There are times when my children amaze me.  Today is just one of those days!  (Now, mind you, the purpose of this blog is not to blow my own horn, (far from it!) but to just stand in awe and amazement at God's wonderful blessings to me!)

My oldest, Dancing Queen, showed me a poem she had written, just for "fun".  It was beautiful!  I'm trying to persuade her to post it on her blog.  We'll see if she does.  Somehow, this daughter of mine just has a beautiful poetic turn of mind.  The way she phrases things, and pictures things with words is just lovely.  I never imagined a 10-year-old could write such vivid poetry.

Then, my 9-year-old, Roboboy, took a math "test".  Mind you, we just switched over to Singapore Math this year, and we have found it extremely challenging (even for Mom!)  Now, here in Singapore, kids even at age 7, 8 and 9, are taking hours long tests, that I personally find exhausting.  So I asked him to do just section 1 of the test today (worth 40 point of an overall 100).  This wonder boy of mine scored 40/40!  A perfect score!  (This is my "dyslexic" child, the reason I actually began homeschooling, though my reasons have since changed!)  Woo-hoo!

Finally, my dear little Bubbles.  Yesterday, a lady from our church asked if she could come over and talk to me about homeschooling.  She feels quite convicted that she is supposed to homeschool her daughter, now age 5, and wanted to ask me questions and bounce ideas off me, etc. 

When she arrived, she had her 2-1/2 year-old son with her.  He was asleep, but quickly woke up when she tried to lay him down on our sofa.  He was sleepy and clingy, finding himself in a strange place.  4-year-old Bubbles was the ultimate hostess.  She pulled out her Thomas the Tank Engine wooden train set and began to play until, within a few minutes, he was no longer clinging to his mom, but happily playing alongside her with the train set.

Then, when he got tired of playing with the trains, she took him to her room, where they played cars, bowling, etc.  She offered him a snack, after making sure it was ok with his mom.  Then she shared some nice picture board books with him.  We were able to talk for almost 3 hours while she entertained this little fella, with very minimal interruptions!  And she did this on her own, without me asking her to entertain him!

I'm so thankful that I am privileged to be Mom to these three precious people!  They are each so beautiful and unique in their own special ways.  And, to be able to homeschool them, and have the opportunities to see these daily victories, successes, and signs of growth and maturity: well, all I can say is, "Wow!"  I'm overwhelmed.

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