Just had to share

     Maggie started going to preschool about 5 weeks ago. At first I tried her in my 2yo classroom, which only made me have an hour breakdown (literally - man! those tears wouldn't stop). SO, with encouragement from my teacher friends, I put her in another 2yo room. Every week the "hand-off" gets better. She still SCREAMS (as soon as we turn the corner to her room) but now she lunges for her teacher while screaming, AND the screaming only lasts for a minute. She is then off to play.
     The room she is in is attached to mine, so we have a blanket covering the window between the two so she can't see me. I have loved peeking through to watch her play. She is CRUISING around that room now! And she is happy! One mom stopped me in the hall the other day and said, "Look at her! She has LIFE in her eyes! Look at the LIFE!"
     One more thing about today...she played kick-ball at school. Kick-ball! They said she gets her stance, with one foot in front of the other, and just grins. And then she does the bases!
   
     I still have so many "oh my word, we have a 2yo again" moments! I am just amazed at what God has done in our lives this last year. On Memorial Day weekend last year, we saw a picture of her for the first time. One year later she has already been a Barcalow for 10 weeks/home for 9! C-R-A-Z-Y!

     Don't ever doubt what God can do in your life. God's spirit is so unbelievably powerful, and at times unpredictable. After 2 1/2 months of coaxing from His spirit, we said yes to adoption. Hopefully we are an example of how much God can change a mindset and a heart. Maybe we will do this again sometime.... : )

Thanks for being interested in our family!

This was our first pic of her

At week 9 of being a Barcalow. Don't know if you can see
the dirt so much, but she had just made her first MESS with the dirt.
Love it! We let her play and play. She also had her "cape" on.
Her big sis had hers on, so she needed one too (It's an apron).