So I mentioned in the last post that we bought Ben and Lila new beds. They have really worked out great. The transition however, did not. About that time, Lila started having nightmares about a blasted mouse that was crawling in her bed. She says she saw it on Charlie and Lola! Go figure. I won't let my kids watch Super Hero shows so they won't be scared of the bad guys, and so now she's scared of a mouse! Anyway, for a while, we let her sleep in Ben's room. Then we realized we needed to stop that before we couldn't get her back in her own room. Then, for a week two, I basically slept with her because she truly was scared. Then I realized we had to phase out of that or I would create a monster. So, now we're in the phase where I lay down by her to go to sleep, but if she get's up in the night, I will stay right outside her door until she falls back to sleep. So... there's been a cot set up outside her room for the past couple of weeks. Now i've got to move to the next phase of staying in my bed! Oh for a full night's sleep! But that's ok. Lila has alway been my sleeper. I can't complain about this!
So, for the last several months, we've known that we had to make a decision about school for Ben. So Hector took off a couple of weeks ago to go tour Duff and Hill and to talk to the Kindergarten teacher at Park Row. We had really been praying that God would make our decision clear. And He certainly did, although it wasn't the decision we thought it would be! Ben is staying at Park Row for Kindergarten at least. Hector and I both felt strongly that they had the better curriculum, but more importantly Ben would be loved and shown Christ daily. We feel really good about the decision and know that God will provide the funds. We'll continue to make the school decision on a year by year basis, although I would love to keep both of them in private through at least 3rd grade. Ideally, they could both stay at Park Row through 6th and then go to Bailey where Hector would be. But I know that's a long way out, and who knows what God has planned for us between now and then.
As always I feel incredibly blessed and thankful. Hector is growing more and more every year as a father, a husband, and a spiritual leader. He went to a men's conference at Richland Hills with Dad a couple of weeks ago, and I've even seen a change in him since then. I am so grateful to have a husband that continually humbles himself to become better. We went to a marriage conference that same week, and my main take away was kindness. I'm really working on being kind to him, and I know he is to me. Seems so simple, but makes such a difference. God is good, and he continues to guide our steps and fill us with His awesome Spirit.
