We had a very enjoyable weekend! DH was off Friday & today, so we spent 4 wonderful days together as a family. On Friday we slept in, did some school with the children, fixed the leak in the pool ring (we have an Intex above ground pool (15' x 3' deep) with the inflatable ring, and it was losing air, causing the pool cover to sink into the pool), caught a baby (and I mean baby, still has the bit of his tail left) toad..so we went to PetSmart to get an aquarium tank, lid, crickets, moss, water dish and some bedding. We made him a cozy home and we are enjoying having a pet toad! We thought it would be a great science project for the kids to do since we rarely ever see a baby toad..usually the full grown ones. We have him narrowed down to an American Toad or a Southern Toad. He is less than an inch big and is too cute (I never thought I would call a toad cute). The kids love him and dh and I have spent the last 3 nights after the kids go to bed sitting and watching him. It's so much cooler than TV! The children all have different names for him...1 calls him George (which seems to be the most used name so far), 1 calls him Cheeto & 1 calls him M&M. We didn't go see any fireworks for a couple reasons. One: dd5 is very much afraid of them, Two: it was raining and Three: There weren't any really local. (the town we live in had fireworks and a concert Thursday night instead) Saturday we did the same thing...just kind of lounged and enjoyed the day. Sunday we went to church...2 of our first graders had to leave due to a stomach upset...ugh. I do hope they feel better soon! Then we came home, ate lunch, took a nap, played games with the children and just relaxed (it was the perfect weekend since it rained most of it). Today, we cleaned, then went to the store to pick up a few groceries...school supplies were out and cheap so I stocked up. I won't need to go back again except for glue sticks but I can get those anytime. The children are always excited because they get new pencil boxes, crayons etc for the beginning of the school year. DD3 got her first box today and was thrilled to bits! We switched over to the KJV of the Bible so we all got new Bibles this past week. We had all of our names put on them, so the kids were thrilled with that. We had to get DD3 a Bible Cover and DS8 needed a new one since his old one was a tad "childish" for a 3rd grader (his thoughts). So we went to the Christian Book Store to get those and got a couple (6) study guides for DH and I to do together. We love those! Tomorrow we start another week and are looking forward to it! I am so glad we homeschool!!!! Thank you Jesus for all of Your wonderful blessings!!!!
Blessings,