The Most Precious Birthday Letter Ever Written!

I altered the names of course.  I thought it was the sweetest thing Ramona has ever written.  What a stark contrast to her “I Hate School” paper. 

She wrote CP this letter and placed it on his bed the night before his birthday.  I found it on his bed in the morning and read it to him.  I love that girl!

“I Hate School” Written by an Unhappy Homeschooled Child of 8 Precious Years Old

I just have to laugh.  She came to me this morning and asked if she could write a story about how stupid school is.  Of course I said, “yes.”  I’m all for writing!  If I were really hard-nosed, I would point out all of her mistakes and make her rewrite it.  Haven’t decided if I will or not.  But could be a great tool.  This is definitely a keeper! 

For your benefit, Chinnes is Chinese.  O is Oh.  Grramme is grammar.

Oh, and she apparently still needs SCHOOL:)

Got to love self-expression!

Note To Self

Place only one 7 oz bag of alphabet pasta into homemade chicken noodle soup instead of two.

Sunriver Oregon

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

 

We took a much needed break from reality last week.  We spent several nights at a house in Sunriver.  We managed to fit in quite a few activities and had a glorious time spending time together.  The kids and I went up Wed. and Daddy’O followed on Thursday.  We all came home together and stopped at Richardson’s Rock Ranch on the way home for some thunderegg digging.  What a blast.  We could have spent all day there!  It was so much fun digging up hidden treasures.  They were a dollar a pound, so we had to be careful with how many we dug.  We got out of there for under forty, so I was happy.  God is good to provide such beauty and fun for us to enjoy!

Let’s Have a Do-Over

Today was one of those days that every mother hates. 

We actually started out on a fun note by stopping in at our local Krispy Cream.  We haven’t been there in about a year or so, and thought it might be a fun treat. 

Well because we were out by some other stores, I thought we should run a few errands.  We stopped in at some large box stores too. 

I’ll skip the gory details all to say by the end of the day, Ramona was not getting any sugar until Wed., playing with any friends outside until Thursday, and was already grounded from her bike until Friday.  A few other consequences were thrown in there as well, but we can’t list those  

Whew!!! What a day.  After all that I put CP to bed and told the others that they could stay up until 7:45 and then were to go to bed.  They were aloud to read for an hour and then it was lights out.  Daddy’O was already in bed and I left to go clean a few bathrooms at my folks’ house.  While I was there Ramona called –Now if you had known what kind of day she had (how utterly -we’ll just say “disrespectful” she was to me) you would not have recognized her voice–she had the sweetest, most precious little voice. 

I think God made her eye itch just so she would call me and let me hear her precious voice from afar.  There is no way I could stay upset or frustrated at a little girl with such a sweet and tender voice.

Twisted Logic and the Job Jar

I have to laugh at my daughter’s twisted logic.  The job jar came back from a Summer sabbatical and is now getting a good workout.  Ramona is refusing to do what she is told so she can pick a job from the “job jar.”  She just laughs and says, “no.”  Yipee, I get to pick a job from the job jar.  Now, if I asked her to do a job, she would say no to that too.  Boy, I’m gonna get a lot of stuff done today.  She has already cleaned the bathroom mirror and is now dusting for ten minutes.  I’m gonna have to add more jobs to the list.  What’s going to happen when she picks one she doesn’t like?

So Sweet!

3D’s Baptism

3D decided he was ready to profess his faith publicly Sunday in the river.  It couldn’t have been a more beautiful day for it.  Daddy’O did the honors.  I was so proud of the way he spoke clearly about why he made the decision to be baptized.  I missed the actual dunking on camera, but caught it all on video.  He kept saying, “I can’t believe I’m going to be baptized.”  He was so happy.  What a gift to be able to witness my child growing in his faith.

Where is the Time Going???

I just looked at the date of my last post and I can’t believe it has been longer than a month.  I’ll have to catch up, but for now I’m off to get a shower.  I know almost 1 in the afternoon is kinda late for a shower, but I’ve just been takin’ it easy and relaxing this morning.  I better get it done though before someone comes knockin at my door.

Cousins and Parties

I’m thankful to God for providing me with a sister.  It is fun living nearby and having cousins for the kids to play with. 

We had a 40th birthday party for my sister and a 50th birthday party for her husband all on the same day.  They were so kind to have birthdays so close together for easy planning!