I"m at my in-laws- although, I am leaving in the morning to share the weekend with dear friends.  I am really enjoying myself. It is good to have different things for Bug to do- to spend time wtih all of his grandparents and other family and to enjoy the fun things they have in each of their towns.

We went to the Discovery Museum in Charlottesville last week with my parents.  I love to watch Bug discover and learn and figure things out.  The museum is actually very small, but they have done a fabulous job of filling it with things that will stimulate the minds of children and spur them to imaginative play. He loved the cockroaches- and yes, they were an exhibit, not just pests.

Today I went to the Bead shoppe and made some good jewlery.  There is nothing better than making something beautiful with your hands. What fun!  If I wasn't so into scrapbooking- having poured lots of time and energy and money into that hobby, I would be ready to start being a jewlery maker at home. !!! :LOL!  It's amazing the things that you can make and create. I'm wearing a new creation of mine right now and If I do say so myself they are stunning!

I am reading an awesome book right now- it's called your Challenging Child.  It is so insightful- I am learning a lot!  I'll let you know if I discover anything monumental.  It just makes me relieved to read the "texbook" responses that my son has- that much of his defiance and frustration has nothing to do with me! 

I'm off- nothing wonderfully exciting to share- lots of things are up in the air right now with my husband and the marine corps- praying and thinking and reserarching- trying to discover if we are suposed to stay in or get out in 18 months.  What an intense thing to ponder.  Yet, I have no fear- which for me is powerful.  I struggle with fear- especailly when it comes to our future. I long to know what comes next, if we'll  be ok, where our money will come from- and yet, I know without doubt- that God is my source- not the Marines, not myself, not my husband. He alone. and He alone is sufficient.

on that note- i'm off to get some oreos for Bug and play a game- he's waiting for me~

Posted by writmm

That is a nice little children's museum. It seemed tiny when we walked in, but we found plenty to do there. Not sure how much longer you will be in that area, but a couple of other great places to visit are the Metro Richmond Zoo (hard to find info about, but amazing!), The Science Museum and Childern's Museum in Richmond, The Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton and Amazement Square in Lynchburg (one of the best Children's Museums I have ever been to).