Last week a friend called and asked me if I would PLEASE decorate the Kindergarten teacher's door for Teacher Appreciation Week. She offered to take Nathan & Rilla for a couple of hours so I could get started on it. When I dropped them off, she confided that she'd wished she had had another baby. She had been considering adopting and was thrilled to hold Rilla for a couple of hours.
I left and began by taking pictures of all the children in the class. Each child put on a fake hook and placed it on the shoulder of the child in front of them. Each child also wore an eye patch. I cut out letters that said, "Mrs. Whitaker, We Are Hooked On You!" I had taken a picture of the teacher and cut out her face and put it on a pirate. I made a pirate ship and placed her at the helm with all of the kids "hooked" strung out behind her. I think it turned out pretty cute. I was happy that someone asked me to do something and that I could do it.
When I picked up Nathan & Rilla my friend sweetly commented on how she'd forgotton how much time small children take and how one can't get anything done except for tending them. She thanked me for the opportunity to remember how much she loves her life right now with her 4 older children and is happily content. I laughed. There is definately a time & season for everything. And an afternoon with Nathan has now been proven to be the best birth control ever.
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Yes, small children are tons of work. It's a 26-hour a day job. Good to know you helped her out!
I like that story. It makes me feel that much better about all I didn't get done today :)
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