During the past week, we have had a gentleman come out and finish up the drywall upstairs for us. He had been mudding and taping all week. During that week, a few comments were made by my children.
A1 (5 years old) to Mr. Drywall as he came downstairs from a full days work, "You are SOOO Dirty!" He told her thank you for her honesty.
As Mr. Drywall was leaving for lunch one day, most of the children were outside in their cowboy/cowgirl get ups. He asked if they were playing Cowboys and Indians. I7 said, "No, just Cowboys. Well, there were Indians, but it was after the Peace Treaty." Mr. Drywall just looked at him in wonderment.
Mr. Drywall told A1 that she had a good Mommy and Daddy. She replied, "Yes, most of the time, but they are mean when we get in trouble!" He told her that is the way it is supposed to be!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Out of the Mouths...
What a Strange Evening!
This evening we had thunderstorms. Since it was so dark so early, I let the children put in DVD, turn off all the lights, close all the curtains and blinds and lay all over the living room. The storm raged on, thunder and lightening everywhere. All of sudden, there was a huge crack and the light that WAS NOT on in our living room lit up very bright. It also appeared that lightening came in through the window, near where I was sitting. It was all a bit unnerving. The power did go out, but only for a few seconds. After checking all the lines and trees, it didn't appear that anything fell down. There wasn't any big hole in our roof. As A3, who is two says, "Scare Me".
Our next exciting event of the evening happened when one of the boys went to get a drink of water. It was all white and fizzy. It looked just like somebody dropped an alka seltzer in the glass. If you continued to watch it, from the bottom up, it would turn clear again, fizzing all the while. It was quite interesting to watch. I really had no idea what was going on, so we checked all the different faucets, toilets and even the outdoor faucets (after the storm stopped), just to find out they were all affected. Well, after telling everybody DON'T DRINK THE WATER, (hmmm...I seem to remember that very clearly the year I was in 7th or 8th grade, living in the Milwaukee area...anybody else? I did try and drink the water in hopes of getting out of school, but it never worked!) I finally called one of the people listed on our Rural Water payment book and was told it was SAFE! He said it was air in the pipes. There had been a water main break in a nearby (not really) city a few days ago and they were draining the line and it all somehow affected us. This did create an interesting conversation as the children questioned how air could be so fizzy. We may have some experiments to do tomorrow!
As A3 was going to be, it was lightening again and she kept saying, "Lights on, lights off."
Give Me Oil...or is it Hot Sauce?
My children like the song, Give Me Oil in My Lamp and they especially like the verse about a Ford. I got to thinking, if there is a verse about a Ford, what else is there a verse for. Sometimes I think I shouldn't think! After I got to thinking, I got to Googling it and looking for more verses. I found quite a few. I also found a website that gave this song a BAD award for siding with the 10 virgins who failed to be prepared. Be warned...some of these verses are stretching it, but others are very good!
Give me oil in my lamp,
Keep it burning,
Give me oil in my lamp, I pray
Give me oil in my lamp,
Keep it burning, burning, burning,
Keep it burning til the break of day.
And I will sing Hosanna,
Sing Hosanna,
Sing Hosanna to the King of Kings,
Sing Hosanna, Sing Hosanna
Sing Hosanna to the King!.
Give Me Joy in My Heart
Keep Me Praising.....
Give Me Peace in My Heart,
Keep Me Resting....
Give Me Love in My Heart,
Keep Me Serving...
Make Me Fishers of Men,
Keep Me Seeking...
Give Me Gas in My Ford,
Keep me Trucking...
Give Me Wax for My Board,
Keep Me Surfing...
Give Me Wheels for My Skates,
Til I Roll to Heaven's Gates...
Give Me Wheaties for My Bod,
Let Me Serve the Living God...
Give Me Umption for My Gumption,
Let Me Function...
Give Me Hot Sauce for My Taco,
Help Me Witness in Morocco...
Know of any more verses?
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Woo Hoo! 1/4 of the way to HOLD MY BABY!
