Last night Doodle Bug was writing a thank you letter to someone and she did a very good job. When she was finished with it and addressed the envelop I told her "Do you realize that you just did school work?" She gave me this half blank half confused look and said "I did? When?" I told her "When you wrote that letter to Miss Nancy." She takes a second to think and says "Really?" I reply "Yes, you learned how to write letters and address envelopes this year. Remember all of those practice letters you would write in your workbook and the fake envelopes you would fill out?" "Yes," she replied "I don't think I want to write anymore letters."
Ha!
She has this mental thing about schoolwork being boring and dull. But the funny thing is, she'll spend her free time (if she's not playing) by adding up items in her pretend store, or writing letters to us, or even talking about inclined planes and rocks, without even realizing it! This is why learning is so much fun. It's SO diverse, interesting, and stretching. You can learn anywhere and anytime about anything! She's applying these precious skills throughout the day without even realizing it.
I hope someday she has a hunger for learning. There's always something new to learn, new to explore. Take God's Word for example. You can read the same chapter or book every day for a week and each day you'll learn something new. Repeat this for the rest of your life and imagine the richess and gold you can store in your heart about our great Teacher!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Duh!
I forgot two very awesome things that have happened recently.
Number two (I'll count down this time): Ryan and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary on Easter Sunday. We went out to the movies, went to Dairy Queen, and then walked around Lake Ella. We haven't been out on a date since before Buddy Boy was born. We usually wait until the kids fall asleep at night and then we'll watch a movie or listen to a sermon or do something. It's great, but actually being OUT of the house together was wonderful!!
Number one, in early March we went on a field trip to the Jacksonville Zoo. It was so much fun! The kids loved being able to see the animals - espcially the "I-no" as Buddy calls the rhino. Doodle is old enough now she could read the signs that told about the animals, so she had a great time running ahead of us and telling us all about the animals we were seeing. It was a cool day, but thankfully almost all of the animals were out and about, so we could see them doing more than just laying around. I was going to post some pictures here, but only have them on Shutterfly right now.. I'll see about putting some up from the home computer later on.
Number two (I'll count down this time): Ryan and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary on Easter Sunday. We went out to the movies, went to Dairy Queen, and then walked around Lake Ella. We haven't been out on a date since before Buddy Boy was born. We usually wait until the kids fall asleep at night and then we'll watch a movie or listen to a sermon or do something. It's great, but actually being OUT of the house together was wonderful!!
Number one, in early March we went on a field trip to the Jacksonville Zoo. It was so much fun! The kids loved being able to see the animals - espcially the "I-no" as Buddy calls the rhino. Doodle is old enough now she could read the signs that told about the animals, so she had a great time running ahead of us and telling us all about the animals we were seeing. It was a cool day, but thankfully almost all of the animals were out and about, so we could see them doing more than just laying around. I was going to post some pictures here, but only have them on Shutterfly right now.. I'll see about putting some up from the home computer later on.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
A lot has happened in the last two and a half weeks.
Ryan chipped his tooth while biting on a pen cap (he does that sometimes). Little Man broke and badly cut his toe while cleaning up his plate from dinner on the same night as Doodle's first softball game. Lulu and Doodle have been sick with hay fever. Doodle Bug ended up getting a very bad ear infection and had to get some strong antibiotics. Work has been very busy. Closing in on the end of the fiscal year, seeing what money we might have leftover (if any) and trying to budget for an even tighter year next fiscal year. Been busy!
I fell into the routine the week before last of sleeping through my alarm (or turning it off actually) and waking up with the kids. Problem with that is, when I wake up before the kiddos is when I have my Bible time. I get to read and soak up all the goodness He has for me. I tried bringing my Bible to work with me and reading during lunch breaks, but wouldn't you know, I'd be too busy for a lunch break or something else would pop up... Last week I was better, I made an effort to get it read. This week I've gotten up every morning (although this morning was very hard for some reason). My days go SO much better when I take the time to start the day out right. I have energy to get everything accomplished, I have guidance of what to do at certain times, I have more patience for my lovely children, I have time for my husband. Amazing! I'm trying to keep Ssatan from having a foot hold. Pray for me on this.
On a different note, I'm attempting to finish my AA degree by the summer time. I only have five classes left, but between working full-time and having a family to care for I can only get in one class a semester and I only go two semesters a year (I need a break sometimes). I've really enjoyed the break, but now I need to push through and get it finished. I looked up some Bachelor's degrees at our local university and would love to go into Business Management somehow, but I don't have the required classes for the program. So I may just go back to what everything teacher I've ever had has always told me.. Get a degree in English. I LOVE reading and writing - am having a joy teaching Doodle Bug (who's gotten very good). So maybe that's what I'll do.. who knows. I'm trying to see where He's directing me, I just need to pay attention to what He's saying!
Hope and pray whomever reads this is doing well.
Ryan chipped his tooth while biting on a pen cap (he does that sometimes). Little Man broke and badly cut his toe while cleaning up his plate from dinner on the same night as Doodle's first softball game. Lulu and Doodle have been sick with hay fever. Doodle Bug ended up getting a very bad ear infection and had to get some strong antibiotics. Work has been very busy. Closing in on the end of the fiscal year, seeing what money we might have leftover (if any) and trying to budget for an even tighter year next fiscal year. Been busy!
I fell into the routine the week before last of sleeping through my alarm (or turning it off actually) and waking up with the kids. Problem with that is, when I wake up before the kiddos is when I have my Bible time. I get to read and soak up all the goodness He has for me. I tried bringing my Bible to work with me and reading during lunch breaks, but wouldn't you know, I'd be too busy for a lunch break or something else would pop up... Last week I was better, I made an effort to get it read. This week I've gotten up every morning (although this morning was very hard for some reason). My days go SO much better when I take the time to start the day out right. I have energy to get everything accomplished, I have guidance of what to do at certain times, I have more patience for my lovely children, I have time for my husband. Amazing! I'm trying to keep Ssatan from having a foot hold. Pray for me on this.
On a different note, I'm attempting to finish my AA degree by the summer time. I only have five classes left, but between working full-time and having a family to care for I can only get in one class a semester and I only go two semesters a year (I need a break sometimes). I've really enjoyed the break, but now I need to push through and get it finished. I looked up some Bachelor's degrees at our local university and would love to go into Business Management somehow, but I don't have the required classes for the program. So I may just go back to what everything teacher I've ever had has always told me.. Get a degree in English. I LOVE reading and writing - am having a joy teaching Doodle Bug (who's gotten very good). So maybe that's what I'll do.. who knows. I'm trying to see where He's directing me, I just need to pay attention to what He's saying!
Hope and pray whomever reads this is doing well.
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