"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in MISC. on May 21st, 2010
My husband left for a men’s retreat. I invited my friend, Tina, and her kids, to dinner, because her husband was at the same retreat. We made yummy pita pizzas (make individual pizzas using pita bread as the crust), and the crazy kids decided to go for a swim, even though it was chilly. We […]
Posted in MISC. on May 21st, 2010
It all started around “R”s birthday. He had received some birthday money and bought a Star Wars Science tadpole/frog habitat. We thought it would be neat to watch the tadpoles transition to frogs. We bought the habitat and eagerly sent away for two tadpoles. They said it would take about six weeks, and that is […]
Posted in MISC. on May 17th, 2010
Just wanted to let everyone know that Homeschoolblogger is migrating to an entirely new system. It will be a while for me before everything on track. Wanted to make sure you knew what was going onsince everything looks so different…
Posted in MISC. on May 5th, 2010
Heidi and Lisa flew down from WA to have some fun with me! They arrived Friday, late afternoon, and I took them to see our church. Bayside Granite Bay was hosting both the Dead Sea Scrolls and an event called, ‘Thrive’. The place was packed! We were able to get into the sanctuary for a […]
Posted in MISC. on May 5th, 2010
David and I were in the back room when we hear huge fits of giggles. I went to explore what the boys were into, and discovered that they had stuffed pillows in their shirt and had created a sumo ring with a blanket…
One Thursday after Bible study, our group met up at a local park. Some of the boys brought their baseball equipment and did an incredible teaching A and R the basic elements of the game. It was precious to watch these boys selflessly and patiently demonstrate and play. Both boys managed to hit the ball […]
Posted in MISC. on Apr 23rd, 2010
We have a morning routine that the boys follow. One of the chores on the list is to sweep the kitchen. ‘R’ decided he wanted to make sure that no one encroach on his cleaning space. He posted this sign… The graphic is of someone being electricuted 🙂
Posted in MISC. on Apr 6th, 2010
I was on my way to my friend Toni’s house, (She lives in Loomis, down a lovely country road), and got an eyeful of gorgeous purple!! Look at all this wisteria growing wild along the side of the road! It was such a joy to behold!
Posted in MISC. on Mar 22nd, 2010
(The title above was modified to deflect certain public parties looking for certain inappropriate things to find my site from the search engine…) Since it’s ‘R’s birthday this week, his martial arts class lined up to give him punches. It is his job to deflect them. He has been so excited for this and has […]
Posted in MISC. on Mar 22nd, 2010
‘R’ asked me to not disturb his cars, and did I like the way the cars curved? When I asked him why they curved, he said that the cars were in the line for In N Out Burgers!