BEAUTIFUL!!

Oh, a chance to win a pretty dress for my little girl? Could I pass it up? N0-WAY!
http://grosgrainfabulous.blogspot.com/2008/12/tree-lighting-wrap-frock-giveaway.html

Night Cap, Anyone?

Last night, after we had put Chayce to bed, we were pleasantly surprised at how quiet she was. (This is rare, we usually have to put her back to bed once or twice). After awhile, Stephen started to get suspicious, so he crept into the room she was sleeping in (not her own, which should have tipped us off-more details on that on another day), and quiety said, "Cha-ayce, are you asleep?" To which she popped up and declared, in a very guilty tone,
"Dad, I didn't eat ALL of the M&Ms, I just had one snack (while holding up four fingers)."
The look of feigned innocence on her face was enough to melt any parent's heart, so she was put back to bed, and we had a good chuckle outside the door.

12 Days of Christmas: Homeschool Style

OK, so there are 14 days on this one, but that's because we don't do math as homeschoolers...right? Kidding. We do. And lots of it. Anyhow, the below can be attributed to http://www.waldsfe.org/Humor/12days.htm

To the tune of "Twelve Days of Christmas".

On the first day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "Can you homeschool legally?"

On the second day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "Are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"

On the third day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "Do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"

On the fourth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "What about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"

On the fifth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "YOU ARE SO STRANGE! What about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"

On the sixth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "How long will you homeschool, YOU ARE S0 STRANGE, what about P.E. , do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"

On the seventh day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "Look at what they're missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, do you homeschool legally?"

On the eighth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "Why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, what about P.E. do you give them tests, are they socialized, do you homeschool legally?"

On the ninth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "They'll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E. do you give them tests, are they socialized, do you homeschool legally?"

On the tenth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "What about graduation, they'll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"

On the eleventh day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "I could never do that, what about graduation, they'll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"

On the twelfth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "Can they go to college, I could never do that, what about graduation, they'll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, What about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"

On the thirteenth day of homeschool I thoughtfully replied: "They Can go to college, yes you can do this, they can have graduation, we don't like the prom, we do it cuz we like it, they are missing nothing, we'll homeschool forever, WE ARE NOT STRANGE!, We give them P.E., and we give them tests, they are socialized, AND WE HOMESCHOOL LEGALLY!

On the fourteenth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "How can I get started, why didn't you tell me, where do I buy curriculum, when is the next conference, WILL PEOPLE THINK WE'RE STRANGE? I think we can do this, if you will help us, can we join P.E. and we'll homeschool legally."

Pay Twice for Half!

Have you seen the NEW Welch's Aqua Juice? Ingredients: Juice, filtered water. Yes, it's 1/2 water, 1/2 juice, and costs $4 a bottle because it's "healthier" than straight juice. http://www.welchs.com/products/juices-and-drinks/livinglightly/aquajuice

I suppose I could just skip the step of watering my own juice down--hmmm, yeah, why buy a $2 bottle of juice and add water, when I can pay someone $2 to add the water for me? Yikes!

Jenks Music

We went to school with these guys, and think they are great!

Random Sampler

Mmmmm, remember the Whitman's chocolates random sampler? My grandmother always had an open one when we'd visit...I loved it. It still exists, and that is not what I'm posting about. Ha ha.

RS#1: Does anyone know how to tickle a fish? Chayce would like to know, and I'm all out of answers. Are fish even ticklish?

RS#2: Dads are stair climbing motivation. Stephen walked by while I was nursing Payge. She wailed when he did stop & say hi, so I told her, "Go get him if you're so upset about it!" and put her on the floor...not expecting her to go far...
She took off like lightining, and made it up 3 stairs before she calmed down. She's never practiced stairs before, so once she calmed down & realized she was 3 stairs higher than the ground, she panicked. I caught her. Whew.

RS#3: My kids ARE listening!
Last night, we had dinner at one of Stephen's professor's homes. It's monthly--we love it. Anyhow, last night there were crackers out, and Chayce was sitting on a barstool by the bowl. A couple (married, work at ND) were having a conversation near her, and eating handfuls of the little crackers. Chayce pipes up, "Hey! Slow down! My mommy says you'll fill up on those & not have room for a good dinner!" Heh, heh. They obliged, she was right they said, but we all chuckled about it later when she was out of earshot.

RS#4: I'm posting this so I never forget! Today was Zach's day to read the scripture & say opening prayer in Sharing Time at church. It all started well, until 1/2 way through verse 2 when he jumped down & ran to the bathroom. I should have had him check before hand. Good thing kids are so forgiving & it was quickly forgotten.

RS#5: Speaking of scriptures, on a more serious note, I'm so thankful for them! I'm also thankful for blogging technology, as writing out my thoughts has been so helpful in my reading. If you ever want to look deeper into my brain, feel free to stop on by Nursing The Soul.

Black Hole

Don't let the black hole of greed get you this holiday!