A Glimpse into our day.

I thought it would be fun to write about what our day really looks like. Here is our day.
I woke this morning to the sound of footsteps running down the hall, followed by my sweet Nate jumping on the bed to give Daddy and then I a big hug. Sitting up on the edge of the bed Nate was just bursting with happiness. Dad asked him if he slept well and he said enthusiastically "YEP". A few minutes later Joseph joined us, and then the boys left for the other parts of the house. Catherine joined us shortly after and we talked in our PJs for a few minutes before we started our day. When I left our room I found that Joseph had already made his bed and both he and Nate were quietly sitting in the school room working on their math books.

As my DH was getting ready for work, I ironed a shirt for him and made a quick breakfast for the family. While I was doing this the kids were all quietly in the school room working on Math. (Please note.. I did not tell them to do their math, I did not bribe or trick them in anyway..they WANTED to do their math!.. or maybe its just habit.. the thing they are use to doing first thing in the morning :)

After breakfast DH got hugs from the entire family and left for the morning. I told the children to bring me their books so I could check their work and that they needed to dress for the day so we could go to the library. I checked their work, which was all done wonderfully.. with the exception of a few number written backwards and after the kids were dressed we all worked together to find all the books etc that were due back to the library today.
At the library the kids found books that interested them, Catherine checked out about 6 cookbooks, the boys checked out the next Magic Tree house books AND they worked together (using Dewey) to locate a book about Cheetahs that Nathan wanted to read. We headed downstairs so I could find some great books on castles of Europe for the kids to read and look ate, and then we road the elevator back to the main floor to look at DVDs. The children were so happy to find 8 Henry Videos that hadn't seen! I was happy to find a DVD of Ivanhoe (that we will watch this afternoon while I paint) and a DVD on the parts of speech/grammar.
After visiting with the librarians we left the library with three bags and probably 50lbs of materials :) .. what fun!

The grocery store was a trip that we HAD to make so we headed there right after the library. I am always amazed at the things that are learned/ or that happen when we are at the grocery store. We walked into the veggie section and a sweet lady was cooking up some plantains! I have always wanted to try some .. so we stood and visited with the lady while she handed each of us a bite. I was so impressed when she started educating us on the plantain.. where it came from, who eats it, how they cook it, what it tastes like, etc. We left the veggie section with our bite of plantain .. I tasted mine first.. and LOVED it. Cat and Nate were next.. the LOVED it.. Jo was last.. he didn't like it one bit. :)

I enjoyed the kids walking along singing the Nations of the World song. (They started singing this because the veggie lady named Chile and other countries that eat plantains.)
While we waited for our cheese at the Deli counter Nate read a sign to me that had the words "cholesterol" and "saturated" in it. We then started looking at the word "saturated" to see how many other words were in the word. It was fun.. but I think the Deli counter lady thought we were crazy.:)
The whole time we were in the car we listened to the Magic Tree house CD #2 which I actually think is book 11. By the time we had gotten home we had finished that CD so the boys could move on to the next book on the CD....(we picked up two copies of the book while at the library). The are excited to move on.

While at the grocery store the kids asked if they could get some candy . I made a deal with them that they could get some but couldn't eat it until they were finished reading the books they were currently in. This has sparked a desire to read to Mom today like non other! So .. as I sit here typing Nathan is reading out loud to me as quickly as he can to try and finish it.. Amazing what a bag of Skittles can to to a kid.. esp if they rarely get candy :)

After the store we came home and had sandwiches with Dad.. who came home to eat lunch. This afternoon my plan is to listen to the kids read as I work to finish an art project I have been working on and then watch Ivanhoe with them.

I hope you enjoyed a glimpse into our day. A day that has been filled with happy, cheerful, questioning children. A day filled with memories.

A Blessed Day.