We allow Cuddle and Doodle to have email. The email my hubby, each other and me. It gives them great practice for typing, letter writing, etc.

Their email has been down since we moved and hubby finally got their emails up and running today. Cuddle immediately asked for permission to get on and write some emails. The computer is out where we can see it of course, so while she was typing I walked over to see if she needed any help. I read her email.

She had typed (to her daddy) how much she loved him. Then she said, "I want a CD of you preaching". (Hubby is pastor). I thought how sweet and precious!!! Needless to say, hubby was very touched and honored by such a request.

Cuddle does a great job taking notes during the sermon and paying close attention. What a blessing she is to this family!!!! I pray that she would continue to grow in the Lord and be a blessing to those she encounters!

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I feel like it has been forever since I have posted and I imagine if I checked the date, that would be pretty close to accurate.

Since I have a few moments, ok I don't really have a few moments but let's pretend, while I have these few moments I had to share a few adventures and funnies from our day.

While Cuddlebug was doing Grammar today, Buddy and Punkin were playing in their usual boisterous manner. Cuddle was working with adjectives and had to write a few sentences. Her first sentence she shared with me was; The children were loud and noisy. Hmmm was she trying to tell me something?

Then we were discussing her birthday. SHE WILL BE 8 IN LESS THAN A WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She requested a Book Birthday. So I asked her how many books she wanted. She said 8 since she was turning 8. Logical number. Then I asked if she meant she hoped to get 8 books from all the family. (Grandparents buy gifts too) She informed no, she was hoping 8 would come just from me. I am trying to make that happen. I mean it is books!!!! I love books. She is my daughter, lol.

It is very cold; finally. The kiddos got bundled up and had a blast outside today playing a camping adventure out on the Alaskan frontier. It sure was cold enough. They are very excited to get back out as dinner was done before their journey was over.

But is the adventure over? Why no! Our play/schoolroom has become a boxcar. Cuddles is reading the first of the Boxcar Children and has handed out characters for each to play. They are having great fun. I really hate to end it with the baths. But after an expedition to the Alaskan frontier and well spaghetti for dinner, I have no choice.

Before I close, I must share. Peanut, 14mths, seems to have a love for eating chalk. Ewwwww.

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That is how I'm feeling today.  Why do my kiddos grow up so fast??? When you are pregnant, that 9 months feels like a lifetime. Then once they are born, life flies by!

So I have a few pictures to share. Warning; they are adorable!!!

Doodlebug lost her third tooth. But it was the first tooth that didn't already have the permanent tooth in behind it. So she finally has a big gaping hole in her mouth. She is thrilled!

Now there is Peanut. A tiny little thing. Most people can't believe she is 7 months old. Ah, now I have proof!

And of course she is so proud of herself!

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Maybe the only thing I can do is a little of both!! It has been a wonderful day. I have laughed and now as I look back and reflect on our day I feel a little like crying!

The only "school" we completed today was math. Well technically, but let me share some of our more interesting moments. . . .

We adopted a cat from a family. She is a beautiful 8mth old kitty named Magnolia. We have been calling her Maggie. Punkin, 2, has been talking and talking about LoLa. I finally figured out today that she meant Magnolia; she was just having trouble getting it all out. So naturally, I kept asking the cat's name all day. She finally progressed from LoLa to Maggie-ola. I love it! Even as I sit and think of it now, I chuckle. Precious!

As I was helping the kiddos brush their teeth tonight, I encountered a dinosaur. Buddy always tells me he is some different wild animal when I'm brushing his teeth. Tonight, as he ran into the bathroom, he informed me that he was a dinosaur with big dinosaur teeth. As I flossed and brushed his teeth, I acted as if I were scared he would chomp me at any moment. He very sweetly said, "Mommy I'm not going to bite you. I'm a plant eating dinosaur." Good thing to know when you are brushing dinosaur teeth! Then he informed me that his dinosaurs, you know the toy ones, could talk. But the real dinosaurs that are dead now, can't talk. I feel very informed tonight!

Now for our nature study today. Hey, I guess we did more "school" than I thought!!!  We had to go and pick up my hubby's van from the shop today. He decided on the way home we would stop and grab some dinner. Yummy! So we are following behind him. As we are moving through traffic, we were in the left lane. On my right I see this huge bird come flying into traffic. The car to the left of my hubby swerved. So the bird headed toward the front of my hubby's van. Unfortuntaely, he was unable to avoid the bird. It appeared to be having trouble flying and hit my hubby's van dead on. I see feathers, literally, fly up under the van and onto my van! We exit off and my hubby pulls over to where there is some road construction. He removes the hawk. Some very nice construction man said that he would discard the hawk; for my hubby to just lay him in the grass.

The hawk was huge!!!! Massive wing span; huge claws!  Hubby said that the hawk had a rabbit and lost him at the side of the road. I guess the hawk was trying to recover his dinner and sadly flew into traffic.

Now Doodle is my bird lover; also the one who was so upset over our kitty that was hit by a car. So the whole way home we talk about the hawk. How he was hit and that daddy couldn't do anything about it. Doodle was certain that if her daddy had been able to save the hawk he would have rushed the hawk to the vet. Daddy; her personal hero. Finally, we get off the topic of the hawk. Then all of a sudden she say, "You know mom, that hawk wasn't all that smart." Hmmm, she might be on to something there!

Now Peanut studied mostly PE today and practiced pulling herself up and giving mommy a heartattack when she would just let go and start to fall. Backwards. Crazy girl!

Then there is Cuddle. The child I had to force to go outside. Why? Because she didn't want to put her book down. Finally got her outside. Know what she did? Sat with me on a blanket while I read to her from Understood Betsy. And you want to know what? I loved every special, cuddle, bugs are biting us minute!!! Everyone else was running around. But Cuddlebug sat there with me and Peanut. We just talked and read; it was such a blessing to me!!

I am a baby lover! I love to hold and cuddle babies! I always worried that as my children got older that I wouldn't enjoy them as much. What was I so worried about? We discuss books, the Bible and she is a huge help around the house.  She's the best 7 year old I've got.

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Some days I think C has a difficult life. He is a lone boy surrounded by 4 girls.  He is overwhelmed at times with pink, ruffles and babies. He handles it well most of the time. Then there are those days where he just needs to go off with daddy.

We are trying to instill in him that he is the protector of these precious sisters. He has a very important job to help daddy watch out for us and help us. Well today was just an example of how he does such a great job!

All the girls, yes the biggest girl included, have a strong dislike of spiders. The biggest girl (um, me) will handle the removal of a spider if no male is in the house. If C is available, he is more than happy to step up to the challenge and defeat the mighty eight legged creature.

Tonight as we were sitting at the table, I saw a cricket in my kitchen. Thankfully, God calmed my nerves and I did not scream my head off and run away. That plan of action actually crossed my mind! But I calmly told my son to come to me, I pointed out the offending creature and asked my son to remove it.

He said, "Is it dead?". I said, "I don't know. See if it moves." He says, "Hey bug" and swats at it. Poor fellow is not dead, just missing a leg. So I direct C to get a towel and gently move the creature outside. Mission Accomplished!!

After the cricket was gone I gave C a big hug and told him he was my super hero; that mommy had a strong dislike of bugs and he was a great blessing to me.

He then proceeded to sing, "I'm a super hero and I get bugs." Yeah C!

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