So Bible School went very well for Garet, and I am so glad. He is once again excited about Church and the kids-so much better than last year with his fear from that little brat kid. ugh. He seemed to have fun, although the "theme" was really too much for the younger kids like him, and none of them seem to understand what it all meant. He learned his verses well, and even sang a little this year. He is just so excited he cannot wait to go back to church! And I am SOOO glad for that! The 20th anniversary is this Sunday so we will stay to eat and things. Then Camp Meeting starts the 15th of July. So I told Garet that considereing I can find teh gas money, we will probably spend the week there. He was rather excited.

The teachers for Garet (all three) even talked about how he was the best behaved child in class, very polite and two even thanked me for raising him that way because some of the others just showed zero respect. I am so proud of him for that!!

The bummer is Kaden being scared Tuesday night. The screaming and "terror" over a spider-a skit acted out by "adults" -was completely uncalled for. It did not even fit the theme for the week, terrified Kaden who is STILL having nightmares and was up most of last night scared to sleep. And there were other children who were crying and terrified too. I guess I should be thankful that I was there to at least understand where the fear is coming from because other parents would have no idea. I am still terribly upset about this skit, but am tryig to just shut up about it and let it go, and get Kaden past this. I have no idea how though, but I am trying.

The one night with the "extra" boy and the mothers lack of concern when she noticed he was missing is still shocking and terriying to me. How can you notice that your child has been missing for AT LEAST 10 minutes and just sit in your car and do NOTHING? I do not understand it. And then when I saw her myself-well, I fear for those children. She looked completely stoned on something and it really does scare me for the kids. I guess the plus is that she at least was taking her oldest to a church, so maybe he will learn better ways and hopefully he can help the younger kids with what he learned? Such a sad situation......

We had a lot of fun a the zoo on Friday, Garet seemed to enjoy the bats the most-not sure where that came from-unless it was because it was a brand new exhibit. LOL It was nice though, and I am actually shocked to say that had Bryon not been with us, I think I would have wanted to look at the bats longer! It was actually quite amazing. I wish I had gotten that picture with the wings wide open....but maybe next time. I think next time we will spend more time in there. LOL Oh! And NOT go on Friday.

The kids did not get to see the monkeys and things since Byron wanted to go, and we usually spend a lot more time with the otters, but since the membership has now been renewed we have a year to take our time. Yeah! And we will probalby be doing at least some of the homeschool days there too. So that will be nice. They do stop them in the summer though.

I did learn that Dawes does things on Wednesdays and from my understanding they do it all year? So that is something else to look into. All these things to learn...who is getting ready for school here? Garet or me? :D

So tomorrow is the garage sale. I know I need to have it, and I know I need the money, but I really am dreading it. LOL I do not like dealing with the ones that show up an hour early, I do not like dealing with the ones who will complain about the price on every item, I panic about the boys running around and what if a bad person would come here. Then I stress over "what if nobody shows up" and all of that-worrier by nature don't you know?! And to be honest, I think I am dreading the HOT weather. I am hoping the rain holds off until late afternoon like they are calling for. That way if it does slow down I can get Kaden to take his nap then...that would work really well.

Garet is being a BEAR already this morning. He has decided that he wants a new pair of sissors-even though I just got him some last Friday. So I told him no and BOY is he mad! I do not know what has gotten into him the past coule of weeks, but my goodness he is driving me to the breaking point! And now he is now wanting to wkr on numbers at all-will o**** just fine but does NOT want to learn what the nubers look like. He can write them but is not REMEMBERING them. Flash cards are not working....I had this problem too, and was never taught in school how to deal with it.....so now I have to find a wayto help him.......any ideas out there? LOL   

Geeeze! As tired as I am you would THINK that I was the one playing and climbing! Must be this gray, gray day. The weather is so wild now-90 degrees one day and then 68 today. I am actually cold! Ugh!!

So Garet had wanted to go to the playground, so we went. Only were there about an hour or so, but they seemed to enjoy it. Think maybe next time we will go to the church so they can play in the Ark. They would both really enjoy that, even if the playground is not as big as the one we were at today.

Was really shocked the other night when mom told me she thinks that I should add the needle felted animals to my things to sell. I was not sure she would think I did too good, so that actaully amde my day!  So now I am hoping that the garage sale goes well this weekend, so maybe I will have enough money left over after getting the kids some summer clothes to get stocked up on some wool....and then to work! LOL I do enjoy it though. I need to get the cat I have now put together-because I would really like to figure out the about size to try to wire one....I think I would like that better than thread jointing. Ugh-but then I really want to get some of those science books ordered for Garet too-I guess I could just start with the ones I had planned on and not the whole list like I want to do.....since I have all summer to get them stocked up and it is not like I have to have ALL of them before school-since we can buy them all year long.

And I am such a geek. I am so excited to see how bit the summer camp is for the stuffed animals, so I can get my 8" animal order figured out for Swappers Day. I am actually excited about swappers day too, to be honest. Not that it was huge last year, but I think adding to the 8" critters will be SUCH a help! {sigh} Tossing things in my mind that will not be here until September...how's that for planning?  And I would like to tkae Garet this year, but that would be a long day for him....so I might not-I might just do what we did last year and he can see me the last day.......

If anyone is out there reading this, I thought this might be a good place to pass this along. A friend of mine who lives in another state told me about this group, and I must admit that the information came at an amazing time for our house!!

The website is www.angelfoodministries.com and they are a group that does what was explained to me like a market day at a school. (I had never dealt with that, so it did not help me much!!). anyway, you can visit the website and get the information there. Anyway, you can get a good amount of grocieries for $25.00, and then add on as you choose from the packs. This is not for low income families-it is for anyone who can use to save some money on their groceries-and with gas the way it is, most people I have talked to could use all the help they can get! Ugh!

Anyway, you can go to the site and see the menu, get the background on them, and see what churches in your area are already involved-or get information about getting your church involved. (Right now the closest to me is aboout 35 minutes away, so I am trying to get our church involved!!)

Have an amazing day!!