So, I warned you about the pictures:) These are my dearest darlings...beautiful!
Don't you love it when you get a pleasant surprise? I do. Last week My sweet love had asked me about one of my most dearest of all friends in this whole entire world. He had asked if I had heard from her. With sad heart I said no. As I scanned my email and listen to Focus on the Family this morning I hear a "bling". It was my Facebook chat bell dinging at me...it was her. My dear friend from far away, in a beautiful part of the country, saying hi and saying how much her family was laughing the night before during dinner over memories of a past family trip we all took together. We have laughed over that for years!!! When my dear friend and I get together...no matter the time apart we talk like we've never been gone. We've been talking about getting away for along time now. This time we both said it's time that we just do it. So I think we should. Where should we go? Anyone have any idea's? Know this....we are not rich or poor...We're right in the middle. My dream vacation if ever I could choose would be an active one. Hiking, kayaking, rock climbing, rope swinging, shopping, skiing,....some lodging on the beach on days but mostly fun active things like white water rafting and then a fun evening on a beach or a mountain top outside next to a fire. I love outside! I like the city too! A little bit of city life is fun...not too much. I love historic...france...ohhh wouldn't Italy be lovely. I know I'm just dreaming now. I can though b/c this is my blog....and I can:) I think I like all parts of travel.
OK, focus...maybe a cruise...I just worry about motion sickness. Maybe Jamaica. Or some where here in the States. Even Alaska...but I don't think my friend would want that b/c she's a southern bell....seriously..and the poor thing is stuck in the north with all that cold. I think the last thing she'll want is to go somewhere colder, lol. I really don't care...just get me away...somewhere with my friends..PLEASE! The guys soooo need it and quite honestly so do the gals! I'm happy this morning:)
On a family note:)
Yesterday~ I have chosen not to give a "true" spring break b/c they have had allot of breaks throughout the year and b/c their cousin will be in later this week and my children will yet again be given a couple days off for trips to state parks. With that said I've decided to change things up a bit. For instance, They have been able to sleep in this week until 8 or so and I given them a lighter work load. Yesterday we did history, math, reading, some spelling, worked on their science project for expo, and had lunch.....after lunch....we had a full blown fort assembled in the dining room while I cooked a meal for a sick friend and her family. Kainah, Levi, and Rebekah were time travelers (Love it!). They went to places like China and when they came out of their time travel fort they approached a nice Chinese woman cooking in her kitchen. She greeted them and went about her business...until they snooped in her pot and then she chased them around yelling and screaming at them waving her spatula in the air and swatting their bottoms telling them in Chinese (maybe?) to get out of her kitchen. They loved it and went back into the time traveling fort...I heard them saying places like Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Madagascar. They stopped at Madagascar and tried to sneak into a young ladies jungle but she chased them around yelling...get out of my jungle. They stopped at Pakistan and Found a lady that wasn't allowed to speak to Levi:( They went to Montana but couldn't get out b/c a bear was on the mountain that stopped at. The experience went on for a while. They thought they were just playing and goofing off....and they were but they were doing GEOGRAPHY! They knew way more then I thought they knew and when they didn't know it they looked it up (LOVE IT!). Hannah wrote an essay yesterday about books vs. real life experiences in education. She wasn't given the chance to do what ever she wanted...she was given guidelines...like she would be given for the accuplacer. She did awesome by the way! Looking at that question....and then what the kids did yesterday it made me think..Like I do so often...Kids need more than to be sat in front of a book and tested. I'm so glad I'm able to homeschool. I might not fill every need they have but neither would a school. They might be better spellers in school...maybe? but would they be better people. I know kids that go to school and are great but I also know they have to compromise somethings....they might have to grow up faster then they might want....hummm...why am I saying all this...I don't know....Maybe someone....floating across cyber land might come across this and need to read it.
Whats on tap today. hummmm. Well, the soup I cook was a little burnt so I hope the sick family had sick taste buds...I felt bad:( I need to call and see how that went. History, English, Spelling, Science project, and math. That's it....not hard right...and their still sleepin' at 7:40am...sleepy heads:)
Today.....I'm happy. No need to explain an unwind moment...maybe it's the connect from my dear friend....I woke rested and happy. Thank you Jesus....it is from you!
Maybe it's the moments when you work and work with your kids on things...issues...and finally you start to see a glimpse of progress. I've always said that kids are like roller coasters....and test you....even the best kids test you. Maybe from the outside it might not seem that the tests are that big of a deal...but you know your kid and you know what is a test and what is normal kids stuff...I hope you do:) I see Progress and maturing (FINALLY!) in my Kainah.
This makes me so very happy!
Last night I had a talk with my son and told him that I didn't care if he was a football star...I
didn't care if he became some NFL starI told him that I didn't want him to be any of that if he didn't have honor and intelligence. I saw his homework on the floor unfinished along with his clean clothes and blankets...and all he had was excuses. I didn't go for that. I told him that integrity, and honor....hard work in all you do especially school.....those things are what matter. Honoring God in all you do... that is what matters. So, I woke with a note from my dear son that had a big heart on it and said....
I love my mom.
She is Sweet like Cheesecake.
Your Son ~~~
Then a picture of a football
you rock mom
PS. Sorry about last night .
I think that's pretty cool. I'll take that as an "I got it mom" and hope for the best:)
So...Today...as I said before...I'm Happy
Good day right.........right.
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