Hoping for Snow!

Well, here in SC there's a feeling of excitement in the air. The weatherman is predicting a little bit of snow for tomorrow! I know, I know...I've lived in SC all my life and these predictions usually come to nothing...but a girl can hope, can't she? As a homeschooler, it won't even mean a day off of school, but my crew will sure be excited to see some white stuff coming down instead of rain.

K. had her first Girl Scout meeting today. Anybody want to buy some Girl Scout cookies? I was a Girl Scout many years ago and loved it, so I hope K. enjoys it as much as I did. Even selling (and eating) cookies is fun. We've got to get her Brownie vest soon because she's already working on her first badge (one about animals).

For your viewing pleasure, yet another sleeping M. photo! I can't help myself; when he falls asleep on the floor I run for the camera now. Here, he's clutching his "Bob the Builder" toy laptop computer.

Later Days!
Kelly

The Lord's Day

In some ways, today was much like every other Sunday at our house. We struggle to get everyone awake, dressed, and out the door to church. In other ways, every Sunday is a new experience worshipping in God's House with God's people. It is always exciting to see what God is going to do. This morning, we accepted a new member into our fellowship! We also got to pray for and with a man and his family who are experiencing very hard times. Oh, and the preaching was good, too (and I'm not just saying that because I'm married to the preacher). Hubby is preaching a series of messages about the final days before Christ's return. We should all feel an urgency to pray for unbelievers and share the Gospel with them.

On a "worldly" level, it was a cold, rainy day in our neck of the woods. After coming home from church, it was nice to change into some comfy clothes, eat lunch, and take a nap before venturing out for evening services.

K. is excited because she will attend her first Girl Scout meeting tomorrow! The troop is a small one, comprised of homeschooled girls, so we feel that it will be a good "fit" for her (and everyone knows that homeschooled kids need socialization). That comment about socialization is one that brings a chuckle to most homeschoolers--our kids get plenty of socialization. In fact, like most families, we're busy and sometimes we have to guard against too much socialization!

I hope everyone has a terrific week!
Later Days!
Kelly

It's Me Again....

We're back from my niece's big birthday celebration back home. Now there's another teenager in the family! These whirlwind trips leave us breathless--we try to cram as much time with our families in as we can, and we leave feeling like we didn't see anybody enough! Still, we do what we can and very much enjoy our visits.

Back home means back to work. Much laundry to be done if we're to wear clothes tomorrow--and we ARE going to wear clothes tomorrow, I promise. Pizza delivery provided dinner tonight but I'm going to have to think of something for tomorrow. Kids have to have their "Saturday Night Baths." Menus and lesson plans and grocery lists all have to be planned out. You know, this career as a mother never lacks variety, does it?

I hope everyone has a terrific Lord's Day tomorrow! Drop me a line and brag about what God did!

Later Days!
Kelly

Guest Poster: N (age 12)

How do you do? N. here. Just like K. I have never done this before so bear with me here things could get ugly . There's not much going on today besides the picture-taking but K. has already done that so ... Oh well live and learn . As K. has already told you I hate to have my picture taken . It is a waste of my free time . In fact ... My mom says she dislikes it too . Maybe that's why ... But I will tell you something I do like : puppetry . Yes sir I do like puppets . I would rather have them take a picture of one of my puppets . It would save me a lot of trouble . I recently got a video camera for my birthday . I have been filming puppet shows with it ever since . Me and K. are even starting to do a regular show with our puppets and toys ... Don't ask ... later days .

Guest Poster: K (age 7)

Hi I'm K and I haven't done this before so don't be surprised if I don't have a very good topic. today at the church i go to[ Green hill Baptist] we are having our pictures taken for our "church directory". My brother N doesn't like pictures and he just said "pictures are evil". [silly isn't he?] My father is the preacher and he has been busy all week! No time for hooking up the Wii and playing Mario kart too... most days he can't Even eat dinner with us! bummer huh?. Well got to get off mom's laptop sometime. Bye! or as mom would say .......
Later days!
k

It's not what you think...

Yes, it looks like my son has his head stuck inside a vending machine, but I promise he's not really stuck. Tonight, we went out to dinner with our youth minister and his family at a local restaurant that has a selection of arcade games. After eating, the kids (our 4 and their 2)all occupied themselves by pretending to play the games while the grownups talked. M was fascinated with one of those "grab-a-toy" type machines and wanted to see what was behind that little flap where the toys come out. A. (youth pastor's youngest)was trying to be a little mommy and drag him out of it, but I assure you, there was never a time when he couldn't have gotten his head out if he'd wanted to. No need to call Child Protective Services, Okay?

Later Days!
Kelly

Monday

Monday always means back to the school routine for my crowd. We do our devotions together, read aloud from good literature, and then each child does assignments in science, history, math, and writing. Mix a bit of keeping-M-out-of-trouble and mom-doing-housework in there and you pretty much have our average school day. Now that E is in high school, there's usually something to be checked over with her in the evenings (i.e. Algebra!). She is also involved in our church's food pantry so some days she's at the church for a few hours, working on school assignments during lulls. Maybe someday, I'll do a play-by-play account of our day for the blog :o). We homeschoolers like to see that everyone else's days are as crazy as our own!

We had wonderful services yesterday at church--God is doing great things! Though we are seeing many blessings, there are situations that need to be bathed in prayer. It seems that Satan is attacking on so many fronts. I'm sure every believer reading this could say the same thing. Let's be faithful to lift our Christian brothers and sisters up in prayer.

Later Days!
Kelly