This is an absolutely precious post that I wanted to share with ALL mother's, not just my fellow homeschooling crew.
Are you teaching the children to love God? It's the best thing you CAN teach them.
My favorite quote from this post:
"It’s not our list of academic subjects or our to-do list that is important, it’s teaching the children in every circumstance and at every opportunity what it is to love God.
If I’m doing that everything else will fall into place."
Click over at Raising Olives to read her entire post.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Our 9/11
What a wonderful day! Not only was the weather absolutely gorgeous with no humidity, but nothing crazy/stressful/obnoxious happened. Can I get an amen to THAT?!?!!!
I went to my monthly Ladies Night Out, which was a retreat this month in a lakeside cabin with just my closest and most lovely girlfriends. I am so blessed with wonderful friends in all different types of groups. Just love it. We spent the night andI was the first one to bed (at 10:48) and the last one up (at 9:17). I needed the rest! Plus I was able to take a shower without any interruptions, door knocking, or questions such as "Where are the garbage bags?". I even WASHED MY HAIR IN PEACE. It was great.
This morning I was able to awake leisurely, get dressed, and have a nice *hot* cup of coffee and delicious eggbake WITH fresh from the oven cinnamon rolls. My friends can cook. Be jealous.
Then, came home to a family outting to watch our local fire team control the burning of an abandoned apartment complex. We stood there for an hour watching that thing burn down. It really was amazing watching it because you don't get to see a building burn to the ground and there was quite the crowd. We left shortly after the walls caved in, which is the coolest part.
On our way home we saw a crowd at the fairgrounds, so we stopped in and there was a rabbit show going on! So we got the stroller out of the back of the minivan and walked around looking at all the different types of rabbits and one lady gave us a tour on the different types of rabbits and their different personalities. Very interesting and the kids both enjoyed it.
We visited the park because, by golly, Minnesota doesn't offer many more days of sunshine and warm weather so we eat it up as much as we can.
Then we came home for a while and cleaned up the house and left to visit my friend Kim and eat her homemade lasagna for dinner. Once again, my friends can cook. Be jealous. It was so good, she doesn't skimp on cheese.
The end of our day was downtown at the VFW to watch a 21 gun salute for our 9/11 ceremony. They played Taps and sang the national anthem. In trying to preserve as much of my four year old's innocence as I can I declined to explain 9/11 to him other than "We shoot the guns 21 times to honor all of the soldiers who have passed away. This is for the American soldiers, the good guys." Good enough for him.
Thank you Lord for this day. I appreciate You giving me a wonderful day to be with my friends and family. These are the days, God, that get me through to the next one. Help me Lord to always cherish them. Amen!
I went to my monthly Ladies Night Out, which was a retreat this month in a lakeside cabin with just my closest and most lovely girlfriends. I am so blessed with wonderful friends in all different types of groups. Just love it. We spent the night andI was the first one to bed (at 10:48) and the last one up (at 9:17). I needed the rest! Plus I was able to take a shower without any interruptions, door knocking, or questions such as "Where are the garbage bags?". I even WASHED MY HAIR IN PEACE. It was great.
This morning I was able to awake leisurely, get dressed, and have a nice *hot* cup of coffee and delicious eggbake WITH fresh from the oven cinnamon rolls. My friends can cook. Be jealous.
Then, came home to a family outting to watch our local fire team control the burning of an abandoned apartment complex. We stood there for an hour watching that thing burn down. It really was amazing watching it because you don't get to see a building burn to the ground and there was quite the crowd. We left shortly after the walls caved in, which is the coolest part.
On our way home we saw a crowd at the fairgrounds, so we stopped in and there was a rabbit show going on! So we got the stroller out of the back of the minivan and walked around looking at all the different types of rabbits and one lady gave us a tour on the different types of rabbits and their different personalities. Very interesting and the kids both enjoyed it.
We visited the park because, by golly, Minnesota doesn't offer many more days of sunshine and warm weather so we eat it up as much as we can.
Then we came home for a while and cleaned up the house and left to visit my friend Kim and eat her homemade lasagna for dinner. Once again, my friends can cook. Be jealous. It was so good, she doesn't skimp on cheese.
