On Monday I spent two hours buying curriculum for the boys. We use Abeka so I hauled myself to their display in a local town instead of the lake (which is where I wanted to be) to purchase and save on shipping (about $70).
I was impressed with their new Abeka Academy but it was pricey! About $1000 per kids.
If I bought the teacher kit and the student kit I was going to spend about $500 per child. Again, YIKES!
So I sat, burnt the last of my brain cells on their order form, and put together what I'd need for the kids next year. I had some things I already planned on using so I wanted to fill in the gaps. I ended up spending about $500 on all three boys which felt like a huge accomplishment.
Then off to the lake to defog my already taxed brain.
Ah, thank goodness for the lake.
On a side note my dad asked for silhouettes of the kids so he could paint them. I thought he wanted a true silhouette so this is what I ended up with but he actually wanted profile shots. I liked this one though and wanted to share it with you.
Here's our middle son, complete with his AUBURN hat!
And then Monday happened!
It must be our week for mishaps.
Saturday was bee sting day (read here)
And today our oldest son did this at the lake. Don't know how, don't know where. But YUCK.
He said he stubbed his toe on a rock. It bled and bled and bled.
This was taken Monday night after we got home and I was redressing the wound.
There's a bit of Neosporin on his toe but definitely NO SKIN!!
Tuesday we have a trip planned to the Water Park. I think I need all of you to pray for a safe trip!!!
Saturday was a bad day here. Our middle son was stung by a bee while swimming. You see the results below and then as we were getting in the car to go have dinner we got too close to a yellow jacket nest and I got stung, as did baby girl. The good news? My oldest, who is allergic to yellow jackets, did not get stung!!!
Let me tell you those nasty little guys are aggressive!
Here's our poor baby after his lip was about half the size it started out.....
Today, Monday, it's still swollen and goes through various degrees of "swellingness" throughout the day. (I know, that's not a word!)
Any suggestions? I'm trying a tea bag as I type.
Thanks,
IN HIM and thankful for HIS protection over our oldest....
A few weeks ago I asked my dad to send us some pencils. You see he has the greatest boxes of pencils EVER and they are my favorite when it comes to pencils for the children's schoolwork. So look what came in today's mail!
I took this of baby girl by the den window. It's SOOC without a small boost in saturation! After all the crummy photos I've taken lately this was a blessing.
Before getting married and having kids perfection meant something entirely different than it does now. Once upon a time it meant that everything was done just so, looked just so and worked just so.
Now it means that someone, something is exactly as they are.....just as God made them. Photos aren't perfect, people aren't perfect, things aren't perfect.....well, not in the everyday sense of the word. But things, people and circumstances are perfectly okay.
Take this strand of hair for example.....
I pondered this photo for a long time wondering if I wanted to put the effort into removing it. Finally I decided I'd rather adjust my idea of perfect and remember the warm windy day, my baby girl's bed head and PJ's just as they were yesterday... perfectly designed. So here's my baby girl.....in a perfectly imperfect photo!
(If you want to view my Freaky Friday Foto I posted it yesterday. Just keep scrolling down)
God is unpredictable but consistent. You may not be able to tell what he is doing or why but you can always trust in WHO HE IS. He has your very best interests at heart. He is good. He is God.
