Wonder Woman

We had a fantastic all-worship service tonight at church.  I even got to read a passage aloud, which was fun (Ps. 66: 2-5).  It was late when we got out, so we just went through the McDonald's drive-thru on the way home for a quick "dinner," so we could send kids to bed as soon as we got home.  Nothing fancy, but it got the job done.

Right now, the happy meal toys for boys are Green Lantern toys.  So the boys were thrilled to get these silly Green Lantern masks and they were wearing them the whole ride home, even while they ate.  Well, I guess it inspired H to start talking about comic book heroes and alter-egos (he's 12, so that's what they talk about).  He was quizzing C on the subject to see if he could remember very many.

A Sad-Happy Story

Good Friday always seems like a sad-happy day.  I can only imagine the emotions Jesus' mother, Mary, might have been going through that day.  She had to be filled with grief!  And yet, perhaps, there was hope.  She knew better than anyone how her baby came to be within her and had to have the greatest hope for his resurrection.  If any human was truly certain that Jesus was God's Son, it had to be Mary.

Thoughtful Thursday: Where's My Brain?

It's been another one of those days when I'm just running non-stop.  Managed to get 90% of J and O's schooling done this morning between bringing S and her friend to the farm, picking up the van from the repair shop and picking up my niece from preschool before heading back to the farm to pick the girls up.

While driving, it's fun to listen to the conversations between kids even when they don't involve me.  Sometimes they can be quite entertaining.

Measurements

It seemed to me that a couple of the kids have recently gone through another growth spurt (at least it's at the time of a seasonal shift, so I'd probably need to get them some new clothes anyway) and so I took measurements today.

Biggest Fool

Happy April Fool's Day, Readers.  Also, Happy Passover!  And, welcome April.

We had a good one here, today.

My sister's family was over for dinner this afternoon, like we do often on Sundays, and they got to enjoy our big April Fool's gag along with the rest of us.

Post-Op

Hello Readers!  I wanted to just quickly post to let you know that S's oral surgery went well today.  She has a lot of discomfort and pain afterwards, but she's been a real trooper today.  I'm so impressed with her.  She's doing a good job resting up per doctor's orders.

Some Updates & Stuff

First of all, I have to share with you a cute homeschooling story because I've waited two days for an opportunity to blog it and finally, here I am.

For our 7-year-olds, who are just in the beginnings of learning to read, we do a "Word of the Day" most days.  These are service/sight words that come from the Dolch word lists.  The other day, our word was: at.

When we introduce the word of the day, I try to get them to sound it out (some of them are hard to sound out like "the" and are better memorized) and then we play a rhyming game with the word before having them each create a complete sentence (verbally) using the word.

So on the at-day, they listed off some obvious rhyming words: hat, mat, cat, rat... and then I gave them some clues for a few more.

First Win

Just wanted to give a shout out to our son, H, and his flag-football team.  They had their first win of the season and what an exciting game it was!!  They were looking great and really working together as a team.  It was so fun to be a spectator.

This is only game three, so there is a lot of season left to play.  I continue to hope and pray the team does well and stays safe out there on the field.

Z has been helping at practice and he and the coach's son cracked heads the other day and unfortunately, while Z walked away with a gash on his eyelid, the other boy had a mild concussion.  So who says flag-football isn't dangerous?!  I'm praying for fast healing for the other kid; the team needs him back out there!

Go Team!!

Scheduled P.T.

Still in a good amount of pain (if any amount is "good"), but I scheduled my first Physical Therapy appointment.  They can't see me until April 12th.  I was really sort of hoping by that point, my back wouldn't need their help!!  I can hardly imagine having this pain pretty much continually till then.

Thanks to God for Tylenol.  That's all I have to rely on right now -- that and Him.  Some muscle relaxers for night time, too, I guess.  But they're not helping me at all during the day.  That's when I need my back most.

Prayers for healing are appreciated mucho.

Wacky Wednesday

Z and I got up early to get him down to the orthodontist appointment this morning.  As we turned out of our street onto the main road through our neighborhood, Z suddenly said, "I don't remember the last time I stepped in gum."

I asked, "What made you think about that?"

He said, "My shoes."