Thank you Lord! What a difficult week it has been and just when I was at my breaking point, God blessed me with such a wonderful day. I can hear Naomi and Bethany talking, tucked into their beds. Hosanna and Moriah are completely out for the night (I hope) and Brian is in the shower. We made the most delicious oatmeal cookies tonight and had homemade pizza. Brian and I are sticking to our "changes" in parenting and the girls are responding very well indeed. We had a wonderful night together. Shell and Jane called on Skype tonight and we were able to chat and hang out for a while. Naomi and Jane are going to have a race to see who receives a letter first from their "pen pal." Naomi wrote and addressed hers while they were talking. Hmmm, I wonder if she got a hold of our stamps. So anyway, today was really refreshing. The girls had new attitudes. We didn't have "school" today, but the girls found some amazing caterpillars. They showed me how to press the back of the monarch caterpillars head to make his orange "horns" pop out. Then you can actually smell his self defense. I was completely amazed at this, but they acted as if this was an old trick they've been doing for years. We painted with water colors before dinner and they girls made some really cute bugs out of clay. Well, time to finish off the day with a few more cookies and some ice cold milk.
