Don’t Leave Home Without It! (Marketing Credit: American Express)
Memory Verse:Matthew 28: 20 - Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Amen.
Intro: Never Leave Home Without It (Marketing Credit: American Express) Diapers, bottles, wipes, bibs, pacifiers, extra clothing, cell phone, PDA, ipod, iphone, credit or debit cards … what would you never leave home without?
Assignment: In the memory verse Jesus tells us that He will never leave us, not even at the end of the world. He assures us in this verse that He will be with us and that means through everything we go through in life. I thought it would be interesting to write about the things we would never leave home without. For some it might be baby needs, others it might be a gym bag and bottle of water, and for some it might be your Bible and a notepad or small journal, maybe even your son or daughters favorite blankie! I’d like for you to write about something that you would never leave home without.
In this season of my life, it's definitely baby needs - specifically my slings! I can't carry my heavy babies without a sling. I'm getting old and my arms and back are so sore from carrying Elias in my arms. A sling takes the burden of the weight and distributes it across my back and shoulders, making it less tiring and less painful, and allows me to do chores or run errands, or hold the hands of the other two little people in my life. This is definitely a photo opportunity! I've got a few slings, so this will be a show and tell type BFS assignment
This is how to wear a one week old baby to a wedding
Weeks later, I'm nursing him in the sling while shopping for linens
Sound asleep while shopping for linens in my mei tie
He sleeps so soundly so close to my heart
This is how I get through my morning chores
He can watch the world and it's happenings as I scurry around the house, cleaning.
Little story. Last week was Yom Teruah. Stuart couldn't take time off work, so I took 5 kids down to service all by myself. I got a phone call just before leaving, and I was already cutting it close by taking a last minute shower, so of course, getting the kids in the van to go was rushed, and I forgot any form of sling. I spent the whole service standing, holding Elias - all 15 or so pounds of him - in my arms, while running mommy interference with wiggly noisy kids. I was exhausted by the end of it.
Compare that to this past Shabbat, when I had Elias in another Mei tie. I stood for the whole service because he was awake (he does better when I'm moving.. he's less fussy). Again, I was running mommy interference as Janney refused to be an obedient little girl and kept insisting she needed to be in the bathroom, or pulling out her hair clips, or refusing to sit still. Service runs from 10:30 to 12:30, then we have lunch, then from 2:30 to 4ish.. I stood for most of that.. excluding lunch. But I was fine with it, no pain.
As I type this, Elias is in the blue sling on my back. He's contentedly asleep. I too shall head to bed now, and ease him off my back, to sleep beside me in bed. - good night dear friends.
Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all of you who are struggling and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." (CJB)
Trent is home from a great and harrowing adventure in Moose Hunting. He's got a blog post on his MySpace, so I'll have to grab it an post it here for you all to read later (he's out fixing the fence line right now)
BUT
While the boys were doing school today, and I was washing dishes with Elias asleep on my back, Janney and Asher went outside to play. I thought they were going to jump on the trampoline, but I never did see that tramp bounce once. I started to wonder, and so went out for a peek. They were just coming home - yes, just coming home. That implies that they LEFT HOME to start with.
They went for a walk in the woods.
For you city folk, imagine if your 4 and 2 year old went down the road past about 5-7 houses, then went around the end of the lake, up over a hill and went into the woods - that's how far they were from my house..
When Trent was little, he wasn't allowed to cross the road by himself until he was 5, but because Rourke was 3.5 years behind him, and they were doing things together, Rourke learned to cross the road by himself by the time he was 3, and so it goes with Janney and Asher. While I wouldn't normally suggest that anyone allow their 4 and 2 year old to travel so far away alone... they were only doing what big brothers have shown them to do.
I did tell Janney that next time, I just want her to let me know she's going to the woods first, so that I don't get worried if I don't see them in the yard.
And then I'll know to pray too!
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Addendum, Had to make sure everyone saw my mother's comment
Oct. 7, 2008 - Mmmmm - that reminds me....
Posted by Mum (76.69.249.86)
Once there was a little girl who went to a friend's house and then they went to another friend's house etc, etc, etc. They all deserted her at a stranger's house, but she was so clever she knew just how to get home. It was such a long way and she was so tired and frightened that she was bawling her eyes out.
