Today has been a fun day. The kids seem to be having video and TV withdrawals from this past weekend. Their Daddy bought them a gameboy advance and Joseph used his birthday money to by some new games for his game cube. Mondays are always a bit hard to get back into the swing of things cause of the video hangovers :)
Book work was done and checked before lunch. The boys began cleaning their room which they had let get a bit out of control yesterday on thier off day :) After books and chores we read a book about Memorial Day. Lunch was next and then it was time for flash card work. Today we did addition, multiplication and clock reading. Nathan won the addition facts! Go Nate! This was his first time ever to get more than his big brother or sister! The clock reading fell to Catherine .. she is just so much faster with that quick tongue :) Multiplication was the best of all. As the kids came to a fact they didnt know quickly I would make up rhyme to help them remember. So when 12x7 came up and they struggled I said " 12x7 is 84.. if you dont like it you can go out the door".. they all started laughing and said ... "ok!" and headed out the back door. I then got up and ran as fast as I could and hid in my closet. The kids came in and finally found me. .. of course we did it again with a different fact. I guess it will be a new tradition in our house.. math fact hide and seek:) The kids laughed and laughed .. and so did I .. it was great fun!
We continued to read Bridge to Terabithia. But I am surprised at how many words I am having to edit out as I read. I am also not sure if I like the portrayal of the family in the story.. basically a son who feels unloved. I thought this was a type of sci-fi book.. I have never read it and have not seen the movie so I have no idea what is coming next. The kids are enjoying it.. esp the part where Jesse runs in the race and the girl ends up winning. (my kinda girl).. So.. I will keep going and hope it all turns out ok. I keep thinking.. Its a Newberry.. its gotta be good.
We also sang some hymns today while I was cooking lunch.. the boys and I mostly.. they seemed to like it.
I have been doing some reading about Montesorri activities and wonder if they have some for
older kids. I got a great book for younger ones if you are interested.... .. I also got "The Unofficial Guide to Homeschooling" its been fun to flip through and read.On the house front.. the Sheetrock man has one more day and he will be done... then I can paint. The dishwasher is amazing! I am so surprised it holds a whole days worth of dishes and gets them realllly clean without me having to rinse them.. I do one load at night before bedtime! Its great.
Update on baby bird.. evidently it was someones late night snack last night.. checked the nest this morning and it was completely gone. Good news is.. no signs of a struggle so hopefully it was a quick death for the poor thing.
I found the article below here. I keep saying my ministry at this time in my life IS my family. This is what I mean. I know there are seasons in this life. The one I am in right now is my family ministry roll. Would love to hear your thoughts on this one :)
Mary was studying her Bible quietly at her desk. A still, small voice began to speak to her.
"Mary?"
"Yes, LORD?" Mary had been walking with the LORD and recognized His still, small voice. Especially in His Word.
"Mary, what if I was to ask you to go to work for Me."
"Oh, yes, LORD." Mary answered anxiously. "To France, perhaps?" As she gazed at the globe on her desk, pointing a finger decidedly on Paris.
"Mary, what if I was to ask you to go to work for Me in an obscure place."
"Ah, yes, LORD." Mary sat dreaming while moving her finger down a bit. "Africa. The jungle..." Her mind wandered to the missionary stories she had read, "perhaps where Elizabeth Elliot worked."
"Mary, what if I was to ask you to work for Me in an even more obscure place."
"Hmmmm...even more obscure. South America, LORD? Or innermost China? Or perhaps Indonesia? Is that what you mean LORD?"
"Mary, what if I was to ask you to work for Me in a home."
"Ah, now I understand, LORD. A home for handicapped kids."
"Mary, what if I was to ask you to work for Me in an obscure home."
"An obscure home? Perhaps a home for orphaned children in Mexico or South America?"
"Mary, what if I was to ask you to work for Me in your own obscure home?"
"Here, LORD? Here?! All I do here is scrub, vacuum, wipe noses, wash clothes, sing lullabies, pray with toddlers, change diapers, cook meal after meal, sweep and dust, stretch one income, mop and mop; oh, and then over and over the very same thing again. Sometimes more in one day that I can count. This can't be the obscure home You mean, LORD!"
"Yes, Mary. This is the home. Will you do it for Me? For when you do it for the least of these, you do it for Me. Will you do it for Me, Mary?"
Big sigh. "No one is going to notice it, LORD. Not even the ones I am doing it for. None of them really even care, LORD. Everything I do, they undo. And then I have to do it all over again. Don't you think Paris is kind of obscure?"
Big Smile. "Mary, I have chosen you especially for this work in this specific place. I have Leaders and Warriors being raised here. I have wives of Leaders and Warriors being raised here. Will you wipe these noses for Me, Mary? Will you bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the LORD, Mary? Some day I may send them out to places like China, Indonesia, South America, Mexico, and yes, perhaps even Paris. Will you do this for me, Mary, in this obscure home of yours?
Spinning the globe gently, Mary bowed her head, "Yes, I will, LORD. Yes, I will."
"I'll do it through you, Mary. Keep coming to me for your strength. It is a very big job raising My Warriors and My Wives of Warriors; but I will walk you through it every step of the way."
Mary thought of her namesake, the mother of Jesus, raising her LORD and Savior in her own obscure home. "You are too awesome for me, LORD. You are too awesome for me." Mary said, as she bent to kiss The Word.
"But women will be saved through childbearing--if they continue in faith, love, and holiness with propriety." 1 Timothy 2:15
"I love you, LORD, my strength" Psalm 18:1
-- Laine Amavizca
visit her website: Laine's Letters
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