Roots and Wings

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Two teeth out in the last two days! The first tooth was worked on for weeks and weeks and weeks and Hailey was SOOOOO scared to just do it that it took a lot of moral support to get it done. So long in fact, that the other tooth was already up before the baby one was out.

Here's a picture of the first one, pulled out at Memaw and Papaw's house.

Here's a picture of the second one (on the top). . . pulled out in all of 5 seconds. I think Hailey's mouth is starting to hurt so bad that she's not scared to pull them out anymore.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Satan and the Tooth Fairy

Me tonight during devotions (quoting tonight's Bible verse): . . . The Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world . . .

Hailey: That's Satan

Shelby: That's the one who pulls out all of your teeth.

Hailey: Um. . . no, that's the tooth fairy!

Happy 100th post to us!

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Park after Picnic

Soccer Girl

Hanging out with Bobbi and Cora at Hailey's soccer game.

My other sweet friend, Deanna, and her daughter, Madelyn.

Go, Hailey, Go!

Thursday, August 27, 2009

What I'm reading / thinking about lately

This author, Khaled Hosseini, has completely captured my attention and I've devoured both of these books in the last six months.

Beware - they're serious books (and also not Christian)! Not, Not, NOT for children or for the faint of heart. And read them only if you want to not be able to sleep as you ponder the injustices that 95% of the world faces.

Unless you're American. Then injustice simply means you didn't get your hamburger fast enough in the drive through.

This is why I'm not upstairs sleeping. I can't get the pictures out of my mind. But it's not a bad thing. It's making me long for Jesus and heaven and peace and justice and being ruled with an iron fist and loving it.

Come quickly, Lord Jesus. End injustice and fight for the orphan!

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Mommy Date

Shelby informed me today that while Daddy was taking Hailey fishing we WOULD be going on a Mommy date. I confess I was only really half listening, and after Shelby woke up from her 4 hour nap this afternoon I'd mostly forgotten about the one-sided conversation we had.

Well due to the fact that the nap WAS 4 hours there was a little pee-pee accident that needed to be cleanup (which is not a big deal). So when Shelby came downstairs with different clothes on I didn't really pay attention, kind of because I was all tired from waking up from a nap too.

Anyways, I was kind of struck by how Shelby was really obsessing about what to wear, and needing to look like a princess, and which shoes to wear (like, I'm already envisioning what high school might sound like). So I'm sitting there watching tv and vegging when Shelby declares that she's ready to go. I was like "Where?" and she was like "For our date (that I got all dressed up for!)" Then she was like "You better go change out of your pajamas for our date."

It was so adorable! So I thought really quick about an awesome date that could be accomplished before bed time and we ended up sharing a banana split at the Rossville park. Fun times! It really was a perfect day for the park - it's only like 70 degrees and overcast - and not sweaty at all!

This picture is on our way out. Shelby had to stop and give the kitten one last kiss before leaving!

We ate our banana split on the adult porch swing that's at the park. I love the Rossville park. It really is one of the nicest little towns around - very clean, very respectable, very small.

Here's Shelby enjoying the teeter totter.

Shelby climbing on the very dangerous looking jungle gym dome. I'm really afraid of a couple of the park pieces. They kind of look like industrial grade torture devices, and if you fall just right you could decapitate yourself.