Veggies & Fruit

I sit at the dinner table and wonder who these children are that are growing up so fast. I love hearing Madeline bubbling over with so many stories from her day, Lucas adding in his say(flashing his huge bruise on his shoulder from tag at recess), Camille & A listening. A has taken to being our primary prayer girl. She always wants to pray, and she is good at it. I guess that is a little bad to say, I mean, how can you be bad at praying. It is interesting to listen to her and see the other 3 listen. She is setting a great example for all of us. Todd missed out on dinner tonight. Superman flew to Houston and then back to Dallas for a meeting. Usually when he's gone we order a pizza, break open the mac & cheese, perhaps splurge with some hot dogs. Now, we are promoting healthy eating. Roasted chicken, brown rice, cooked carrots, zucchini. Geez, what's happening. I think the only person missing it is me. The thing about the kids is that they'll eat pretty much whatever I give them. That's a lot of pressure on me. My hidden stash of junk is almost diminished, luckily, Lucas brought me home a new stash of laffy taffy. Gotta love banana laffy taffy.
A had visit with mommy(grandma) yesterday. She's really been missing her. I thought about getting her phone number so that we could call her sometime but the more I think about it I feel like its opening a whole other can of worms. They were definitely happy to see each other. Mommy asked for prayers for the house they may get, and she has also applied for a job. I hope that both those things happen for her. Please join me in my prayers for her. It is still so strange to me the process of all of this. How it takes losing custody of a child to get your life together. Of course, I also think of no better reason to get one's life together than for this sweet child living with us. Out of the blue the other day she asks if she is going to live with me forever. I didn't give her a direct answer but asked why was she asking this. She didn't know. She has certainly flourished at our home and I catch myself thinking what would life be like for her if she did stay with us. All I can do is establish as many good things as I can while we are blessed with her presence. I guess if that means veggies, fruit, and roasted chicken, I can certainly do it. I do miss my mac&cheese.