Three in School

Exactly one year ago, our family was on an airplane headed to Malawi Africa to live for two months. A lot has changed in the last year, including our kids. They have grown up overnight, it seems. Catherine and Easton started first grade. Sophia is in preschool. Addis turned two. It has been a crazy ride, one that I hope to write more about in the coming days as we reflect back on our time in Africa. For now, here is our first week of school.

School uniforms make everything a little more challenging in the morning. First graders don’t really get the concept of a belt, and it doesn’t seem to be catching on very quickly. With uniforms comes uniformity. However, a loud pair of socks and the universal dress/casual/all-around Chuck Taylor’s kicks that out the window.

By the way, Erin cut all of her hair off. I call it her movie star hair. She calls it her 5-minute-to-get-ready-mommy-hair. Either way, I dig it.

This also happens to be the first year the twins are in separate classrooms. Catherine came home after the first day and said, “I think it was a great idea to put us in different classrooms.” Thanks for approving, Catherine.

Next, it was Sophie’s turn to go to school. She has been majorly excited about school, and she was very disappointed to learn that she would only be going three days a week. I am not sure that her teacher has heard her speak yet, but she sure talks about it when she gets home.

Buy Esther’s House on DVD

If you enjoyed the series and want to get a copy, you can buy them online for $20. Half of the proceeds from your purchase will go to support the orphans at Esther’s House.

You can buy them here.

Episodes 4 and 5

We are winding down to the end of the series. If you have been watching and enjoying what you see, let us know over at puremission.org. It will help us as we determine the success of this series and the potential for more like it in the future. Here are episodes 4 and 5.

Kids will be Kids…

Hope you are enjoying the series. If you haven’t gone to puremission.org yet, go this week and click “LIKE” on the facebook section. A donor has agreed to give $1 to Esther’s House Orphanage for every “LIKE” up to 10,000. The deadline is Sunday, and it is a simple way to send a dollar to Esther’s House.

Episode Two

The second episode aired yesterday, and will air again in about 1 hour on Daystar so you still have time to catch it if you want to watch it on an actual television. There are only four more left, so please spread the word about the program to your blog-friends and family.

Here is the second episode if you missed it.