Mother's Day
I've been treated like the best mother in the world with breakfast in bed and lovely cards and presents too. Spoiled.
And I don't feel like I deserve it AT ALL. Yesterday's cake baking attempt was a Disaster. I've never before burnt a cake top AND bottom and still had the inside goey and fudgy. I'm blaming the oven and seems like the other SOM families have similar tales. Still, what kind of mother can't come up with a birthday cake for her 12 year old daughter?? Sylivia came to the rescue, lovely lady, popped home for an hour to feed her family, although actually I think her husband came to the rescue there and then they all came round here for desert. We fed Jo Ryan and Anna for tea so KJ felt like she had a real celebration, all very impromptue and spontaneous, lots of noise and laughter.
KJ had a quiet birthday, she went to another party on Friday night after ballet and had music Saturday morning while Zach was making his debut as a soccer star. For those of you who haven't been texted or emailed by Chris yet, Zach scored two goals and was player of the day. Big thanks to Kif who posted down boots and shin pads which arrived just in time for practise on Wednesday. Chris has turned into a soccer dad - it only took ONE game! (sigh)
Friday we were down at the local baptist church learning how to safely conduct full immersion baptisms. Next week we are looking at infant baptism, using dolls I assume as real babies would not be as co-operative as we students are. Fortunatly Firday was mild but things are much chillier today with snow on Dunedin's hill tops. But we've had another lot of firewood arrive, nice and dry so we are starting to feel like we might survive the winter.
I sneaked into the Leith Valley church's worship team today, played bass very quietly as I haven't been practising but it is all coming back. We've just come back from music practise as the tutor groups are starting to take community worship on Wednesdays now and we are also putting the music together. It was nice to have a break from the music but I think I might be ready to start doing some more now. Yay!
As you may have gathered from the long silence, there was rather a lot due last week, sermons, exegesis, etc and extra shopping for 2 birthday parties and one birthday. Hannah was invited to TWO parties, so we had to choose...oh, it's tough being popular! But things look more manageable this week, might have time to get started on the last of the assignments. Oh, and Katarina had a tooth pulled out as it's replacement was coming up in the wrong place. Yes, it really has been all go.
And I don't feel like I deserve it AT ALL. Yesterday's cake baking attempt was a Disaster. I've never before burnt a cake top AND bottom and still had the inside goey and fudgy. I'm blaming the oven and seems like the other SOM families have similar tales. Still, what kind of mother can't come up with a birthday cake for her 12 year old daughter?? Sylivia came to the rescue, lovely lady, popped home for an hour to feed her family, although actually I think her husband came to the rescue there and then they all came round here for desert. We fed Jo Ryan and Anna for tea so KJ felt like she had a real celebration, all very impromptue and spontaneous, lots of noise and laughter.
KJ had a quiet birthday, she went to another party on Friday night after ballet and had music Saturday morning while Zach was making his debut as a soccer star. For those of you who haven't been texted or emailed by Chris yet, Zach scored two goals and was player of the day. Big thanks to Kif who posted down boots and shin pads which arrived just in time for practise on Wednesday. Chris has turned into a soccer dad - it only took ONE game! (sigh)
Friday we were down at the local baptist church learning how to safely conduct full immersion baptisms. Next week we are looking at infant baptism, using dolls I assume as real babies would not be as co-operative as we students are. Fortunatly Firday was mild but things are much chillier today with snow on Dunedin's hill tops. But we've had another lot of firewood arrive, nice and dry so we are starting to feel like we might survive the winter.
I sneaked into the Leith Valley church's worship team today, played bass very quietly as I haven't been practising but it is all coming back. We've just come back from music practise as the tutor groups are starting to take community worship on Wednesdays now and we are also putting the music together. It was nice to have a break from the music but I think I might be ready to start doing some more now. Yay!
As you may have gathered from the long silence, there was rather a lot due last week, sermons, exegesis, etc and extra shopping for 2 birthday parties and one birthday. Hannah was invited to TWO parties, so we had to choose...oh, it's tough being popular! But things look more manageable this week, might have time to get started on the last of the assignments. Oh, and Katarina had a tooth pulled out as it's replacement was coming up in the wrong place. Yes, it really has been all go.
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