Ok I know it may seem I am hijacking other people's posts, but this is a really good article about boys and rather timely considering our roof-walking event this past Sunday.
All of you mother's of boys, please read. And all of you mother's of girls, please read to understand.
Warrior or Wimp:How not to raise Mama's Boys
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Today was one of those days when I questioned everything, especially homeschooling! But God, in his infinite wisdom, had already provided encouragement.
I found this post on a blog that helped me.
The Lost Children
I found this post on a blog that helped me.
The Lost Children
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Up on the rooftop, stomp, stomp, stomp...
I always knew this day would come. Here is how it all went down.
We came home from church this afternoon. Robbie was in the other room and I was in the kitchen getting lunch together, when I heard this noise. That's odd, I thought, it sounds like there is something on the roof. If you have ever been through a hurricane type storm, you know that after the storm has passed there are a lot of critters that get stirred up. So I naturally thought that it was some sort of critter that was trying to find his way back home. Albeit it sounded like a large critter, but in my drive to get the gang fed, I dismissed it. SO then I heard it again! This is the part where I raised my voice a little and said, "Robbie there is someone on our roof!" (to some this may have sounded like a scream, but I am sure it was not.) To which he replied, "No there's not!". To which I replied emphatically,"YES. THERE. IS." To placate the hallucinating wife, Robbie goes outside and guess what? There was someone on our roof. Not just any someone, but a boy someone, with the last name O'Brien. Yes my beautiful boy was on the roof. He had been thinking about this for awhile, as evidenced by the step stool on the trampoline. He was literally running on the rooftop, wind blowing in his hair, smile on his face! And what do you think was his plan for getting down? If you guessed jumping off the roof and onto the trampoline, you win! Robbie calmly explained to him the idea of angles and trajectory and if he hit the trampoline in the wrong spot he would go flying into our neighbors yard. To which my son replied, "Oh! I did not think about that!" (Thought to self, "DUH! Obviously!") With the help of dad, he finally made it down safely and all is well!
Part of me wanted to strangle him. But then another part of me wanted to tell him how proud I was of him, because he went on an adventure!
We came home from church this afternoon. Robbie was in the other room and I was in the kitchen getting lunch together, when I heard this noise. That's odd, I thought, it sounds like there is something on the roof. If you have ever been through a hurricane type storm, you know that after the storm has passed there are a lot of critters that get stirred up. So I naturally thought that it was some sort of critter that was trying to find his way back home. Albeit it sounded like a large critter, but in my drive to get the gang fed, I dismissed it. SO then I heard it again! This is the part where I raised my voice a little and said, "Robbie there is someone on our roof!" (to some this may have sounded like a scream, but I am sure it was not.) To which he replied, "No there's not!". To which I replied emphatically,"YES. THERE. IS." To placate the hallucinating wife, Robbie goes outside and guess what? There was someone on our roof. Not just any someone, but a boy someone, with the last name O'Brien. Yes my beautiful boy was on the roof. He had been thinking about this for awhile, as evidenced by the step stool on the trampoline. He was literally running on the rooftop, wind blowing in his hair, smile on his face! And what do you think was his plan for getting down? If you guessed jumping off the roof and onto the trampoline, you win! Robbie calmly explained to him the idea of angles and trajectory and if he hit the trampoline in the wrong spot he would go flying into our neighbors yard. To which my son replied, "Oh! I did not think about that!" (Thought to self, "DUH! Obviously!") With the help of dad, he finally made it down safely and all is well!
Part of me wanted to strangle him. But then another part of me wanted to tell him how proud I was of him, because he went on an adventure!
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Treasures in Jars of Clay
My husband sent this picture to me saying that when he saw it he thought of me!
I thought this was a poetic picture of the ministry of a mom! We are broken vessels that carry inside smaller jars of clay that (hopefully) give living water to others!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Playing in the rain!
OK! My children have been stuck in the house for too long! So what does any good mom do? I sent them outside to jump on the trampoline in the tropical storm. Don't panic! This was earlier this evening, before dinner, when it was just raining a little bit sideways! It really is not as bad as they show on TV! They loved it! They came in very wet, but with memories.
And here is me letting Summer play in the rain! This was before dinner and it was a little windy. There was a little rain!
We are starting to feel the wind here a lot more and it looks like it may hit land right near us, if not on top of us! So we will be stuck in the house again tomorrow. Not looking forward to it, but at least we still have electricity (which means AC!). Please let us have electricity tomorrow!
Fay!
The first day of school was Monday for us and the public schools. Then they(meaning the County) canceled public school for Tuesday and Wednesday because of Fay. But I am still schooling my poor children! They think it is incredibly unfair!We have actually been very fortunate, because we have had very little effect of the storm. It has rained, but even that has not been severe. We will see what she will do this afternoon, but so far so good!
Monday, August 18, 2008
First Day!
Well, we survived our first day of Homeschooling! I absolutely loved it! And my boys were very eager to get started, even the negative one! I had to juggle the girls, but they did pretty good too! I know that every day will not be like this, but I am glad today was!
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