There was also a little girl who decided to push her big sister in a wheel chair all the way to Nana's house...
Your littles must have learned to be adventurers from their own Mummy. :-)
I'm glad they survived their excursion without any problems.
Social: You like to develop ideas and learn from other people. You like to talk. You have good social skills. Effective techniques of enhancing your learning using your social intelligence include taking part in group discussions or discussing a topic one-to-one with another person. Find ways to build reading and writing exercises into your group activities, such as:
Reading a dialogue or a play with other people
Doing team learning/investigating projects
Setting up interview questions and interviewing your family, and writing down the interview
Writing notes to another instead of talking.
4.43
Language: You enjoy enjoy saying, hearing, and seeing words. You like telling stories. You are motivated by books, records, dramas, opportunities for writing. Effective techniques of enhancing your learning using your language intelligence include reading aloud, especially plays and poetry. Another idea is to write down reflections on what you've read. You may also enjoy exploring and developing your love of words, i.e., meanings of words, origin of words and idioms, names. Use different kinds of dictionaries. Other ideas:
Keep a journal
Use a tape recorder to tape stories and write them down
Read together, i.e., choral reading
Read a section, then explain what you've read
Read a piece with different emotional tones or viewpoints — one angry, one happy, etc.
Trade tall tales, attend story-telling events and workshops
Research your name
4.29
Body Movement: You like to move, dance, wiggle, walk, and swim. You are likely good at sports, and you have good fine motor skills. You may enjoy taking things apart and putting them back together. Incorporating body movement into your learning will help you process and retain information better. Here are some ideas.
Trace letters and words on each other's back.
Use magnetic letters, letter blocks, or letters on index cards to spell words.
Take a walk while discussing a story or gathering ideas for a story.
Make pipe cleaner letters. Form letters out of bread dough. After you shape your letters, bake them and eat them!
Use your whole arm (extend without bending your elbow) to write letters and words in the air.
Change the place where you write and use different kinds of tools to write, ie., typewriter, computer, blackboard, or large pieces of paper.
Write on a mirror with lipstick or soap.
Take a walk and read all the words you find during the walk.
Handle a Koosh ball or a worry stone during a study session.
Take a break and do a cross-lateral walk.
The scores for your other five intelligences:
3.86
3.86
3.43
2.14
2
Just because these five are not in your top three doesn’t mean you’re not strong in them. If your average score for any intelligence is above three, you’re probably using that intelligence quite often to help you learn. Take a look at the Practice section to see how to engage all your intelligences.
I was talking to my mum on the phone tonight, one of the topics we discussed was the blood curdling scream she heard from a dog in her building - probably got stepped on or caught in a door. So as we were talking, I was washing dishes and had just finished a load and was starting to put things away. Asher wanted to climb onto the counter, but instead of grabbing the edge of the counter, he grabbed the edge of the dish rack and brought the whole thing down on me and on himself. Dishes crashed to the floor, I let out a scream as I got hit in the arm and shoulder and told mum I had to go.
I picked up Asher and carried him away and hugged him as we both dealt with the shock of the event. He's fine, not a scratch or bruise on him, but he sure was scared. I have a sore shoulder and a sore wrist.
Poor mum. I called her back as soon as Asher was calm. She was very shaken by my scream and sudden hang up, she had no way of knowing what had happened or if we were ok. -
Sadly, I lost some Sabbath dishes and a Yom Teruah glass plate from Israel.. but that's just stuff. Asher is Ok and that's all that matters to me. (I had to learn that over time.. I wasn't always like this.. the older boys often got into trouble for breaking things instead of getting my comfort and sympathy when they should have)
Happy New Year to all my Torah Observant friends who read my blog. May Adonai richly bless you this year. May this day of inauguration of the King cause you to rejoice in the service to our Messiah, the Anointed One, for whom the trumpet blasts will signal His Return.
I was looking for the perfect photo of someone blowing the Shofar and found this one of Tommy Waller.. recognized him right away!
Trent bought himself a new pair of boots to go on this hunting trip. These boots are camo, waterproof and warm. Sadly, he left them here! I sure hope his other footwear is keeping him warm enough and dry enough. I also hope he realizes that he left them behind, and didn't lose them along the way.
