Overflowing

Every morning in Daniel's kindergarten class his teacher takes roll call. It goes something like this:

"Good morning, (insert student's name)."
"Good morning, Ms. Foust."
"How are you doing this morning?"
"I am doing..." or "I am feeling..." and then the kids say something like sleepy, excited or whatever they want.

Well, yesterday Daniel replied, "I am feeling very happy!"
"Why are you feeling so happy today?" asked his teacher.
"Because today is overflowing with good things!"

And Daniel's day was indeed filled to the top and spilling over with good things.

Fridays are Daniel's favorite day, and not just because it means the weekend is here. Fridays are very fun days at school. They have chapel, go to the Park and get to go to the treasure box (a reward system for good behavior). Yesterday was even more special because Daniel received an award in chapel for being loving. Each week the kids study a certain character trait and memorize a Bible verse that relates to that character trait. Then in chapel a child in each class who demonstrates that character trait gets an award. It is suppose to be a surprise, but the kids have figured out that if someone's parent is at chapel it probably means they are getting the award.

I was not surprised at all to learn that Daniel was getting the award for being loving. He is a very loving and affectionate child and often tells his teacher he loves her. Daniel was simply glowing as he walked up to receive his button (award). In addition to this he also got to be a flag bearer during the salute and his class preformed the chapel song (they were so, so cute).

It was a good day... simply overflowing with good things.

Falling Behind

I know, I know, I KNOW. I haven't blogged in a really long time. Really it's not my fault... it's my sister's fault. Chrissie has been encouraging me to start up an arts and crafts blog. I love reading what other people out there in blogland are creating, but I never really though about blogging the going ons of my studio. Well, I finally got it together last month. It is called Handwork Happens. It has been really fun showing off and documenting all my projects, but it has been taking up all my precious blogging time. I have to figure out some way to allocate blogging time between the two. If only I could figure out a way to add a couple more hours onto the day or get the boys to go to sleep at 6:00. I'm thinking... I'm thinking...