Heart of Wisdom, Ancient Rome
Considering God's Creation
"Cale" Sixth Grade
CQLA
Teaching Textbooks Math 6
Literature from the Library (AO)
Piano
Boy Scouts
"Joe" Third Grade
Horizons Math 2
CQLA Pre-A
Literature from Library (AO)
Wolf Scout
"Kade" Age Four
Phonics Pathways
"It is only by introducing the young
to great literature, drama, and music,
and to the excitement
of great science,
that we open to them
the possibilities
that lie within the human spirit--
enable them to see visions
and dream dreams."
Eric Anderson
Currently Reading
Family read-aloud
Rick and I are reading together
When Sinners Say I Do
by: Dave Harvey
I am reading
Passionate Housewives, Desperate for God
by:
Our Morning Devotions are:
The Day By Day Bible
Cale and Joe are reading
Good and Evil
by: Michael Pearl
Ancient Rome
by: DK
Julius Caesar
by: DK
Cale is reading:
The Young Carthaginian
by:GA Henty
Joe is reading:
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Kade is reading:
The Butter Battle Book
Horton Hatches an Egg
Magazines to which we subscribe: The Old Schoolhouse
Birds and Blooms
Consumer Reports
Answers
World
Clubhouse
Clubhouse Jr.
Favorite Music
Selah
Steven Curtis Chapman
Chris Tomlin
Gaither Gospel
Dixieland Jazz
Quote Collection
"Til sin be bitter,
Christ will not be sweet."
Thomas Watson
"Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark."
unknown
"We wish you PEACE
It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work.
It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart."
unknown
"There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as if everything is."
Thomas Edison
"Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness
has never danced in the rain."
unknown
"The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart."
Helen Keller
"All I have seen teaches me to
trust the Creator
for all I have not seen."
Emerson
"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see."
John Whitehead
"There is only one way to lead a child down the right path
that is to go that way yourself."
unknown
"A rose can say 'I love you,'
an orchid can enthrall,
But a weed bouquet in a chubby fist--
Oh my, that says it all!
unknown
"We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Oh the laugh of a child
so wild and free,
Is the merriest sound
in the world to me."
Isobel Atholwood
"Sometimes,"
said Pooh,
"the smallest things take up
the most room in your heart."
A.A. Milne
"Cleaning and scrubbing
can wait 'til tomorrow.
For babies grow up,
we learn to our sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs!
Dust, go to sleep!
I'm rocking my baby,
and babies don't keep!"
unknown
Since Jan 1, 2008
May. 11, 2008 - Happy Mother's Day!
I hope all of you fabulous Moms out there had a terrific Mother's Day.
We went and bought flowers to plant today. We got a lot of flowers for the front yard and a few for the back. The kids picked out most of the flowers with a little bit of guidance from me. We tried to pick varieties that would attract our hummingbirds and butterflies. We did our planting this afternoon and enjoyed the gorgeous 70 degree weather. Out front we put in yellow and orange marigolds and purple petunias next to our pre-existing hostas and oak tree. We added some red salvia near the mailbox with some pre-existing white sage (i think). Up by the house, we trimmed up the azalea bush and the nandinas and added red impatiens and some red verbena.
In the back yard we put up two flower pots full of petunias (red and pink) and we added a planter onto the fence and filled it with red petunias. I also purchased a tomato plant and need to put it in the pot on the back porch. Hopefully i will have more success this year and no rot.
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I am thrilled that i will get to enjoy my Mother's Day flowers all summer long and i hope that they will attract more hummers and butterflies to our yard which will just multiply the joy i find in my yard.
My sweet hubby also took me out for lunch at a good Mexican place where the kids eat free on Sunday. At the end of our meal the waitress brought out a big plate of cinnamon and sugar sopapillas with whipped cream for me for Mother's Day. It was free and was yummy, too, though a bit of a sugar overload. I can't believe we've gotten used to not eating sugar to the point that it is almost too sweet when we do.
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Ya, ya, where are the pictures? Can you believe i haven't taken any? Nope, not one. I'll try to get back to my old shutterbug habits soon.
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