Monday, February 13, 2012

"Mommy! Sydni done take a shower!"

So here's the part I'm sure every parent can understand: The issue of having what seems to be a perpetually sticky, icky, slimy, smudged, gooey, dusty, muddy, or otherwise unclean version of a child running your life :).

No? Well, you're either delusional, in denial, or child-less.

shower time!
Anywho, it happened by chance this morning that I was up and moving at an earlier time than what's usual for Sunday morning. I'm not sure if there was an usual crispness in the air this morning or not, but Sydni was up and rearing around the same time, and so insisted on helping Mama take a shower. By helping, I mean joining, so I let her hop in with me. She danced in the rain for a bit and then got down to the actual shower part; we're making some serious progress in that regard, as she's just now coming to terms with the fact that the water from the shower head is not a threatening force. Hah. It was adorable. The best part of my day was probably contained in this morning, post-shower as she paraded around the house with her cape of a towel exclaiming, "Mommy! Sydni done take a shower!" She was so proud. It was hilarious.

Tonight we dove back in the Rick Warren 40 Days in the Word study, and decided that as a collective group, we're going to launch into a few different outreach projects:

1. Church Garage Sale: This one needs no description. Everyone wins. Haha.
our 40 ditw small group [+ mini's]

2. Laundry Mat Ministry: This would basically consist of a group of us going out to a local laundry mat on say, a Saturday morning, take some donuts and quarters, and essentially feed the folks coming through as we also pay for their laundry [with funds from the garage sale].
3. Pick a family in need, be it within or outside of our church family, identify their strongest need, and do whatever we can to cater to providing for them either in a full capacity, or in efforts to aide them through whatever situation they may be facing.
4. Relay for Life, Belleville! : More info to come, but we are gearing up to enter that as a church team, as well!

Outreach, folks. That's what we're called to do. 

It's been a busy day, but I loved every minute of it. 

xo | cmd     

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