More Summer Stuff

Sorry for the light blogging lately...man, packing your house up is hard work with three little kids running around! I am not complaining (mostly:))because I am well aware of how many women would love to have children and can't and it breaks my heart...but it is hard, at times. I spent the early part of this week feeling constantly guilty because my kids wanted to play with me and I had to pack! I realized by Wednesday (a few tantrums and bad attitudes later) that I had become too consumed with it and I needed to just enjoy my children. Much better days at our house!


You're looking at the band "Blackout" in action. Seth chose the
name...notice his mismatched pj's, Josie in her Dora undies,
and their handmade sheet music Seth insisted on.

Another of Seth's creations. He wanted Gabe and Josie in the
picture, but only if they crossed their arms for it.

Gabe playing second base for the Lumber Kings

Blurry shot, but he made a good snag that thrilled him to

death. When he's not socializing during the game, he's a good

little ball player ;)

Sleeping Buddies

Every night before I go to bed, I go in and check on our kids and sometimes pray over them, too. Although the boys have bunk beds, they have slept together on the bottom bunk forever. We have tried to separate them, telling them they would have more room and probably sleep better if they slept alone...but to no avail. It has even become a bargaining tool for them ("You need to be nicer or I'm not going to sleep with you tonight" and the other quickly agrees to be nicer, etc.). I can only think of one time in the last year that they started out sleeping apart because they were upset with each other, but when I went to check on them a few hours later, they had already apparently reconciled and were sleeping together as usual. Last night, I went in to give them kisses (is there anything more precious than sleeping children?!!) and found them like this. Someday they will be embarrassed by this, I'm sure. Seth is our resident snuggler...someday his wife may appreciate this.

Fishing at Kent Park

We took the kids fishing today at Kent Park. I was so thankful to get outside and enjoy the day, because I had been attending teacher workshops all week from 8 to 4:30-I am not used to sitting still all day! I took a class called Visual Phonics and really liked it. It is a helpful strategy for hearing-impaired students, students with speech articulation difficulties, students with Down Syndrome, and all other students, as well. I was teaching Josie the hand cues to spell her name, and she loved it. I digress...sorry! Anyway, the kids each caught a fish and were very happy about that. They lasted for two hours before they said, "Is it time to go home now?" Good times. Oh, and Josie asked Nile if she could put her fish back in the water by herself and then proceeded to grab it out of his hand and throw it in the water!