Happy Friday, friends! I hope all of you had a great week; I want to hear about it at the end of this post, so stay tuned. Here are some favorite things and moments from this week...
Doodling/drawing is one of my favorite things; my little student at work is in a wheelchair that I push her around in because she can't walk on her own. Because of that, while her classmates are at recess outside, we find other things to do. So far we have read books, walked the halls to visit favorite teachers, we have gone to the gym to toss a soft ball back and forth, we have watched The Magic School Bus, and we have drawn/colored. This was from Wednesday; she asked me to write "beach day" on her paper so that she could color it in her favorite bright colors. While she did that, she told me I should draw a tree and then write some words on it, so that's what I did. When she tells me to do something, I do whatever she says! This was what I came up with: a family tree of sorts. I never finished, but I got a good start and she loved it after I added the apples she suggested I draw.
Stella's positions are always a favorite.
This is a picture from a few years ago, but doing a Bible study is my favorite; I just bought a new one that will be here tomorrow. I can't wait to start on it this weekend! It's been way too long since I've done a Bible study; I think I got burned out on them, honestly. If you didn't know this already, I used to help write Bible studies for women with a group of ladies from my church; after that I lead small groups for years before my life changed. Because of the job I used to have as the bookstore/coffee shop manager at my church, that prohibited me from doing a lot of extra things like attending classes or studies.
Tuesday night dinner was a favorite! Remember a few weeks ago when I made steamed/pan seared dumplings with Chris? We had leftover wrappers and meat, so I froze it and pulled it out this week to make a dumpling "lasagna" of sorts. I lined the dish with wrappers, then meat, and repeated that once; to the top layer I added some sesame oil, soy sauce, and hot water. I covered it with foil and baked it at 375 for fifty minutes. This was a delicious meal!
Being with these lovely ladies was a favorite from the weekend!
Speaking of work...this is my favorite home away from home.
These are my my favorite graphics from Instagram this week.
Yesterday's petting zoo was a favorite for most of us at Summer Learning Camp! Who doesn't love a donkey or a Highland cow?!
And lastly, another favorite is that my blog turns nineteen this year on June 26th; I wrote my very first blog post on that day in 2007 (I included the link in case anyone wanted to go back and read what I was up to way back then). And then in typical fashion, I came back that same day and made a bonus post...here's a link for that one too. As I was looking for something on an old post Tuesday morning, I noticed that as of right then, I had written 4,060 blog posts over the nineteen year span. I was curious about which post had been the most popular in all of that time, and this is the one that had the most traffic. It's a random day; but it was about a major life update. It had over 25K views, and I have no clue why! Can you believe I've been at this whole blog thing for that long? It doesn't seem possible!
Just a quick reminder about tomorrow: it's already time for June's Share 4 Somethings! If you don't know what that is, it's a monthly link party that I host where we come together and talk about something we loved, something that sustained us, something we're carrying forward from this month to the next, and something we're making space for. I hope you make plans now to join us tomorrow! I keep the link open for about two weeks each month.
Tell me something that was a favorite from your week! I would love to hear from you. Thanks for being here to read my blog everyday, friends. Love to all!
Jenn
