Full house, little mishaps, time off

Chase and Makaila came in last night. They got to the house before Mama and I got home. She had to make a trip to Decatur to take our little Chinese children to the church for a play practice for the Master’s Club Program tonight. Since Mama does not like to drive at night and since we have not gotten to spend a lot of time together, I drove her to and from. The girls were very excited about the play. The older one is going to be the angel Gabriel, the little one is going to be a shepherdess. Both were very clear about the fact that that they could not talk during the play. It made me wonder how much that had been reinforced during the practice. However many times it was communicated, they were both adamant about their silence being a part of the performance; they jabbered about it non-stop all the way home. I cannot wait to see how it turns out tonight. By the way, we have invited the parents to the performance. Hopefully they can make arrangements to come. We have been praying for them and any little open door is a gift. 

Our canine count increased by two when Chase and Makaila arrived. They have two of the puppies from Kira’s first litter – and Prince, one of the two, is huge. The two dogs seemed to know where they were as soon as they were loosed in the back yard. The real surprise is that Kobe did not have the slightest problem with them arriving, in fact she seemed overjoyed to have the company. The four larger dogs played with each other like they were all old friends; which was a surprise to Mama. A good surprise, but a surprise none-the-less. She had anticipated a stronger, more protective reaction from Kobe, who is our least socialized dog. The whole Amarillo Kline clan will be staying until Friday afternoon or evening; maybe Saturday. Kobe should be worn out by then.

Last time Cori and Nate stayed with us Blake was the recipient of a couple little mishaps – a cut to his face and something else minor that I cannot remember. This time the mishaps seem to be focused on Savana. Last week she fell while she was out in the yard with Victoria – helping her attend to the chickens. Victoria saw her get up and begin dusting her hands off and thought nothing of it. When she began crying like she was hurt Victoria went to attend to her and discovered she had fallen into a little bed of fire ants – her hands were covered with ants. Now we are doctoring the bites they left behind. Well, last night, while Nate was feeding her the tray on the booster seat we are using as a highchair broke loose and she slipped between the chair and the table ending up with a large bruise on her right cheek. She was unhurt otherwise. It was just alarming to see her fall and not be able to do anything to help until it was over. Since they will be here for another week we will need to be extremely vigilant. The challenge is that she is so busy it takes all the adults in the house to direct her away from the dangers we can see. We all laugh about it as we race to catch her moment by moment.

When I get off this afternoon, I will be off for the next six days. I am looking forward to it.