The end of our day was downtown at the VFW to watch a 21 gun salute for our 9/11 ceremony. They played Taps and sang the national anthem. In trying to preserve as much of my four year old's innocence as I can I declined to explain 9/11 to him other than "We shoot the guns 21 times to honor all of the soldiers who have passed away. This is for the American soldiers, the good guys." Good enough for him.
Thank you Lord for this day. I appreciate You giving me a wonderful day to be with my friends and family. These are the days, God, that get me through to the next one. Help me Lord to always cherish them. Amen!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Simple Woman's Daybook for 9/9/10
FOR TODAY
Outside my window... cool and misting, fall is upon us!
I am thinking... relief that Kendall and Ethan are spending great, quality, one-on-one time together watching the Vikings play.
I am thankful for... a healthy pregnancy and healthy children
From the learning rooms... preschool workbooks! and a marble game Ethan only gets to play when Ernest is down for a nap or in bed for the night (due to marbles).
From the kitchen... dishes waiting to be done. I'm making banana bread for Ladies Night Out tomorrow night!
I am wearing... gray skirt, striped sleeveless shirt and a black button down shirt over it. My midwife said I looked nice today so it must have worked!
I am creating... banana bread?
I am going... to a cabin tomorrow night with some wonderful women from the local E Free church. Excitment is an understatment.
I am reading... Cubbie's verses everyday with Ethan.
I am hoping... my friend Audra has her baby Johnye Rose soon, babies are exciting!
I am hearing... the cars drive by in the rain water. AND NOTHING ELSE! Silence is gold.
Around the house... a mess. I was gone all day. Need I say more?
One of my favorite things... iced tea.
A few plans for the rest of the week: Clean up the house, grocery shop, Ladies Night Out, and some Mary Kay orders need to be placed.
Here is picture for thought I am sharing:
Outside my window... cool and misting, fall is upon us!
I am thinking... relief that Kendall and Ethan are spending great, quality, one-on-one time together watching the Vikings play.
I am thankful for... a healthy pregnancy and healthy children
From the learning rooms... preschool workbooks! and a marble game Ethan only gets to play when Ernest is down for a nap or in bed for the night (due to marbles).
From the kitchen... dishes waiting to be done. I'm making banana bread for Ladies Night Out tomorrow night!
I am wearing... gray skirt, striped sleeveless shirt and a black button down shirt over it. My midwife said I looked nice today so it must have worked!
I am creating... banana bread?
I am going... to a cabin tomorrow night with some wonderful women from the local E Free church. Excitment is an understatment.
I am reading... Cubbie's verses everyday with Ethan.
I am hoping... my friend Audra has her baby Johnye Rose soon, babies are exciting!
I am hearing... the cars drive by in the rain water. AND NOTHING ELSE! Silence is gold.
Around the house... a mess. I was gone all day. Need I say more?
One of my favorite things... iced tea.
A few plans for the rest of the week: Clean up the house, grocery shop, Ladies Night Out, and some Mary Kay orders need to be placed.
Here is picture for thought I am sharing:
On their way to watch the Vikings game play.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
At least they're married
Our landlord called at 10am yesterday to let me know that him and an appraiser would be stopping by later in the day. "Would you mind making sure the apartment is tidied up?" To which a cloudy image of myself saying, "Sure! No problem. We live in a perpetual state of Better Homes and Garden, so nothing out of the ordinary needs to be done." Then I blinked, looked around, and panicked. "Oh gosh.... ohgoshohgoshohgosh!"
Needless to say we got it all picked up and decent enough that I would be okay with letting my friends come over and see it. But it wasn't ready for anyone like, say, the president or my inlaws.
Just keepin' it real.
The appraiser and my landlord came by, looked around, took pictures, and left all in about 8 minutes. Then life was back to normal. UNTIL I SAW IT. My bra. Hanging. On the doorknob. In the hallway. Where these two dudes had just stood.
