Postponed

Due to some unforeseen crazy events in my life, posting on this blog is being suspended.  I hope to someday be able to get back to this. But for now--I'm taking a break to ponder the Lord's sense of humor privately.   Happy holidays!

It's Snowing!

To our amazement, it started snowing this morning! My boys are currently incredibly excited.  How excited?

So excited Nathan prayed at breakfast,

"Heavenly Father, Thanks that you guys could make it snow today to make this Sabbath day and to make it almost Christmas!"

(FYI--its Wednesday)

And Jaron exclaimed; "Mom, if we get a microscope we can see the different shapes of the snow!"  and "It's so snowy I might turn into a snowman and my way to school!"

Yes, they were so excited they both put on flip flops and ran around in the snow this morning.  Hey . . . after all . . . this is Texas.

Wish I could have gotten pictures  . . . but I caught two little boys playing with my camera and put it "somewhere safe"  . . . apparently a little too safe . . . now I can't find it.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving

from my little Turkeys to yours!

Kitchen Peek-a-boo!

Carson LOVES to play peek-a-boo in the kitchen cabinets.

He shuts the door on himself and giggles like crazy . . .

Then pops it open with a "boo!" and a huge grin . . .

This game is just as fun WITHOUT  clothes!

School Projects

Jaron is absolutely loving kindergarten and the fun projects he gets to do like these. . .

The Assignment: Disguise Tom Turkey so he can't be found to be turned into Thanksgiving dinner! Jaron's disguise?

a Ninja!

For Veterans day, they had a school parade . . . the kids got to be in it as well as the local fire department, police department, and armed forces representatives as well as local veterans.  This is especially impressive when you realize there are 19 elementary schools in our city and all of this was just for our neighborhood one! The night before they had a Snack & Signs party for kids and their dads to snack and decorate signs for the kids to wear in the parade.

All week, Jaron was talking about how special Veterans day was . . . "We get to celebrate our Heros! They work so hard for us! Some of them even died! They are very special."

Thanks RJE for the wonderful experience you are giving my little boy! Thank you for the way you have built upon and encouraged his love for learning!!

Sunday morning . . .

With one car and Jonathan in Sunday morning meetings at the church, we get to hang out and wait for him to come and pick us up.

This Sunday, as we were waiting, the situation suddenly struck me as hilarious. It was 12:35 (church starts at 12:30) and I looked around and couldn't help but laugh.

So . . . for your entertainment, here is what we were doing Sunday during the opening prayer and song . . .

Oh! That's easy!

Everyday the boys have "homework" time.  This might involve some reading or worksheets or other activities I pull out for them.

The other day, I pulled out a math worksheet and thought I'd teach Jaron about addition.  I got all set-up with some little objects he could count to help him solve the problems.

I showed him the worksheet.
"Jaron, have you ever seen this before (pointing to the addition sign)?"
"Nope."
"Well, it means to add these two numbers together.  You could also say it is a plus sign."
"Oh! Plus?  That's easy!"

He takes the pencil and, without any help from me or the counting objects, completes the entire worksheet in less than 3 minutes (writing the numbers took him longer than figuring out the answers).

I was amazed. "Did you learn that at school?"
"Nope."

After more questioning, I found out some older boys he walks to school with have been practicing their addition facts and quizzing each other--

and so, of course, Jaron just picked it up.

My little kindergarten whiz!
Now if I can just keep him walking with them next year when they learn multiplication . . .