Third grade math is from the devil. It is seriously evil.Savannah has had four problems as homework this week that I can only refer to as Suduko on steroids. They are word problems where they only give you a few clues and then you have to figure out who did what, how much did they used of product, things like that. Like I care who did what.So this morning I emailed the teacher and cried uncle. Because seriously … she might…
My kids love to help me make grocery lists. I’ll ask what we need and they start rattling off a list a mile long. Had I asked today, I’m sure Caroline would have requested Ziploc sandwich bags due to the fact that I ran out and had to pack her entire lunch in Spider Man baggies. Something she always puts on my list are mangos. She loves them. And I am going to make sure I add them onto my…
Yesterday I was reading Beth Moore’s blog and she issued an invitation to Houston to come visit her Bible study. I thought it would be great to go but with the kids schedules I didn’t figure it would work out. Besides, I didn’t know what we were having for dinner. Now it wouldn’t be the first time I’ve left Bill with 4 hungry kids and a crop in the fields (or to put it in big city terms … a…
Over the weekend Brittany went on an overnight 5th grade retreat to learn about middle school and Caroline went to SPARK which is like a Disciple Now weekend for the youth in our church. We were excited for both girls and the things they were learning. Friday night I went to a going away party for a friend who is moving to Alaska. As she tells it, the farthest north she has ever lived is Dallas and the farthest west…
I mentioned on Friday that I’d be spending my fair share of time at Rummel Creek watching my kids square dance. Bill danced a time or two with Savannah and I got to do the chicken dance and the hokey pokey with Jacob. I couldn’t take pictures of Savannah last week the night before because she couldn’t decide between two outfits. She laid out the outfits with strict instructions for her Daddy to pick the best outfit when he got…