The first two weeks have led us to have some pretty funny stories to tell. The first one took place last Sunday when we were getting ready for a ceremony and Mylee had been dying to wear her pretty dress to something. So since we were kind of going to a church service I decided to go ahead and let her do this. I went to get her hose out of her drawer to put on as well because in her mind panty hose always goes with a dress. However I got there only to discover I had only brought a pair of red tights with us instead of the white or pink ones to go with her pink and black pretty dress. I knew we were pretty close to Valentine's Day but not close enough to put red tights with her pink dress. So I had to go with the resources I had. We get to the ceremony and we are all sitting on the floor and the girls are just going where ever. About 20 minutes into it I was trying to get Evie under control while I heard the people behind me snickering. So I looked up to find they were trying to not laugh at Mylee pulling up the suntan knee highs I had put on her instead of the red tights to make them thigh highs on her. I could've died!
The second happened today. Our Sunday morning church consists of our small group meeting together to form kind of like a house church. So the girls are just all over the place and making all kinds of noise. But this is very common in Latin America culture so we just let them. We had finally allowed the girls and the two other children (boys age 6 and 8) go into our apartment to play. We were getting ready to pray our last prayer and Evie comes screaming out of the apartment with her arms above her head with some of my pantyliners in her hands. I guess she was having some fun in the bathroom without our supervision. Once again wishing for a hole in the floor to swallow me up.
Stay tuned for more stories and pics from our time at Oriention.
4 comments:
That's my girls. Good job girls.
Grandpa Beckler
Too funny! Heather wore a pantiliner to Kindergarten once. When asked why she was wearing it she quoted the latest pantiliner commercial "so I'll feel fresh and clean". Ha!
These are the times you need to write things down WHEN they happen. Many years down the road these will seem funny and not embarrassing.
I look at your postcard on the refridge each morning and ask a little blessing to cover you.
Love
Vinnie G.
Wow! I don't know if I could have handled that very well. When I was really little I went part of the day at school using a tampon as a "pretend" cigarette. It was a new unused one but still pretty gross.I had watched a movie that weekend and all the girls in the movie smoked. So that's what I did.
Gabrielle, with your grace and self confidence, I don't think there is a single thing that can stop you. (you may blush a bit, but that is Motherhood my friend)
I love reading about your life or should I say, "new life"? But boy I miss your beautiful voice at service.
Much love and prayers for you and yours.
Sisters in Christ,
Josie
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