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The children had a dental check up today and I must have some of the only kids that like the dentist. A couple of them kept saying how much they LOVE the dentist! I personally think it has more to do with the fancier toothbrushes and nifty flossers they get;) #4 sat in the big chair all by himself this time. He looked so cute and tiny in that chair.

silliness

Earlier this week we had a lot of howling cold wind. #2 says in a voice of despair "When will winter ever end?"
Poor child has yet to be introduced to a real winter yet!


The children were all playing with the play kitchen. #4 starts walking away and then turns around, sticks his hand out and says "Pause! I'll be right back."

Nothing like the little one ruling the bunch! And to hear his little 2 year old voice saying pause had me cracking up!

Homeschooling

Just thought I'd post this article if you wish to read something about homeschooling. Sounds similar to what I've heard around here in different circles. Guess different countries might not be so different after all.

I've got some bread ready to go in the oven-I love the smell of dough rising(and baking)! Unfortunately it took me all day to get it going so now I have to stay up and wait for it to finish. "Late" night snack anyone? Doesn't warm bread with melted butter sound yummy!

the camera cord has been found(too bad my glasses weren't) so here are some random pictures from the last month.

Sew

#2 has taken an interest in sewing. We got the children some books from Keepers of the Faith at Christmas. They have projects and activities in them which I thought would be a great balance to their learning. So we started working on sewing this week. She has learned to thread and knot the needle and is working on her running stitch. Has been doing great and is eager to learn more. I've been able to catch up on some mending that has piled up as she practiced so it's been good for me too!

#4 has decided that he likes going to bible study after all. He ran in yesterday and had disappeared before I had even wrote out his name tag. So now we just have #3 who is slightly unsure about the whole thing. I should be in #3's class next week helping out so it will be interesting to see him in class. I know he likes class but never has liked the actual leaving me part. He does that at home too though, generally a little sad when I leave giving me a million kisses first. He is also very sweet with the baby. He always kisses the baby(belly) goodnight when he kisses me goodnight. Sometimes randomly throughout the day also. Love the kisses!

Life is slowly back to normal

I am starting to feel better, still not great but functioning more normally than I was. This is a big surprise to #4 who has probably been getting away with more than he should-he has not liked having to sit on his time out rug the last few days.

We had a great kick-off to my bible study Wednesday. I am so excited for our spring study! I think I'm going to be in the class studying Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World. So many good studies being offered it was hard to decide, but I think this is where I'm suppose to go.

Children are doing well being silly and goofy. We went to the zoo last weekend, late in the afternoon which is unusual for us but as mornings aren't my thing that's when we ended up getting there. We saw so many animals closer than ever before-the zebras and giraffe's were just a few feet from us. We also got to see the tiger cubs, so cute! I think they are between 8-12 weeks now so they are already quite big. We have 3 at the zoo, one was snoozing while the other two wrestled around.
Anyway I have pictures of children and animals but the camera cord is still missing so for now they are locked away.

If you could add Shuang Shuying to your prayer list. You can find out a little bit more about her from this link.
I have had a heart for the Chinese lately. The Christian Chinese face much persecution, please join my in praying for our brothers and sisters in Christ.
While you are praying please include our own government in your prayers.

life, silliness and the ugly

It's been a strange week around here. I was all prepared to lose power again due to a huge storm we were suppose to have. They even closed schools and city/state offices on Friday day yet all was for not. Yes the North Shore did get huge waves and the beaches were rightly closed yet the storm and 40-60mph winds never did appear. I suppose that was for the best although I must admit it was slightly disappointing.
We had a big chill Saturday and Sunday. It was almost see your breathe when you wake up cold. I talked to several people Sunday and we all agreed that it made us snuggle under our blankets much longer because no one wanted to get up in the cold! Suppose to get a another cold spell Wednesday/Thursday. We have no heat and the bedrooms are on the lower level which is usually a good thing but when it gets unusually cold for us I wish for warmer pj's and am thankful that I don't have to deal with cold mornings very often!
The children seem to have taking the cooler mornings in stride. They woke up Saturday and were ice skating in the hallway. We have tile in the hallway downstairs so they slipped on some socks and warmer clothing and were skating along. Now the funnier thing was tile is rather cold so they didn't just put on one pair of socks but several pairs so the cold tile won't easily go through the sock!

Onto more serious of matters. I'd love to hear what to do with a child who steals.
Stores do nothing at this point, we take the child to return and pay and apologize and would love the store to scare her and treat it more seriously but so far this hasn't happened. We've had many talks doesn't get through punishment of paying for the items or working to pay for it doesn't help. I'm at the point I don't want to take her anywhere because she can't be trusted. We do have a neighbor who is a police officer and mentioned to her that we might be having a talk with him. Just at a slight loss in how to get through to her, she seems to understand this is a serious issue yet it keeps happening.