I can't wait. I know most people use their trimesters as milestones, but I am way too impatient. I think my impatience is one of the reasons God has blessed me with 7 children...I like to think that each child has taught me to be a bit more patient, but I'm not quite sure. I like to use a lot of milestones! 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, THE DAY (that I always go over...hmmm, I wonder if that goes back to the whole impatient thing?!), 1st trimester, 2nd trimester, 3rd trimester, once a month appts, every other week appts, every week appts.
Anyway, all that to say that I am ten weeks along in my pregnancy. As of this week, I am still 5 pounds less than I started at. My uterus is now the size of a grapefruit (I love all the fruit comparisons during pregnancy). My baby is about the size of a lime, maybe even a bit bigger! Although I can't feel it, my baby enjoys kicking and swimming these days. The nails are growing on baby's toes and fingers. If you would like to see a picture of what the baby should look like, go here.
A3 (who is 2) and I sing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star to our little baby every night. She likes to talk to the baby through my belly button!
Don't Dirty Another Dish!
Instead of using paper plates, napkins or getting plates dirty for a snack, such as Too Short Legs
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Playing with Real Money!
Heather over at Blog, She Wrote found a great way to help teach change values.
This website has the cutest cards to print off, cut out and laminate. You can choose from Candy, McDonald's, Christmas, Eye Glasses and Pet Shop. There are circles where your child puts the change and they can self check by the size of the circle. The Pet Shop cards are my favorite. I will also be printing off a set of the Candy Store Cards for my two little Shop Keepers that are constantly raiding the cabinet to set up a store. Speaking of which, one day I overheard my 3 year old say to my 5 year old daughter, "Sissy, you need to pretend that your husband likes yummy things and buy the Oreos!".
The Glad Books
I love Pollyanna. She is so happy and innocent. The movie made me so happy as a child as did the books, Pollyanna and Pollyanna Grows Up. About 2 years, I found out that there was an entire series written about Pollyanna! The only thing is, the last printing of these books was in the 1940's!
For the last year, I have been purchasing these books as I saw them on Ebay and as of last night, I was only missing two. I found those this morning on Abe Books.
My collection will soon be complete and I will finally be able to finish reading the books, as I didn't want to read them out of order.
Six Springs Academy 2008/2009
Around this time of year, I always get antsy about preparing for next year. So far, this is what we plan to use. Next year, we will have a 3rd grader, 2nd grader, 1st grader, 2 preschoolers and an infant! S will also be a sophomore next year...that seems hard to believe.
- Math: Horizons 1, 2 and 3
- Bible: We will pick 4-5 books of the Bible to read through together and use an Explorer's Bible Study orally
- Handwriting: A Reason for Handwriting A, B and C
- Explode the Code: 2, 3 & 4 (1st grade), 6, 7 & 8 (2nd grade), 7 & 8 (3rd grade)
- Science: Considering God's Creation (we were going to do it this year, but decided to wait until next year when A1 can join us)
- History: Sonlight 2's History readings
- Language: Either Primary Language Lessons or Queen Language Lessons for Elementary. For 1st grade, we will use First Language Lessons
- Other: Five in a Row books....we love these books!
- Piano: Bastian Piano Books (we were using the Mayron Cole Method, but recently switched teachers)
- Election Year: We will follow the election using HS for G.O.P. and Amanda Bennet's Election Unit Study. We might also use Election 2008 Fold N Learn from Five in a Row.
For preschool, the girls will just tag along in whatever we are doing. We have lots of fun educational toys for them to play with during school time. We will read, read and read. A2, who will turn 4 during the summer has expressed interest in learning to read, so we may try to start Reading Made Easy with her.
Looking ahead at the big picture, we will probably start using Teaching Textbooks in 6th or 7th grade. We will probably do Winston Grammar in 2 or 3 years to learn all those diagramming things that I never did! In the next few years, I would also like to use Apologia for science with the children.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
And the Sonogram says.....
"They would always being fighting over who was born first or the one who was born first would always try and do everything first and that wouldn't be good."
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