Mar. 15, 2008 - This and that....
Well, it's been a very busy week, so I thought I'd post on just a hodge podge of what's going on in my life.
Monday, my 2 oldest boys competed in the 4H Talk Meet for our county. There weren't a ton of other kids in it, maybe 5 in each of their categories, but they did great. Noah won Grand Champion (#1) in the 10 yr old division and goes on to area with his talk entitled "Why It's Fun to Live in a Big Family." He is a very natural speaker and was very funny too. He would make anyone want to be in our family the way he talks about us. (grin)
Aslan was Reserve Grand Champion (#2) in the 11 yr old division. His talk was "My Trip to Ecuador." He did a great job. The last 30 seconds or so of this talk, he continued talking despite lots of tears and heart-felt emotion as he talked about an 8 yr old boy in Ecuador who asked him and his dad for $1 to buy food. Aslan talked about how good we have it here in America and how thankful we should be. He just kept on talking despite being choked up and tearing. I was very proud of both of them.
Thursday, our homeschool group had our annual Geography Fair and my 4 oldest presented "Hezekiah's Tunnel." It was such an interesting topic to us that we had to share it.
We recently read about it in Chronicles and Kings in our school, and found a link of actual picturers of Hezekiah's Tunnel that you can tour through today. That was just so neat to us to read something in the Old Testament that you can actually still walk through. Check this site out. Make sure and read all 3 pages and see all the pics. It's so fascinating to see the Pool of Siloam and the Gihon Spring in real life!
This coming Monday, we have our 3rd and final speech within one week. Pant pant.....it's been a lot of preparation. This one is for 4-H Demonstration Speeches. Aslan and Noah are doing a team demonstaration called "Deer Hunting From Start to Finish." They will discuss how to hunt, safety and hunting tricks, and then Aslan (hunter) will demonstrate how to hunt and shoot a deer (Noah) who will be clad in real deer skin from Aslan's deer this winter. They are HILARIOUS watching them practice. I definitely need to video this one!
We are getting ready to incubate some eggs in our incubator (in the living room (grin) Last night I put 18 eggs in...it was a little too cool at 98 degrees so I turned it up JUST A BIT and went to bed. When I got up at 5:30am today (not my usual time, Praise was throwing up...sigh) the temp was 110. I had done COOKED those little chicken embryos. Should have waited a day til I had the temp just right. I was too eager. Anyway, We cleaned them off and ate them for bfast. We will try again in 3 days once we have another clutch. (Incubating temp should be 99.5-102 degrees, but never more than 103) Live and learn....my temp is just right now, we are just waiting on those silly chickens to lay some more...
Today, Josiah and Jubilee cracked the 18 eggs.....these guys are GOOD at cracking eggs at 3 and 5 yrs old. After we were done and I put some milk in, Jubilee says, "Mama Can I SCRIBBLE them?" So today, we ate some SCRIBBLED EGGS. (Grin) (I love 3 yr olds!!)
I've been frustrated lately with trying to lose my last 10 lbs of baby weight. I lost all of Praise's but I still need to lose 10 more from Jubilee (grin) I've been "stuck" cause I really feel starving ALLTHE TIME!
Any nursing mama's can relate. One verse really convicted me though and I need to meditate on it.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
I've been thinking of what it means to "Honor God with your Body." Of course, it means a LOT of things, but specifically to excess weight, It means to feed and exercise our bodies in a way that is honoring to God. Not feeding it tons of sugar/white flour and processed foods when we know it thrives on fruits, veggies and other healthy foods. It's not easy...I love coffee, and dark chocolate...and I think I can honor God while still eating/drinking those in moderation, but am I honoring God overall with my diet and health? Something to make you say "HMMMMMM."
On to more frivolous topics...I got a new shower curtain and we re-painted one of our bathrooms today. It looks so much better, it really needed a new coat of fresh paint. It had been 5+ yrs since it was last painted.
Well, that is what we've been doing this week!!
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Apr. 2, 2008 - Ok - teach me...
Posted by MamaLim
how to teach my kids to be confident in public speaking. They either speak too fast or they mumble! Do they have lots of opportunity to practice speaking infront of a crowd?
They have watched dh & me speak publicly many times so I am wondering why they are not picking it up. Lack of practice?!
Serene
