First gymnastics meet of the year

This year, Elizabeth is on Beginner Team at Penobscot Valley School of Gymnastics.  We really wanted to move her up, since she has been at the top level of her class for 2 years now.  Team practice is an hour and a half twice a week and while she loves it, I think she is feeling quite stretched.  She is doing really well, though, considering she had to take 2 months off due to tendinitis in her knee.  She was cleared to go back just in time for the first meet at the end of January.  She was 5th place in her age group  and 2nd place on the beam.

Elizabeth definitely has a natural talent for gymnastics and she really enjoys it.  Thanks, Mom and Dad, for helping us to allow Elizabeth to continue to enjoy it!  

Curiosity

Yesterday afternoon, Ki and I were playing on the floor in the living room.  Since he likes.to go in the kitchen, I will sometimes close the door to simplify our playing time.
This is what Ki sees when the door is closed (well he is actually further down, but you get the idea.):

On this day, however, he figured out that what he really wanted was in the kitchen.  Now, he is very clever and he has now figured out that there is another way into the kitchen, via the front hallway.  So I followed him and this is what he went straight to; not once, not twice, but three times.

Suddenly, I had an idea!...and he loved it, too.  

This goes against the grain for me, but he spent almost an hour happily playing in that water while I got some work done.   

Catching up!

It was and is my desire to post here every week, though it may end up being every other week or maybe once a month.  Linc was sick for almost six weeks and as I was sharing with a dear sister in Christ the other day, when you have a baby, life is constantly in transition.  I realize it is like that without a baby, but the changes seem to come much more quickly.  Since my last entry, Ki has gone from sitting up, to crawling, to pulling up and he is a great helper...

          

     
     
    

Helping Mom sort the fleece.

Reading with Dad.

   

Elizabeth sharing pictures of Charity.

Life goes so fast at our house, so fast that two weeks goes by in one blink.  So I am thankful that I get to spend it with my family and our sweet little man.  His enthusiasm, joy and and curiosity remind me that Jesus taught us to have the faith of a child and Paul said to make the most of every opportunity.
All of those things I always wanted to do pale in comparison to this gift that God has given me; my family, this life, with all of the good times and the trials; each and every one is from Him.

"Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow."  -James 1:17

"Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil."  -Ephesians 5:15-16