The adventures of raising 3 boys to love the Lord. We laugh, love, play and learn. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:45:00 -0500 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:45:00 -0500 My friend Reagan posted this on her blog and I had to see what it said about our boys.   MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Family reunion - Free pedigree charts MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/595657/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:45:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/595657/ We have been home since Monday night at Midnight, enjoying our time together as a family and getting stuff done around the house. The garage has been cleaned, clothes have been washed, sorted through for the fall and winter, the boys were able to attend their gym classes at the YMCA, and I have been able to plan a lapbook highlighting our time at the beach, which we will be starting on Monday when daddy goes back to work and we go back to school. Next will be a lapbook about the history of trains as we spent a few days at different train yards. Overall, it has been a relaxing week. The boys have been playing outside and enjoying the beautiful weather and Derek and I were each able to get projects done. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/592609/ Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:17:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/592609/ Home! We arrived home last night around midnight. Micah was very excited to go to sleep in his bed. We were all very excited to be out of the car. Our last few days of vacation were fun. The boys enjoyed riding on the Cape May Ferry, going for a boat ride with Al, riding the real train in Allaire State Park, NJ. Derek has this week off from work so we will be able to enjoy some down time at home as well as get vacation stuff put away before he heads back to work. I am looking forward to being home but still on vacation for a few days. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/590982/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:44:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/590982/ View Photo Slideshow Make a Free Flash Slideshow   A beautiful day at the beach, warm and sunny. The boys dug a huge moat and built a sandcastle. The moat worked for awhile and then the powerful waves took over. Bryce did his best to shovel the water away, while Micah used his scooper truck. Matthew took two naps at the beach and spent lots of time snuggling and some playing in the sand. He had a pretty quiet day until we got to dinner. Then he was still quiet as he was busy eating and eating. He had the dinner I packed for him and then proceed to eat fries and a little chicken while we had all you can eat BBQ. He was a very hungry boy. Bryce and Micah discovered the joy of playing in the waves today. Micah didn't want the water to touch his toes at first, then a little water got him. Soon after that he was "whamming the waves" (hitting). There were even a few times when the waves knocked him over and he was rolled. He came up and went right back. Needless to say they were covered with sand from head to toe when were ready to come back to our condo. The boys are tired and happy as are we. Derek and I enjoyed some time out in the waves today. The water is warm and very comfortable to swim in. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/587117/ Mon, 8 Sep 2008 20:04:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/587117/ It is beautiful here in Bethany Beach. We were on the beach at 8:30 this morning. The boys were ready to start making their sand castles and got started right away with the all important sea wall. Micah thought the waves were fun until they knocked him over. Bryce wondered when we were really going to go swimming. After playing in the waves for awhile he learned what ocean swimming is about. Matthew enjoyed sitting in the sand laughing as the waves came close to him, getting him wet from time to time. Then again he had lots of fun putting sand on Uncle Mikey and just playing as long as he was able to stand by something. Sitting is not so much fun unless it was in the water. Derek and I learned that we are not in as good of shape as we were 5 years ago. The waves are strong and they managed to take both of us down.  Playing on the beach was lots of fun hopefully we will remember to bring the camera tomorrow.  This afternoon we are going to go to the Boardwalk in Ocean City, MD.   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/586401/ Sun, 7 Sep 2008 12:36:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/586401/     On Tuesday, we went to the train museum in Strasberg, PA. The boys were in heaven. The trains were huge. The had an education center that was wonderful. Bryce had his chose of what to build with Knex, Lego and some thing else. He built an engine out of legos. Micah and Matthew were entertained with the Duplo Thomas table, the Wooden Thomas table, and the Geo Tracs. Derek and I enjoyed reading about the history of the railroad. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/586171/ Sat, 6 Sep 2008 17:29:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/586171/   We have had a wonderful visit to Landenberg, PA. The boys loved playing video games with Cousins Ricky, Ian, and Zeen, going on a hiking adventure with Uncle Richard and PopPop, building with tinker toys with Aunt Carol. They managed to get almost everyone we visited with to play with them at some point. Matthew was very content to crawl around, laugh, make faces and snuggle. Derek and I have enjoyed the time to sit and visit with family and look through the antiques in Uncle Nelson and Aunt Evelyn's Barn. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/583614/ Mon, 1 Sep 2008 21:02:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/583614/ We had a great drive out East. We made it to Uncle Richard's in about 24 hours. The boys did wonderful in the car. They each had a time in the middle of the night when they stayed awake and just sat quietly. Getting presents every hour was a highlight for them. Bryce loved the activity books and Micah enjoyed playing with his monkey. Derek did most of the driving, I did some but I am not fond of so many semi's. Once in Landenberg, we realized that Uncle Richard was still at work so we went to see if Cousin Jay was home. Thankfully he was. We are staying at Cousin Jay's house. The boys had a great time exploring his yard. The trampoline and the sand box were big hits. They also had lots of fun collecting pine cones. After getting all wet and muddy we went in a got cleaned up before heading to Uncle Richard's for dinner. It was a good time of visiting. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/582641/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:48:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/582641/ Yesterday, we learned that Matthew is allergic to Milk, Soy, Wheat, Oats, Eggs and Tomatoes. That is alot to take in. Thankfully I have a very good friend who unfortunately has children with several food intolerances. She has been a great help to me in figuring out where to find recipes and where to find the different types of products I will need to cook for Matthew. The other boys are learning that there are many foods that Matthew can not have. This is much harder on me then it is on them. We do have the hope that Matthew will out grow his allergies if we are diligient about avoiding them. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/577662/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:58:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/577662/ Today we went on our second playdate with CHOW (Christian Homeschoolers of Woodbury.) The boys had a great time playing in the sand. There were around 15 kids all playing and working together to build a huge pile of sand. It was funny to watch as they had this huge playground to play on and yet they all played around one small structure working together.  I am very excitedt to have found this group, close to us and kids the ages of the boys. I think the boys will be able to form some good friendships and I will too.   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/576584/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:34:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/boys030507/576584/