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R1 and R2 made their Celtic brooches to wear on their cloaks while R3 napped on Wed, here is a pic of the finished product on Thurs.
He was disappointed when I said I would not paint his face blue. R3 did some lacing while the bigs did their worksheets.
And then the girls did some bean sorting while R1 finished up his math.
We had a great time at Six Flags on Tuesday. I’m still worn out from it!! My sweet, wonderful friend Catherine invited us to stay with her and her awesome family at their cabin in Mentone this past weekend and it was a BLAST! The kids all got along WONDERFULLY and we all had so much fun! There were quite a few firsts: R1′s first time driving (a golf cart, but driving on his own, no less) I got to lay around and read (TWO books) on the SC BOE’s new Nook (shhh!), which I quickly fell in love with. And have wonderful conversations with Catherine and the other adults. I am enamored with Catherine’s amazing parents and thoroughly enjoyed having morning coffee on their back porch with them three mornings in a row – they are delightful to be around and an inspiration. I, of course, took a ton of pics. Not as many as I normally would have but I was trying to BE in the moment and not just photograph it. It was hard! LOL So, enough talk, here’s some pics (click to enlarge):
And a video of the Hillbilly Skiing:
My wonderful husband helped them make cards while I was at the movies with a friend last night. (He also did this for Mother's Day). It makes me feel SO loved!!
Here's a pic Seester took of us on Mother's day
We left for Atlanta on Tuesday and though we didn’t get to stay as long as we had planned or do everything we wanted, we had a great time. Rough timeline of our trip: Ikea
It’s been eight years since I became a mom. Eight years that have truly flown by. At this end of those eight years I have a wonderful son who is growing up to be a wonderful man. A man! A MAN! He will be a man before I know it. Ok, I’ve calmed down. He’s wonderful. Truly. We went to a family conference at our church this weekend and I was blown away by what God is doing with him. His teachers have told me before that he’s smart and they all love him but I hadn’t really seen how God is working in him until this weekend. Not only did he know the answers about the Great Commandment and the Armor of God but he KNEW them, he’s internalized them, he BELIEVES them and GETS them and is truly trying to live them out as best as an 8yo can. I found, sitting in that room, listening to my wonderful son recite these things that HE is an inspiration to ME. Happy 8th Birthday to my WONDERFUL son.
15. the way my son adores his sisters, even when people are watching. The kids and I took two bags of bread to the park yesterday to feed the crazy geese and ducks.
The geese are crazy. SERIOUSLY. They will just come up and TAKE the bread if you aren’t throwing it fast enough. One even snipped R3′s fingers, poor thing, she LOST it. In the bottom pic, you can see the goose going airborne to get the bread from R1! Afterward we played on the playground for a bit. R1 made a friend, of course, and took off so it was me and the girls for the most part.
A few of my faves from this last week. R3 and Juju had a blast playing in the leaves.
We went to the park on a very windy day and the girls decided to play in the dirt.. this was the result.
I was making dinner and came into the living room to find this:
I set up the sandbox for the kids today.
 this is what R3 calls R1 and R2. The Guys. As in, “Mommy, why don’t the guys have to go to bed now?” Or, “I can’t go to bed, the guys are in my spot!” I love it.
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