This concept of neighbours has it's ups and downs. No one wants to be WATCHED, like Big Brother, but it sure is nice to know your neighbours know your routine enough to notice there's something out of sync with your routine.
We went on a short overnight trip to Moose Jaw Sunday/Monday and while we were away, our horses got out of the pasture and were in the field next door eating the grain that was spilled around the grain bin. Our neighbours noticed the horses in this field and thought it was odd. They called to let us know, but we weren't home, so they went out and brought them into their yard and fenced them in. Then they called back to let us know, but became concerned when we didn't come claim them shortly after the call. They called the RCMP (that's Royal Canadian Mounted Police for my foreign friends) worried about us because not only were the horses out, but so were the chickens, so the concern was that something had happened to us and the animals were untended.
When we got back, Stuart and the boys went to get the horses, and got the whole story from the neighbours. Later we sat down to eat our Erev Yom Teruah High Sabbath meal - but were interupted just as I was saying the first blessings, by a knock on the door. An RCMP officer was checking in with us to make sure we were ok. He wanted to know if the chickens out and the horses were all ok.. because these sorts of things could be signs that the homeowner is in the cistern. Now I didn't "get" that reference until I sat down at the table. A few weeks ago, somewhere in Saskatchewan, a drifter came into a town with a scrap metal collection truck. He met up with the town recluse and was scouting the area for scrap metal. The two went into an abandoned house (illegal entry) and fell through the floor into the cistern and drown. They weren't found for a few weeks - as they weren't known to be missing by anyone in town. It was only because someone noticed the scrap metal truck at this abandoned house and thought it was strange.
So, I'm glad my neighour knows enough of my comings and goings to know that we don't often go away - I'm glad my neighbour was concerned enough to get it investigate, and I'm thanking God that the horses are safe and so are we.
This is WACKY WEEK here at Blogger Friend School! Everything is wacky fun! This week YOU, the student, get to share something of your choice that is little “Wacky”!!!
Have you done something crazy in your homeschool? Do you fingerpaint with your toes? Do you let your children do your hair? Do you wear your pajamas during homeschool? Oh, the list is endless, but it’s up to you and how much fun you want to have.
To make it even “wackier” (not sure if it’s really a word, but hey, we don’t check spelling this week at BFS either!!!…..try and type some or all of your post sdrawkcab. (backwards!)
!keew gnixaler dna nuf a siht ekaM
(…and forwards…Make this a fun and relaxing week!)
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Now this week I am exhausted with family life, a short trip away, a son away hunting and such, so I'm going to tell you a wacky story I heard at Yom Teruah service today.
My friend G has a sign at her driveway that says Jesus is my Rock, so when this passing troup saw the sign, they knew they could stop in there for water to refresh their horses. This family with 10 children has a cottage in Melville Saskatchewan, but could not sell their horses, so the decided to ride them home. Now there are 5 horses making this trip, and I'm not sure if everyone was riding, but can you picture it? 12 people on 5 horses? Anyhow, my friend G gives everyone hospitality, and then they head off, back on their way home.... TO IDAHO!!
To show you the general idea of their journey, here's a google map. My friend G actually lives on the other side of Regina.. so the map is not exactly their route.. If you can't see the whole path, grab the map and move it just like a google map.. i'll scroll around so you can see it all.
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NOW.. of course, a family of 10 children, stopping in because of a Jesus sign, riding horse that distance, in September/October.... THEY'D HAVE TO BE HOMESCHOOLERS! lol (yes, they are!)
Header Banner photo of wild oats taken by Trent. background wallpaper is my concept, but Trent's technical abilities.~~~~
I am Sombra, and these are the stories from our house. We're a Messianic family where academics often take a back seat to the work and adventure of life.
This is how to wear a one week old baby to a wedding
Weeks later, I'm nursing him in the sling while shopping for linens
Sound asleep while shopping for linens in my mei tie 
He sleeps so soundly so close to my heart
This is how I get through my morning chores
He can watch the world and it's happenings as I scurry around the house, cleaning.
Posted by Mum (76.69.249.86)
