Bring out the towels and swimmies!

We went (well...actually just the kidos!) swimming today!  (it was 90*!)

AND it's not even Memorial day...yet! 

It was great to see them splashing around and having a blast in the water.  It reminds me how much I love these warm days near a pool and that it will wipe them out so that they sleep well too!  We do have soccer tonight as well so indeed our night may be a great sleep for all. 

Tis a great day.

God bless,
Mary

Friendship

is...
...having us all  (me + hubby and our 6 children) come stay at their house for 5 days (plus their 4=10 kids for 5 days in one home!)
....feed us breakfast every day and a truly delicious dinner every single night...
...and even some PB&J lunches almost every day!
...not having us bring any bed stuff except for one pack and play
...letting us play with all their kids toys and mess up their house
...encouraging us to use their washing machine to get all our dirty laundry cleaned before heading home for the 7-10 hour drive!

Friendship like this is hard to find.
It is a gift....a blessing from above.

God bless our friends!

THANK YOU GOD FOR OUR FRIENDS!!!

God bless,
Mary

So sweet

Is there anything sweeter than hearing a sweet lil 20 month old boy saying "choooooo chooooo, choooooo choooooooo" as he plays trains with his siblings?

oh my.

so sweet....

God bless!
Mary

He's got brains!

We came across the brain in some of our books and decided to go a bit deeper into learning about it. 

I came across THIS link and my son is making his 'brain box'!  It is very cool- I love science!  Our God is an amazing designer of our bodies!  Our hearts pump 2,000 gallons of blood every day and we have 600 muscles and our lungs suck in 70 quarts of air every minute when we exercise! WOW!

THIS is an intereactive LINK about brains that they are enjoying too.

I thought you may enjoy it too!  There ya go :)

God bless,
Mary

I see kids with them everywhere!!!

I see kids walking around and playing them at the supermarkets.  They do not look ahead but down at what is in their hands.

I see kids playing them at restaurants sitting across from their parents, supposedly having 'quality time' together.

I see them supposedly having a conversation with someone while one ear is filled with a tiny headphone from it.

I even saw kids playing them in the darkened auditorium at a dance recital today.  (one boy was on it for 2 1/2 hours straight!!!)

WHAT IS UP WITH THESE KIDS AND THEIR HANDHELD GAMES, IPODS, PHONES AND WHATEVER ELSE ?!?!

This drives me absolutely nuts. 

It does cross my mind wondering about those people who think that certain homeschooled children do not have social capability.  In my oppinion, I think it is quite the opposite.

God bless,
Mary

Don't worry

Everything is just fine around here.  No big problems.  Sorry that I have not posted lately.  I truly miss it b/c I enjoy it so much but life is busy lately.  We are trying to finish up our school year.  AND I just realized that I never did post about all the programs and different ciriculums we used this year.  Well, maybe that will be a good post of the pros and cons of them.  We'l see what like wil bring and maybe I'll have time to do that ;)

3 kids in soccer and lots of fresh air with my kids pulls me away from this computer-not a bad thing, right?!

We'll be enjoying a sunny slightly warm day today- so excited!!! ;)  I doubt I'll be back today anytime soon!!!  Maybe....or maybe not ;)

God bless,
Mary

In China?

What do you think is the significance of this?  Because, frankly, I have no idea.  Either there is real thought provoking meaning behind it...or...my kids are just really really weird, at times (just like...uh hum...me! heee heee!).  I'm thinking the latter!  Here we go:

         My 9 year old son carrying my 6 yr old son on his shoulders and they both sing:
         "In Chinaaaaaaa!  In Chinaaaaaa!"
         And then the rest of my gang follows them parading throughout the house in and out of every room and they all sing this song. 

So...what do you think?  Yeah, pretty weird, huh? ;)

Now, if this was the first time I saw it, I would think "Oh, real cute. Oh, funny. Ha ha."  But it is not the first and something tells me it will not be the last.  Interesting.  Very very interesting around here.

God bless,
Mary