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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

A Day in the Life of a Hildebrant 2009

One day Dana and I were talking about how I don't get bored. I said, "I don't have time to get bored!" We had this conversation several times and were puzzled about what I do with my time. So, we talked about how I should write down what I do all day. I ended up taking pictures all day long of what I did one day. Back when I took these pictures I knew what I wanted to say but I never took the time to put them on here so I have forgotten a lot. I am going to just mostly post the pictures of that day. I will try to do another updated one and record a current day in the "Life of a Hildebrant." I saw this done on another blog (mandymom.com) and I thought it was really neat to get a peek into her life.


Wake up Time! Who knows what time it was then. Maybe 8:30? We set our School Time for 8:30 and so we start by 9:00 now. But, that is on purpose so I will hit 9:00. I have a hard time managing time. :/

Breakfast. Parfait.
Getting Dressed and ready for the day!
Pledge of Allegiance. Samantha was the flagholder. We have the Christian flag and the American flag.
Feeding the animals.
Bella doing blanket time.
Bailey reading.
Bailey made a decoration for his light switch. I think we were learning about the sun so it says, "Jesus is the light of the world."
Samantha making Sun Tea. They dropped and busted the container!
Remaking Sun Tea! We stopped to look at the flowers. Bella still entertaining herself. She has always been really laid back.
Bella doing some "school work" too!
Samantha learned her last letter, Z so we celebrated with ABC Spaghettio's. Checking Sun Tea.
Bella cleaning up. Bailey praying at lunch. Bella thoroughly enjoying her Spaghettio's!
I couldn't do Spaghettio's!
Learning some Indian sign language.
Sam-drawing phases of the moon. Bay- Art. Bel- Still finding ways to entertain herself!
School work complete for Sam. Stickers, handstamps, & treats.
Gravity! Schoolwork complete for Bailey!
Playtime. Then naptime. Kid's helped with dinner. Derrick came home and they helped him with the mail.
Dinnertime.
Kids helped clean up dinner mess. Below there is a little pumpkin in the background. I was newly pregnant with Livi. I had used the pumpkin to tell Derrick. The day I found out I had tied a balloon that said, "Congratulations" on it to the little pumpkin and written, "on your newest lil' pumpkin!" I left it on the counter after Derrick had gone to bed for him to see in the morning.
I don't know why we read first but, apparently, we did! We always read last now.
That Bible we read we call our "treasure". That is what the friend who gave it to us as one of the party favors for her kid's birthday party called it and told us to "treasure" God's Word in our heart. She put glitter glue all over them to make them look pretty. I was letting the kids take turns highlighting what we read after we read it.
Bath time.
Outside looking at the stars. I think we were supposed to for school for some reason. Telling Daddy "Night night."
Me preparing for co-op the next day. Time with Derrick. Then I probably read my Bible and maybe a little of another book after Derrick went to bed, laid the kid's clothes out for school pictures, took a shower, and then went to bed.

Living in the Moment


Us enjoying a good book on one of the days already long past. Sometimes I don't realize the making of memories is right now, in this moment. Sometimes I'm tempted to think we're making them another day. It is always in the here and now.



"The fast have spiritually slow hearts." Ann Voskamp (One Thousand Gifts)
This struck me. Time goes too fast for me. Always in a rush it seems. I like to take my time and I do. But, then it causes me to have to rush somewhere else. I completely relate to her wanting to "live fully" in the moment. To slow down and fully taste, feel, see...She said, "I want to slow down and taste life, give thanks, and see God." She compared life to dessert, "Life is dessert-too brief to hurry. You don't wolf it down. The Little-One's tongue searches about for smudge of chocolate she can feel on her cheek. 'More milk?' She nods, eyes large, laughing yes. I pour more. And I haven an appetite to celebrate-yes, let us eat cake!- and nibble on bare toes, to pick armfuls of poppies, to hold a heart up against me, stronger, surer, to sit long with my mama in the last of afternoon light. 'Wherever you are, be all there' is only possible in the posture of eucharisteo."


Yes, this is what I want to do. Slow down, give Thanks to God, be all in the moment. To pay attention, to savor these precious and very fleeting moments. To see the twinkle in my child's eyes when they are delighted. To hold time for a moment, to stop and smile in delight at them. To look at my son and remember my husband as a little boy...with dreams and to take delight in building a home he takes pleasure in. To not dread the chore of cleaning but to bask in the joy of fresh cleanliness. To not get overwhelmed when a child rushes through and the semblance of cleanliness disappears instantaneously but to take joy that I have these little blessings making monumental messes. For one day I will miss having those messes terribly. To hear those birds singing outside. The joy of sharing life with a child with the reading of a good book. Our minds get to go there together and we share in the same experience. Reading God's Word and learning something new or something "clicking" that has gone unnoticed before...There are so many, many things daily waiting to be savored. There are so many to reasons to stop, slow down, take notice of, and thank God for.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Gift #10 A Springlike Day Mid-winter

It was such a nice day yesterday! We went for a walk in the morning. Well, I'm the only one that "walked." The Littles rode in the wagon and the Bigs rode their bikes. Later the kids ate lunch outside on the picnic table. And after schoolwork they enjoyed playing outside again. From the picture it looks cold (Bailey with his sleeping bag) but it really felt like spring!