Call me old fashioned (cause I know I am) but I immediately was embarassed that these two men had just seen my underwear. At least they weren't my maternity panties. Or my "in the bedroom only" underwear. Let's not go there, but you get the point.
Kendall just laughed and said "Well, at least they're married."
Needless to say we got it all picked up and decent enough that I would be okay with letting my friends come over and see it. But it wasn't ready for anyone like, say, the president or my inlaws.
Just keepin' it real.
The appraiser and my landlord came by, looked around, took pictures, and left all in about 8 minutes. Then life was back to normal. UNTIL I SAW IT. My bra. Hanging. On the doorknob. In the hallway. Where these two dudes had just stood.
Call me old fashioned (cause I know I am) but I immediately was embarassed that these two men had just seen my underwear. At least they weren't my maternity panties. Or my "in the bedroom only" underwear. Let's not go there, but you get the point.
Kendall just laughed and said "Well, at least they're married."
Monday, September 6, 2010
The Batter Spoon
I was making sugar cookies and gave Ernest the spoon. His first Batter Spoon, awww. Yes there were raw eggs in the dough and my mom would probably freak out if she knew I gave him the spoon. :-)
(Ernest is wearing a 24 month onesie, much too big but at least he has some sort of clothes on!)
Pirate Murder Mystery Party
We went to a Murder Mystery Party where I was Sharktooth Brandy and Kendall was Thumbless Jack, what was one of the main suspects. Not the gloves on Kendall? They kept back his thumbs all night. HA! And those 'beer' bottles? IBC Root Beer bottles, how cool is that?!?! My 'corsett' and Kendall's vest are all pieces of fabric sewn together with shoelaces. HA! And there were some fan-dancy costumes there! On New Years Eve there will be another Murder Mystery Party with a gangster 1920's theme! So cool!
Arrrrrgh matey!
Thursday, September 2, 2010
So disgusted. Bleh!
I was sent to the local grocery store today for a few simple items: tomatoes, lettuce, chicken breasts and bacon. Kendall wanted a grilled chicken salad with bacon for dinner. To me it should be $2 for three tomatoes, $1 for lettuc, $5.99 for a bag'o'breasts, and $1.99 for bacon.
I think I still live in 1997.
THE PRICES HERE IN TOWN ARE OUTRAGEOUS! I get so mad when I try to go over there to buy a few things that should be about five or six bucks, not ten or eleven. I was astounded that they wanted $5.99 for 2.5 pounds of frozen chicken breasts when I KNOW that Aldi's down the road a ways has FIVE pounds of chicken breasts for $4.99 NO JOKE. Lettuce is .99 at Wal-mart, they wanted $1.49. Yuck!
So do you know what I did? I bought a turkey for $1.49/lb and now we have enough food to last till Monday. Poop on them if they think they can get me to pay $2.99-3.50/lb for chicken! Good grief the farms are a few towns over, why is is SO EXPENSIVE?
I try really hard to give the little man his share and not shop so much at huge box stores like Walmart but dog gone it if this po dunk town's grocery chain is going to nickel and dime and QUARTER me to death then I'm willing to drive the 20-30 minute drive down to the beast named Walmart and give them my business.
Bleh!
I think I still live in 1997.
THE PRICES HERE IN TOWN ARE OUTRAGEOUS! I get so mad when I try to go over there to buy a few things that should be about five or six bucks, not ten or eleven. I was astounded that they wanted $5.99 for 2.5 pounds of frozen chicken breasts when I KNOW that Aldi's down the road a ways has FIVE pounds of chicken breasts for $4.99 NO JOKE. Lettuce is .99 at Wal-mart, they wanted $1.49. Yuck!
So do you know what I did? I bought a turkey for $1.49/lb and now we have enough food to last till Monday. Poop on them if they think they can get me to pay $2.99-3.50/lb for chicken! Good grief the farms are a few towns over, why is is SO EXPENSIVE?
I try really hard to give the little man his share and not shop so much at huge box stores like Walmart but dog gone it if this po dunk town's grocery chain is going to nickel and dime and QUARTER me to death then I'm willing to drive the 20-30 minute drive down to the beast named Walmart and give them my business.
Bleh!
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