Too Funny!!!

We were in church this past sunday, and my son says quite loudly, "I don't know how to get to heaven". I turned my head, kindof thought it was an odd thing for him to say...he had a sunday school paper with a maze and he was trying to get thru the maze to heaven!

Love...

Blogging Fridays...

I want to take today to highlight some of my favorite blogs to visit. While I only know these ladies thru their blogs, I find that they all have a heart for the Lord, and I like their focus on their families. It has been a real encouragement to me to be able to get online and visit their blogs.
The first one is Tea's blog over at Homemaker's Heart. I really appreciate her love for the Lord that she shows on her blog, and I love all the nature photos that she shares. She has an adorable son Buzz, who they adopted from Ethiopia. You can visit her blog here http://myhomemakersheart.blogspot.com/
The second one is Tracy over at Musings of the Monroe Family.  I also appreciate her heart for the Lord and enjoy all the pictures she shares of what she and her son are doing that week. She has a very cute little boy J. You can visit her blog over here
 http://lantytracey.blogspot.com/
My third blog that I enjoy is Melissa's over at Fearfully and Wonderfully Made. She also has a heart for the Lord, and I love to see how much her daughter and family mean to her. She has a beautiful little girl, Jane.
 http://ladyjaneblog.blogspot.com/
Hope that you go and visit their blogs.

Ramblings...

Take time to do the simple and fun things with your kids today.
Color
Play ball
Make pizza
Eat ice cream
Read Books
Take a walk
Listen to them talk
Play with them
Build with blocks
Play at the park
Teach them about God
Sing songs
Play with play dough

Budget...

I am so thankful that the military is not going to have to forgo any of their pay. All I can say is Praise the Lord! (Tho I think it is very sad that Planned Parenthood wasn't defunded). Anyways I have found a new blog that I have really enjoyed some posts from. It's called the Toy Box Years. The following post made me laugh and I had to share the link.
http://thetoyboxyears.blogspot.com/2011/04/government-shutdown-clearance-sale.html
I also thought this post was hilarious!
http://thetoyboxyears.blogspot.com/2011/02/appliance-possession-and-antelope.html
Enjoy!!!

Living on Wheels

I just read about this family of six. Really neat story!
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42381709/ns/today-todaytravel/?gt1=43001

School Days School Days

Well this has been a great week in school. As with any homeschool, we need to be flexible. I have tried different times of doing school since we have such varying ages. But this week we got a good thing going, by starting school of with prayer and a Bible lesson and songs. I use to do this, but had gotten away from it. I do our Bible lessons with A Beka Bible Flash A Cards, and then this week I printed off coloring pages from the internet that went along with the Bible story. This has worked really well, as it keeps the attention of the younger kids. It gives their hands something to do, while their brains are listening to what I am saying. I am so excited that this is going so well.
We also have a rewards jar. It is a jelly jar I washed out, and every day each child that has been good in school, and worked hard gets to put three peanut m&m's in the jar. They also get to put 3 m&m's in the jar when they get an A on a test or quiz. When the jar is full, they get a reward. This time they were working toward a pizza party. And yesterday they finished filling up the jar. So today they get their pizza party! Yah! (I enjoy the pizza party too!)
My Mother also sent me this really nice book that we can use in school. It has Bible Verses printed and pictures for the kids to color. The book is made so that I can make copies, and each of the kids can color their own verse. So It can be used over and over. It comes in very handy. I really like the school items that we get that give you permission to copy them.
Well that's all from this little homeschool.