Wordless Wednesday

Faces.....

This was after son G's eye injury, when the ER folks had swabbed him before giving him stitches and his stent.

Guaranteed to make you laugh!

You know your children are enjoying history when....

You hear them whispering about the greek gods Zeus and Hera an hour after they were tucked in.

Seriously!

You Know You're Medium * When.....

....you have to put on your reading glasses in order to fasten your bra.


* Medium is the word my husband and I use in place of "middle aged".

Little Man and Ice Cream

Doesn't Little Man

look happy

to be eating this ice cream?

And doesn't it make you happy

just remembering what it was like

to be 5 and not care

if your face was dirty?

Humbled

The last two Thursday mornings it has been my turn to teach our daughter's Tapestry of Grace virtual co-op, where we join other students online who have done the same reading and answered the same questions during the week as we have, and have a history discussion together. The second of those two Thursdays we were covering the presidency of George W. Bush, including 9-11 and its aftermath. I did copious reading, and scoured the internet for appropriate photos to put into my power point. Since I am a visual learner myself, I always like to put lots of pictures into my power point presentations for class, so the students have something engaging to look at while we are talking.

The night before class I had stayed up until about 1:30, finding the last pics and putting the finishing touches on my power point. The next morning my daughter and I logged into class and I began teaching. The students were well prepared and we had a great discussion. There were aspects of 9-11, the war in Afghanistan, and the war in Iraq that I wasn't sure the students were connecting, so I taught my little heart out on those topics. We covered the highlights of Bush's 8 years in office, packing a LOT of info into a short period of time, and covering topics that were intense and still to this day, emotionally charged.

I felt pretty good about how the class had gone, and afterward I asked G if she had learned anything new. She said,


"well, in my reading this week I learned that Obama's middle name is Hussein."


Hmmm. So much for my teaching!


"A man's pride brings him low." ~ Proverbs 29:23

(Yes, I felt about one inch tall!)

Too Much Olympic Viewing?

You know you've watched a lot of Olympic coverage when your 5 year old spontaneously and dramatically says, several days after the closing ceremony:

"Most people call it Vancouver 2010. But we call it.....HOME."

:-)

A Little Trouble at the Grocery Store

Grandpa Dean's Influence

A syrup "well" cut out of the stack of pancakes. :-)

Soooo funny and sweet which things children choose to copy!

A Sad Darth Vader

Have you ever seen a more pathetic picture?!? My husband "won" this Darth Vader mask (complete with realistic sounding voice box) at his high school boys Bible Study white elephant gift exchange, and the children have been loving it. While Little Man was wearing it, he became sad about something and tried to put his head down on his arms, but that darn mask was so big! You haven't lived until you've seen Darth Vader pouting. :0)

It's Going to be a Long Winter.....

Things I actually said today:


Stop throwing that ball at the lightbulb!

Do not put tape over your nose and mouth ever again.

Please don't run through the kitchen when I'm cooking dinner.

Take the pillowcase off your legs and walk on your feet like a big boy.


Boys......gotta love 'em!

Feeling PMS-y?

Just FYI

If you turn a jar of applesauce upside down in your fridge so that the last little bits will be easier to get out, and it gets pushed to the back of your fridge and you forget about it for several months, and then you discover it and think that it's really gross and open it so you can pour it down the sink and recycle the jar, it may just explode forcefully and send fermented applesauce all over your kitchen.

Just thought you'd like to know.

For my friend Targetshopper, who hates sand

Aren't you glad you didn't have to clean this up?! :-)

Funny Video

One of our daughter's friends sent her this video of homeschool dad and comedian, Tim Hawkins, doing a song we had not heard/seen before. It's pretty funny! The children asked to see it over and over. And so you know what's happening now......we are hearing phrases from this song sung over and over! (who says children can't memorize quickly?) We hope you enjoy it!

You know you're using a lot of garlic when......

....you push part of the garlic press out with the garlic! I thought I found all the pieces, but our daughter found a part of it in her soup!