Living an Intentional Life
When we take Cooper out for his morning walk, he tends to get wet paws. Today was no exception. So, guess what he got to do?
Get in the tub!
Oh the joy of it all. He couldn’t wait!!
Sweet boy, you know you loved it!
I love you, Coopy.
And now, you are ready to PPPPPLAY!!
Tatum came out of the bathroom this morning with Princess Leia hair. She reminded me the “4th” will be with her today. Yes, it’s Star Wars day and the force Holy Spirit shall be in us. That is the way I like to think about it! (this should be DAILY!)
Later during morning work, since it was Monday, she had to write in her journal. They are to write about their weekend in 5 sentences.
I love that the devotion this morning went right along with our day.
We need the “FORCE” to be with us always because it is truly a battle to fight the arrows that come at us whether it be in our mind or a circumstance. We will not be knocked down; we have the Holy Spirit always with us. THE FORCE is with us always if we allow HIM. SO, let’s remember the 4th to be a reminder about that power!
We’ve been working on our new McCormick home now for about a year. We will be hopefully moving in in a couple of months, Lord willing. Well, it’s at a crucial point of the construction that we can actually write or paint on the cement or wood since the painting and flooring (some of it at least) is occurring shortly.
We have been collecting just the right Bible verses to put on our walls or floors to signify our house being grounded in HIS TRUTH and HIS LOVE.
Joshua (in Joshua 4) used memory stones to remember GOD’s sovereignty and LOVE for us. We want our home to be filled with FAITH, WORSHIP, SERVICE and GRACE. Doug surprised us with these stencils right over our foyer. “As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord.” Josh 24:15. We first had to SIGN our names. Each of us.
Doug helped Tot sign.
We all signed. Wow. So powerful! We want our home to be a house of serving each other, and OTHERS in our neighborhood and world.
Then, we agreed on this verse for right over our doorway. Proverbs 24:3-4: “By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.” (the richness of relationship with GOD and each other)
Closer…. I LOVE THIS!
Now, to Tatum’s bedroom. She chose her mission statement that is on her wall to put on her floor. Matthew 5:16: She’ll be standing on this truth to let her light shine (before others, so that they may see her good works and give glory to her Father who is in heaven). I see this in Tatum. She is my little evangelist.
Now, we are moving to her bathroom. This verse will go behind her mirror so when she looks in the mirror, she’ll know that she is FEARFULLY and WONDERFULLY made.
Yes, Tatum: IT IS TRUE.
Doug and I agreed to have our bedroom filled with the reminder that it will be of JOY. Deut 12:18. We will be filled with JOY in the sight of the Lord and be JOYFUL in all we do.
What an incredible honor to get to do this for our home. I cannot wait to move in with my dear family.
I love you all so much. Thank you, God, for this blessing.
Just another day at the Hay home. She warms up ready to sing for church.
Then, she warmed up by reading some books.
Finally, it was time to sing!
What a great start to our Sunday. I look forward to the rest of the day with my family.
For the insect/spider project. She had a plethora of choices, but ladybug was the least icky. Here it was:
So she drew it out and colored. She took so long on this!
Then she made the shoebox/diorama portion. I helped her with the confetti dirt.
Now add the little guy.
Altogether:
So proud of her efforts.
It’s a Friday at the Hay School. Yes, we are into the fifth (or sixth? I’ve lost track) week of the quarantine and home school. I actually love it because we do a bit extra every day, and we make if fun!
This particular morning, I made the usual muffin for Daddy and put it to go. He goes to visit Monty every morning at the McCormick house because he misses him after 12 hours. HAHAHA. No, for reals, he needs to go check on the work every day. It’s vital that he’s there, and the fact that he gets to do this (and not sacrifice his Honeywell work) is another blessing. Well, Tatum made him a little gum purse so he could carry it with him. (She knows this is his favorite kind of gum). Love her heart.
We started school as usual. I put up a white board every day with the daily work.
Here is Friday! Lots of celebrations today. (we don’t call them tests).
Tatum worked on some fun math today where she had to build cars. (She’s learning multiplication). Four wheels on five cars. We used bears for the wheels and note cards for the body.
Spelling test CELEBRATION today! I was celebrating with this beautiful penmanship.
She also is spotting prepositional phrases all around. Yes, having an English teacher as a mommy is a bonus because I’m dancing when she’s diagramming those pesky long sentences. She found this board books in her room and spotted those preps right away! “Where is baby’s mouth? Behind the cup…BEHIND, mommy!”
Later in the day, she wanted to have a concert for us. She’s always singing and dancing…always.
Time to set up the Hay Studio.
She made us bracelets to wear as well.
I’m still wearing it!
So grateful for my family and this time together in the Hay School and Studio.
This was him yesterday. All bright-eyed and cuddly with us as we read. This is often the way he is!
But he threw up around 4am, and then in the morning, he seemed quite pensive and listless.
Kind of like our flowers that I just bought on SATURDAY (argh!!! %%$#@&)
He just wanted to hide. I saw his little nose peering out from the curtain as we did our schoolwork.
He then wanted to climb onto my lap; he just wanted to be held.
I had to really help Tatum with her math, so he gave up and went back behind the curtain.
Coopy…are you OK?
He just wasn’t himself today. I think he got my stomach bug!
Sweet boy, feel better tomorrow.