BIG week...first days of school -ever! Katie and Grace are in public school for the first time (2nd and 4th grades). Mark and I escorted them to school the first day. We had to hustle out of there, because we were both ready to cry! So far so good, though. Ben starts preschool next week for half days M,W,F. Isaac and I will be on our own. What will we ever do?! Gee...I can probably think of a few things to catch up on.
Mark is settling in to his job as Battalion 3 Chaplain. I think he really likes it. And I am trying to find my place in the military world, juggling official Navy"functions", wardroom wives meetings (thats officers wives - for the unindoctrinated), family support group fundraisers, Bee club garden parties...etc, etc. Where does the Chaplains wife fit in and what are the best ways for me to serve and minister? After all, thats the main reason I'm here. And most important of all, I need to keep my focus on being the wife and mother that God wants me to be.
I have made a good friend already. Her name is Debra. She is a tall, vivacious, Jesus-loving mom who lives right across the road from me here on base. Her husband is in another Battalion, so we hooked up right away, and once we realized how well we get along (our kids too -she has a boy and a girl), we decided to swap off babysitting for Battalion functions. She and her husband Scott also invited Mark and me to church. We havent even visited anywhere else because we like it so much! I started going to the women's bible study on Tuesdays and have made three or four friends there as well.
So, all in all, we are settling in...
BENJAMIN'S FUNNIES....
Ben used his allowance to buy some fake vampire teeth at the NEX store here on base (yes,Halloween stuff is out everywhere!). He wanted to "scare" Grace and Katie when we picked them up at school.
"Dont tell them I bought these, Mommy", he insisted seriously. "Just say that we met a big, mean, monster and I beat him up and stole his teeth!"
