Much to my 5 year olds delight, the boxes of books for the next school year arrived today. She was jumping all over the place and did a few pages while I did read aloud time today. My first grader went through and showed her everything about her books, since he knows it all now. The fifth graders were less than thrilled, but Sarah did get excited that I ordered them some Creative writing books. She has a way with words and loves to write. The four year old was watching it all and it suddenly hit me that I will be ordering books for him next year. Scary!! Esther looked at me and said, "You sure have a lot of kids to teach mommy." It reminds me of a cartoon in our homeschool newsletter this month. The dad and kids are waving at the mom who is in a straight jackey behind the glass, yet smiling very broadly. 
Last weekend I was thinking about my courtship posts from long ago. We had a missionary couple over that I have known since my days in MOPS (which seems like forever ago). Their marriage was arranged by thier parents, and he spent a little time talking about how important it is to listen to the godly advice of ones parents.
Need to go. Hannah is ready to play webkinz.