As I have mentioned before, I love any excuse to get our friends together. Birthdays are a perfect reason!!! Our two youngest have birthdays about six weeks apart and this year, we decided to combine their parties. At four and two, they don't know the difference and many of the same people would be coming to both. So, to free up one extra fall Saturday, we scheduled the past Saturday as the day of festivities. My parents were coming down for the Atlanta race, my sister and brother-in-law were planning to join us for the day and my in-laws were also travelling over. In addition to about 25 other people, we were planning for a houseful. I was so excited!!!
What are the few words that you don't want to hear the day of a big party? "Mommy, I don't feel good." Yep, that was the phrase that woke us up Saturday morning, six hours before the party. We watched Trinity for a few hours and then made the decision - call off the party. It took a few emails and a few more calls and the party had been officially postponed, except for the family. After a bit more caring for Trinity, we decided to make the trip to Scottish Rite Urgent Care center. She had been screaming in pain and we were concerned about possible appendicitis. We got right in with a nurse and after a quick test, we soon found out that she had strep. Definitely not something we wanted to pass on to anyone else. She received a shot in at the center and what a difference just a few more hours made. From not being able to move to enjoying watching her siblings open their new gifts (and quickly wanting to play with their new things).
The newly-adjusted family party was attended by the grandparents as my sister made the decision to not chance getting strep (I don't blame her a bit!!). We had the song, the candles, the cupcakes and gifts. What more could you want? It was a nice family time. We missed you Ashley and Jeff, but we'll get with you hopefully soon.
Just to be on the safe side, all three kids and I stayed home on Sunday. However, I didn't want that to be an excuse for the kids not to have their Bible study time, so we did our own study at home. A few years ago, I purchased a book called The Play and Pray Bible. What an amazing resource. It is filled with various Bible stories and then activities, songs and crafts to do along with the story. We read about parable of the lost sheep then played games with cotton balls (as sheep), decorated socks to be sheep puppets and colored sheep coloring pages telling each other what we loved about them. It was a great morning.
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