Thursday, September 26: I had such a happy time with Kaity tonight--I can hardly contain myself. I picked her up from school and we came right over to my house. I wasn't sure WHAT would be on Kaity's agenda for the evening ... but thankfully, she wanted to build a layout with the tracks and do trains! Easy. Have a go at it, Kaity!
Kaity is a very good track builder. She has a good eye for it and sense of symmetry, etc. I heated up some food for us while Kaity built.
Kaity was very happy to see Matey--who has stubbornly REFUSED to allow me near him all week! Brendan was able to touch Matey without getting pecked half to death! Emma was able to do the same on Sunday ... but NOT me. I was beginning to wonder if Matey would ever warm up to me.
There is something about Kaity and animals. She doesn't FLINCH and she is NEVER afraid. Animals know this! Matey actually let Kaity hold him in her hands! I was SO amazed. And Kaity was so gentle and so confident about the whole thing. Emma is the same way! Brendan did very well too. I guess old ladies can learn a lot from their little grandchildren--so I continued to watch as Kaity reached into the cage with both hands and just cupped them around Matey.
This made me super happy, because I was beginning to doubt he would ever allow us to handle him at all!
Kaity built and played for a very long time. She has a wonderful imagination.
The picture below: I have no idea what Kaity is exclaiming about!
Kaity went back and forth between the railroad and Matey--she wanted to be sure he didn't forget that SHE WAS IN CHARGE!!!! She kills me.
This is Kaity being silly (below).
Another reason I am SO happy tonight is this: I've been wanting to begin Bible lessons with Kaity for a very long time now--but she has always been very resistant to "stories" and books in general. So I began to pray about it and I wasn't sure how to even begin. But in the last few weeks, Emma has mentioned wanting me to teach Kaity and she even mentioned Jesse wanting me to begin doing Bible stories with Kaity--so it was certainly time to pray about it! I remembered the "Jesus Storybook Bible" early Thursday morning and felt led to begin teaching Kaity about the little girl, Jairus's daughter, that Jesus raised from the dead.
Above is a picture of Kaity coloring in an illustration of Jesus, Jairus, and the little girl. Kaity listened SO carefully to the story--and as you remember, Jesus got interrupted on the way to the girl's house. She was very sick and hadn't gotten out of bed for a month! But then a little lady, who had been sick for TWELVE YEARS, snuck up behind Jesus in the crowd and touched the edge of His robe and was immediately healed. Of course, no one can "sneak up on Jesus!" so He stopped His journey to talk with her and assure her that she was going to be okay. In the meantime, Jairus's daughter died. WHen I got to this part of the story, Kaity looked up at me and said, "This isn't going so well, grandma. She wasn't SUPPOSED TO DIE!" Kaity was obviously sad about this. Well, you know how the story ends--Jesus got to Jairus's house and "woke his daughter up!" and then they all had breakfast together. Kaity was very happy about Jesus bringing the daughter back to life. I told Kaity that the Lord does that for all of us who believe in Him. He gives us life everlasting and one day, we will SEE Him! At this point, she dropped her marker and said, "No way, Grandma! You mean we're going to get to see God with our very own eyes?!?!" Yes, yes, Y-E-S dear Kaity! Isn't that so great?
On our way back to Kaity's house we stopped over at her school playground so that she could burn off the extra energy she has stored up inside of her ... lots and lots!
I loved every minute of being with Kaity tonight and I'm so thankful!
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