Crikey! It's been many moons since I've blogged the latest adventures of Macy Walker. Never fear, I HAVE been writing them down.
We are by no means a righteous family. We try really, REALLY hard to do what is right. To behave in ways that are pleasing to God and to just be overall good citizens of this fine world we live in. Every day we ask Macy to let the love of Jesus show in how she treats other people. This .... well ... it's not quite what we had in mind but eh, it's a start!
One day in May, we saw a youngster from Macy's class in our local grocery store. When we got in the car, this is the conversation that ensued.
Macy: "That was Seth. He's the one that doesn't believe in Jesus or God or anything. He doesn't even know anything about Him at ALL."
Me: "You should tell him about Jesus then!"
Macy: "I did but he didn't believe me. So I just said ... Well, enjoy it while you can!"
In other words, she told him hey buddy you have fun here on Earth cause hell's gonna be one bad (and not the good bad) mamma jamma.
If you ask Macy Walker, Heaven is NOT a place on Earth.
We're all works in progress, right? ;)
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
Macy The Project Manager
Apparently, we have a future project manager on our hands? Most of you know Macy’s birthday is up & coming. In preparation for said birthday, there is sure to be one heck of a shindig thrown by her Papa & yours truly (there always is, you know!). This year, the girl chose to gather at a local laser tag facility but in preparation, we had to ask her wonderful 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Myers,(Have I said how much we LOVE her?!)for a listing of addresses/phone numbers for invitation purposes.
Mrs. Myers sent home contact information for those families who chose to participate in the class directory & Macy began making a list of those whom she’d grace with her presence on her special day ;)
I ordered invitations & sent them accordingly. When Macy knew I had addressed the envelopes, she gathered contact information for those whom were invited & began cold-calling. She wanted friends to be sure to “save the date”, if you will. I didn’t realize this is what she was doing until I noticed those she connected with “marked off” or with associated notes.
I thought this was the end of monitoring the progress/status of invitees as I had already mailed the invitations to each family’s home. Oh no ma’am, I was mistaken!
I got a voice message today from one little girl proclaiming:
I thought it was cute and awfully sweet for the little girl to call. Afterall, we never really expect folks to RSVP, who does that nowadays?
I text Casey to tell him about the message and to see if Macy wanted to phone back the little girl. Case promptly responded with:
EVENT PLANNER FOR HIRE.
Mrs. Myers sent home contact information for those families who chose to participate in the class directory & Macy began making a list of those whom she’d grace with her presence on her special day ;)
I ordered invitations & sent them accordingly. When Macy knew I had addressed the envelopes, she gathered contact information for those whom were invited & began cold-calling. She wanted friends to be sure to “save the date”, if you will. I didn’t realize this is what she was doing until I noticed those she connected with “marked off” or with associated notes.
I thought this was the end of monitoring the progress/status of invitees as I had already mailed the invitations to each family’s home. Oh no ma’am, I was mistaken!
I got a voice message today from one little girl proclaiming:
"Um, hi. This is _________ . I just wanted to call because Macy said I needed to meet the deadline of calling for her party and to let her know if I was or wasn’t going …"
I thought it was cute and awfully sweet for the little girl to call. Afterall, we never really expect folks to RSVP, who does that nowadays?
I text Casey to tell him about the message and to see if Macy wanted to phone back the little girl. Case promptly responded with:
"Macy must’ve given some directions to her friends today. She told me when I picked her up from school she advised her friends they needed to let her know today whether they would be attending her party because she needed to plan for their attendance. If they didn’t call, they weren’t going to be on the guest list."
EVENT PLANNER FOR HIRE.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Squirrels & Self-Control: It's Not What You Think
If you wanna’ know why I said “It’s not what you think”, you can check here. In other news, Macy Walker has a pretty good idea of what she means when talking about squirrels.
Someone very dear to our family frequently wears a wig. The wig isn’t used for medical purposes, but moreso for convenience. Do not be dismayed for one second that this lil’ child is not afraid to say what she feels it looks like!
One day, as this person’s wig lain in the sink ready to be washed Macy said,
“Are you gonna’ wash your squirrel?”
We pray every day before Macy Renee exits the car for school. Generally, we ask if there’s anything/one she’d want to pray for. Usually she’ll pray she can make good decisions or for whatever event may be going on and sometimes a friend. This day however, Macy prayed
“Please God, don’t let me act squirrely today ….”
She must have had many days of non-squirreliness because the ever elusive “Self-Manager Badge” was FINALLY bestowed upon the youngin’! Folks, when I say ever elusive I ain’t playin’! Macy is a great girl but this badge eluded her school year after school year. Several times per week she’d express high hopes she may soon be earning her badge but week after week, the let down was evident. No self-manager badge was ever granted.
The badge is awarded by a child’s teacher for consistently displaying characteristics of: enthusiasm, responsibility, self-discipline, citizenship, courtesy, tolerance, leadership, respect, integrity, caring & forgiveness … and Macy, she finally earned one! Trust me when I tell you, it’s worn about the neck like a prized gem!
Someone very dear to our family frequently wears a wig. The wig isn’t used for medical purposes, but moreso for convenience. Do not be dismayed for one second that this lil’ child is not afraid to say what she feels it looks like!
One day, as this person’s wig lain in the sink ready to be washed Macy said,
“Are you gonna’ wash your squirrel?”
We pray every day before Macy Renee exits the car for school. Generally, we ask if there’s anything/one she’d want to pray for. Usually she’ll pray she can make good decisions or for whatever event may be going on and sometimes a friend. This day however, Macy prayed
“Please God, don’t let me act squirrely today ….”
She must have had many days of non-squirreliness because the ever elusive “Self-Manager Badge” was FINALLY bestowed upon the youngin’! Folks, when I say ever elusive I ain’t playin’! Macy is a great girl but this badge eluded her school year after school year. Several times per week she’d express high hopes she may soon be earning her badge but week after week, the let down was evident. No self-manager badge was ever granted.
The badge is awarded by a child’s teacher for consistently displaying characteristics of: enthusiasm, responsibility, self-discipline, citizenship, courtesy, tolerance, leadership, respect, integrity, caring & forgiveness … and Macy, she finally earned one! Trust me when I tell you, it’s worn about the neck like a prized gem!
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