have a baby. Like I expected, my 2 girls were so excited and crawled over to give me a hug. They all started asking if it was a boy or a girl. They were all so excited, even some of the boys. It was time to leave, so I asked them all to bow their heads and close their eyes for a prayer. One girl said, "That goes for the baby too!" I said, "Yes, the baby's eyes are closed and it's head is bowed, even though it is only half an inch long right now." That statement got the boys interested. "How big? Really? Whoa! That's so small!" We talked about the size of the baby for a minute, prayed, and then the kids ran out of the gym to tell their parents. It was chaos after that. Children running to their parents screaming "Miss Jessica's having a baby! Mis Jessica's having a baby!" The parents were happy for us and congratulated me.
The funniest part of the night involved my 2 girls, Erin and Ashley. Erin is 7 and Ashley is 11. Both of them offered me their babysitting services in the future. Erin told me that if I needed anything at all I should call her because she only lives half a mile away. She also said we should plan a meeting together to discuss baby names. It was so funny! Ashley was concerned about where the baby would sleep. She didn't agree with my room selection. Also, they both want me to have twins so they can each hold one at the same time. These girls crack me up!
Crack me up...that reminds me, I need more crackers. Guess I better wrap this up and get back to providing a nourishing meal for the baby. Mmmm, saltines.
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