Can't Say Much

Ben received a microscope for his birthday (in December). He has been looking at some of the pre-made slides that came with the kit. All is well. We keep talking about getting some dirty canal water to view... or some water from Grandma's fish pond. Cool!

Talk is cheap! The other day while I was making supper, Ben came to me and said, "Come look at what I'm viewing. It's hair Mom." He skipped back to the table and I followed. I put my eye in the eyepiece and said, "Wow. This is neat." As I was looking at the hair I commented, "Where did you get this?" Then the terrible thoughts came GUSHING into my head... YOUR HAIR - I screamed. Glenn came running from his office, thinking I had cut my hand off or something. There it was - an inch and a half of bangs lying on the slide, table and some pitched out the back door.

Good thing hair grows! (We paid a visit to Joe's Barber Shop the next day.)

Extra-Curric Activities #7

With the coming of a New Year, it was nice to see Ben's soccer team and Nick's soccer team - come to a close. It was also nice to see Zach's swim team take the winter off to gear up for the summer.

To me, this means - I CAN ACTUALLY NOW BE A stay-at-home MOM! I do not have to farm the boys out. I do not have to "pluck"Emma from her naptime. I do not have to fill up the van each week. I do not have to remember EVERYONE'S schedule for the moment! I do not have to remember which boy I left wherever it was he was suppose to go - and then pick him up! :)

This week we entered into a new sport! BASKETBALL! We have never done this one before, but Zachary is going to show us how it's done! He had his first game on Saturday and he did GREAT! The season is short (8 weeks) with games on Saturday and practice only once during the week.

Did I fail to mention that I signed Ben, Zach and Nick up for Little League which starts next month. How we will do this one - I'm not sure yet FOR they all will be on different teams because of their ages. (Good thing Chris is NOT eligible this year!)

Tickle Your Funny Bone

The other night at Family Night we gathered to write down our "2007 New Year's Revolutions" as per Zachary.

And just the other night as the dishes were being cleared, all were jumping around, crashing into each other and just acting crazy before bed... Ben was still finishing up his supper when he commented, "Mom, do you think we stress discipline enough in our family..." How would YOU respond to that???

VAKE UP!

Vake Up! is heard around our house quite often. It's also heard at full lung capacity at church when anyone by eyesight is caught nodding the head. It's heard as Emma peeks into Glenn's office at 10am or 4pm - VAKE UP! It's her favorite phrase to say!

Kindergarten

This is Nicholas and his K teacher Mrs. Pinnt after the Christmas Program and Party. Nick loves school and just loves to learn. Mrs. Pinnt has expressed with us that if she could clone any one child in her class, it would be Nick. He is always willing to help and is always listening!

Christmas 2006

The kids slept in till after 8am... that was the BEST Christmas present EVER!


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Still, it seemed as if we had JUST gotten to bed... Zachary got hit by the stomach-flu bug around 2am which put a twist into the night. BUT - before he went to bed that night he commented that his stomach didn't feel quite right. He took a bowl with him to bed and I am proud to say "HE HIT THE BOWL!" Not a SPOT on the sheets. Yes, that was the BEST Christmas present a Mother could ask for.

Some cute pics of the morning... finally, a dollhouse!

I will protect you all...



And if he can't protect you, then I will!



I will NOT protect you... but you may fall asleep listening to my voice!

Extra-Curric Activities #6

Of all the activities we are involved in around our home, the most rewarding for Mom is the piano. I remember taking lessons each week from Mrs. Widowson in David City NE. She charged $1.50 per half-hour lesson. (This was expensive too.) My Mom would drop my two older brothers off with me and we'd all take lessons. We'd have to wait for each other. We'd do our homework and stuff while we waited. Mom went to do the weekly grocery shopping.

Now, Ben is getting into it. He just performed the "Hallejulah Chorus" for his Christmas program. It had a lot of chords and lots of "stretching of fingers" and he did just wonderful! I had to stay home with sick children, but Glenn videotaped it. If only I could figure out how to get it onto this blog... that Apple is looking better all the time. (Hope Glenn doesn't read this.)

This is a wonderful talent that Benjamin is developing. I hope he continues to love it! Zach is patiently waiting till he's eight - then he wants to start.