A father gave his life for his 4 year old son, yesterday on Father's Day. My husband worked with this hero years ago. Yesterday, father and son were out on a sandbar in the river when a branch began to fall. "Bud" pushed his four year old son out of the way and the branch landed on him; killing him.
A father's love.There is no greater gift.....just like the gift our heavenly Father gave us! He gave His life so we could live. My heart goes out to this family and I pray that they will find peace during this difficult time.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Happy Father's Day!
Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there.
And Honey for being the best daddy! We all love you!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Summer Fun
This summer is all about finding things to keep the kids entertained for as little as possible. Since our neighborhood pool has closed for many needed repairs, we have been on the look out for free stuff to keep them busy. Here are a few things we've come across.
The local library has a summer reading program. We've participated in this every year but never really took advantage of the story hour time. This week we went and had fun with music and books. Mattie even got to shake some maracas and bang with sticks. Caroline's reading goal is 150 points so she can get a free pass to the ice skating rink. She's been reading up a storm!
We also took advantage of a free movie. Our movie theater is offering free movies in the mornings three days a week. Yesterday, we went and saw Tale of Despereaux. Check out this link to see if you have a local movie theater participating. Click here.
Another inexpensive idea is bowling. Some bowling alleys are letting children bowl for free, but you do have to pay $3.oo for shoes. You can bowl for up to two games a day. We haven't done this yet, but will probably go before the summer is over. Click here to see if your local bowling alley is participating.
We also plan to take some day trips to the beach. The family went last Saturday and as I expected, it wasn't so much fun for mama! The two older girls went in the ocean with daddy. They swam and played....jumping the waves. Mama got the honor of sand patrol with Mattie. She was covered in sand from head to toe crawling all over me. At first, she was just curious about the sand...touching and feeling it between her chubby little fingers. Then she discovered that she could eat it. I think that child consumed a half a cup of sand.....o.k. maybe a quarter cup.....but Yuck! After about 3 hours it was time to lug all the stuff back to the car....umbrella, towels, small cooler, bodyboards, chair, and one really sandy kid. She did not like having to get rinsed off with the cold showers so we did the best we could. Then I remembered the bottled water in the van. Smart mommy! The water was nice and warm. I don't think Mattie is in any hurry to get back to the beach so I think we'll be calling a babysitter on those days.......hey......maybe I'll get a babysitter for all three! Then it will be me, my chair, and a good book. That's all I need!
The local library has a summer reading program. We've participated in this every year but never really took advantage of the story hour time. This week we went and had fun with music and books. Mattie even got to shake some maracas and bang with sticks. Caroline's reading goal is 150 points so she can get a free pass to the ice skating rink. She's been reading up a storm!
We also took advantage of a free movie. Our movie theater is offering free movies in the mornings three days a week. Yesterday, we went and saw Tale of Despereaux. Check out this link to see if you have a local movie theater participating. Click here.
Another inexpensive idea is bowling. Some bowling alleys are letting children bowl for free, but you do have to pay $3.oo for shoes. You can bowl for up to two games a day. We haven't done this yet, but will probably go before the summer is over. Click here to see if your local bowling alley is participating.
We also plan to take some day trips to the beach. The family went last Saturday and as I expected, it wasn't so much fun for mama! The two older girls went in the ocean with daddy. They swam and played....jumping the waves. Mama got the honor of sand patrol with Mattie. She was covered in sand from head to toe crawling all over me. At first, she was just curious about the sand...touching and feeling it between her chubby little fingers. Then she discovered that she could eat it. I think that child consumed a half a cup of sand.....o.k. maybe a quarter cup.....but Yuck! After about 3 hours it was time to lug all the stuff back to the car....umbrella, towels, small cooler, bodyboards, chair, and one really sandy kid. She did not like having to get rinsed off with the cold showers so we did the best we could. Then I remembered the bottled water in the van. Smart mommy! The water was nice and warm. I don't think Mattie is in any hurry to get back to the beach so I think we'll be calling a babysitter on those days.......hey......maybe I'll get a babysitter for all three! Then it will be me, my chair, and a good book. That's all I need!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Showing Off
Mattis is showing off her new Jammies. They were brand-new from our favorite store Once Upon A Child; a store for gently used items for kids. These happen to still be new and only cost us a whoppin $2.50!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Doctor Update
Mattie went today for her 15 month check-up and we were only about 2 weeks overdue. Bad mommy has been quite busy and forgot to call early enough. Hey...she's still 15 months for another 14 more days so we're ok. She seems to being doing pretty good. She weighed 20.8 pounds and was 29 inches long. She was in the 25% on the typical chart for both. They didn't share where she fell on the ds chart. The doctor is pretty happy with her progress. She asked how much therapy she is getting and well they still haven't started any therapy yet. She didn't seemed too concerned and said she would probably start by the time she was two. I know a lot of kids are already getting therapy so it kind of worries me, but she is making progress. She is cruising the furniture. She can get into a standing position without holding on to anything and will stand for a long time. If she would just take a step, she may get the hang of walking. She eats fine and feeds herself, but not with a spoon. We are working on signing and she seems to understand them, but doesn't yet sign herself. I guess I need to touch base with EI again and see what they think. I just want to make sure we are doing the right things to help her.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
School's Out!
Hooray!! School is out....well at least for the kids. I have two more days to get things in order, but shhhhh......don't let the kids know that I actually love those days! It is really the only time I'm away from children and I can get SO much accomplished!
I'll be back to blogging more next week :-)
I'll be back to blogging more next week :-)
Monday, June 1, 2009
Frustrated
I am so frustrated with Caroline's homework. She is in second grade and she has more than I would consider to be reasonable at this age. I also teach second grade so I have a pretty good idea of what is fair. We've been dealing with lots of homework ALL year and we've kind of just delt with it. I mean I'd rather have a little too much than too little. And Caroline has grown a lot this year so I hated to complain. BUT......you think they could let up just a little with only 6 days of school left??? Noooooo.......today she came home with 2 math sheets, spelling 12 words 5 times each and these words aren't what I consider second grade words:
1. natural resources 2. conservation 3. recycle 4. fuel 5. crops 6. material 7. technology 8. ecosystem 9.environment 10.pollution 11. consumption 12. energy
They just started learning to write in cursive 2 weeks ago so she has to write all these words in cursive plus her vocabulary words too....which aren't any easier. Wouldn't "cat" be an easier word to practice? Not to mention our state standards don't even have cursive being taught in second. Caroline is a perfectionist and this makes cursive with these words misery. Of course, I tell her not to worry about it. Last week we sent a note letting her teacher know she was up till 9:30 trying to write the words and to excuse her. So her teacher made her do them in class. Most kids love learning to write in cursive.....my kid is learning to dislike it.
Oh....it feels good to vent!
1. natural resources 2. conservation 3. recycle 4. fuel 5. crops 6. material 7. technology 8. ecosystem 9.environment 10.pollution 11. consumption 12. energy
They just started learning to write in cursive 2 weeks ago so she has to write all these words in cursive plus her vocabulary words too....which aren't any easier. Wouldn't "cat" be an easier word to practice? Not to mention our state standards don't even have cursive being taught in second. Caroline is a perfectionist and this makes cursive with these words misery. Of course, I tell her not to worry about it. Last week we sent a note letting her teacher know she was up till 9:30 trying to write the words and to excuse her. So her teacher made her do them in class. Most kids love learning to write in cursive.....my kid is learning to dislike it.
Oh....it feels good to vent!
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