In the Van- PASSION
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Towards a real education ...
The Basics this week (3 R's)
Finish up our Weaver unit- it is basically a day in FIRE SAFETY-- then on too our BIG Colonial Amercia unit-- I got our "read aloud" in the mail yesterday... so we are ready....
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I am thinking...
How LOUD and Fussy Rebekah is in the mornings-- before and AFTER she eats-- I think she TRIES to wake her brothers-- I really do!!
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Around the Hobby Farm
The meat chickens are doing well-- Jason is going to help some families in our church do some butchering (of chickens) Saturday-- our church works together on this-- and there are 4-5 Saturdays everyone gets together and gets a LOT done. (some families in our church have been raising 50-150 chickens!!)
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I am reading ...
The Bible
What the Bible Says About Healthy Living By: Rex Russell
Husband Coached Childbirth by Bradley
Getting ready to start- a yahoo group reading thru Teaching the Trivium-- (they are going slow-- so I THINK I will be able to keep up-- this week it is only readying pages 27-31)
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I am hoping and praying ...
For Jasons work- we are fervently praying his schedule gets changed back to having Saturday nights off--
For this baby-- and my patience in waiting--
For a family in our church is just found out they are expecting #7
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Zachary (8)
His Main focus is READING-- reading aloud to me as much as we can fit in--
He will most likely due some mowing-- and the daily chicken chores....
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Joshua (7)
His focus this week with be math-- really need to get those addition under his belt....
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Stephen (23 Months)
His birthday is SUNDAY-- so we keep telling him he is "2" and when he says it is SOOOO cute!!! So he is just working on being 2!! LOL
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Rebekah (11 Months)
Oh my-- she is coming into herself-- yesterday she tried to show us she was just as capable as any other 1 year old-- Josh found her climbing hte stairs (Stephen never bothered with them till we showed him) she was on the 2nd step (I was reading aloud to Stephen on the couch). Then at lunch- I walked over to the kitchen to get something-- and little Rebekah stood up in her highchair backwards!! I'm gonna have to keep my eye on her! Most of my kids are pretty content-- she always wants to be somewhere she is not-- if I put her on the livingroom floor (w/ toys and Stephen playing with her) she is OFF to the kitchen or some other thing)
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New Baby (BOY) - 6 weeks and counting.
3 weeks to go-- and I know MAYBE 5-- but lets focus on 3--
He is LOW-- and head down-- so we'll see
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Nesting TO Do List
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A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week:
Monday- Josh's eye Dr. Appt
Tuesday- My OB appt
Friday- Stephens 1 year old well appt
Friday- dinner at our pastors home
Saturday- chicken butchering
Sunday- travel to Bedford for the day to visit-- and have cake and icecream for Stephen and Rebekah's birthday.
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Sep. 5, 2009 - Untitled Comment
I love reading about your family. *sigh* And I am ECSTATIC about your new son! Praying for a safe and speedy delivery-- with no pain, of course. ;)