Happy Birthday!

Feb 3

Jerry had a very nice birthday. He shared it with one of the school children. He said that he had never known anyone else who had his same birthday, so that was neat. The school kids sang to them both at lunch time. He didn't get his cake until Saturday, but he enjoyed a nice relaxing birthday.

Today, Miss Springer taught the Chapel lesson about not holding things inside. We stood outside in a circle and tossed around a can of soda until it burst and spewed everywhere. The point was that we need to communicate and not keep things inside, or we will blow up like that can of soda.

At lunch time, Miss Springer introduced the Marshmallow Wars. Now, I did not witness the spectacle, but Abby & Kelcy both participated along with all the school children present. Apparently, the children were armed with Marshmallows and they threw them at Mr. Diehl (Jerry)--at least that is how Abby described it to me. I did see the aftermath and the birds were having a meal of the few marshmallows left on the ground.

Wednesday, Feb 4th

After lunch today, the kids all lined up at one table for the hot Cheetos eating contest. The goal--see how many hot Cheetos you can eat without resorting to drinking water. If you have never tried the hot Cheetos, there are two types: the puffy and the crunchy. I find the puffy to be hotter than the puffy ones. Miss Springer had purchased the puff hot Cheetos for the contest. Needless to say, none of the teachers were participating. Neither did Abby or Kelcy or their friend Jessica, but everyone else did. I imagined the kids wolfing down the Cheetos quickly and then grabbing their drink. However, this was not the case. In the end, Miss Springer had to impose a time limit on eating the Cheetos to end the competition and I think last about 20 minutes, with several of the kids still eating Cheetos. Some even wanted to eat more after time was up! The champion was a young lady and she won the bragging rights and a prize. All of the participants were commended for their bravery and given a certificate or a prize. And a bag of hot Cheetos!

The Hope in Transit group that teaches music came on Thursday of this week. The kids all enjoyed the music class, as usual!

Friday night the girls and I made Jerry his birthday cake. He had requested a Lemon Bundt cake with a lemon glaze. Abby & Kelcy are both getting good at cracking eggs and are very interested in the baking process. The cake turned out wonderful and Daddy was delighted that all of his girls had made him a cake.

This Saturday, the wind blew most of the day, so we stayed inside and read and played the Dora Memory game.

Sunday, I got some new faces in my Sunday School class and they said that they would be back every week. I look forward to it! Church attendance is doing very well, I think. It is encouraging to see people returning each week to hear the word. Jerry has finished the "Facing the Giant" Sunday school program and is starting the "Oaks of Righteousness" series. Mr. Bill did a fine job with the message today! Tonight we had a pot luck at Dilkon. It was very encouraging to see some new faces there as well! Mr. Bill made us baked chicken, which was delicious. We had a nice visit to Dilkon and we look forward to the next one!