What's Up Wednesday...

Can you guess what we did today?
Yep, we travelled to the university hospital
for Ally's emg (nerve test).
The three hour drive there wasn't too bad.
It's always a blessing when
two recently potty trained girls
make the trip with no accidents (or stops).
We had to stop once on the way,
to wipe up a chocolate milk spill, though...
and now I need to steam clean the van.
But we wiped up and moved on.
We spent most of the time singing together.
Boy, we love to sing!

After we arrived,
we all crammed into the small room
to observe Ally's testing.
It was a real blessing how the doctors
made the other children feel welcome, too.

I think Will probably had the most fun.
There were two doctors there.
One was an intern (I believe)
and then there was the 'main' doctor.
Well the doctor sat next to Will
and they talked about all sorts of things...
favorite veggies, the perks of mechanical pencils,
favorite books to read, etc...
He also 'recruited' Will to be his assistant.
He traded in his clipboard
for Will's book
and told Will that he could do his job.
Will seemed a bit concerned, at first,
since he obviously has no experience at being a doctor.
I had to fight back my laughter
as the doctor showed Will how to practice
the "serious doctor expression"
by putting his finger up to his chin,
making frown wrinkles on his forehead,
and saying a deep, "Hmmm...."
And Will, curiously interested in this man's job,
copied what the doctor was showing him.
It was so cute!
The doctor also allowed Will
to write in the numbers on Ally's chart,
as they discovered them.
It was precious to see how Will
responded to being such a big helper.

The lil' girls enjoyed reading books
and trying out the spinning chairs. {grin}

Ally did well, though she could not say
that she actually liked it,
but it was tolerable.
She did enjoy watching the screen, however.

After the appointment,
we stopped in the lobby to watch
an interesting display of marbles.
It was some sort of contraption
that sent the marbles racing around
a very, long and ongoing course,
using all kinds of gears and such.
Will, Beth, and Carolynne
enjoyed watching it for, at least, half an hour.
In the meantime,
there was a piano sitting in the lobby!
Ally was very excited to play.
She serenaded the hospital with music.
And I enjoyed being able to stand back
and watch my precious children
enjoying themselves so much...
especially at a hospital.

We made it home in time to eat an apple,
grab our Bibles, and head to church.
Phew!
It made for a long day,
but it was an enjoyable one.
And though we were physically exhausted,
it's always a blessing
to be spiritually refreshed in God's house.

This evening, before Ally headed to bed,
we were able to have one of those
wonderful heart-to-heart mother/daughter talks.
Boy, I love those.
Though they can be bittersweet.
Our God is so Good.
My children are so precious to me.
Thank you, Lord.


"Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD:
and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man;
so are children of the youth.
Happy is the man
that hath his quiver full of them:
they shall not be ashamed,
but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate."
~ Psalm 127:3-5