Happenings

*I often struggle with what to feed the kids for lunch.  Our mornings are so full with school and chores most days I haven't even given it a thought.  The other day I made a salad bar for the kids.  I wasn't sure how the kids would respond but they loved it.  Makes my day when I score like that!  As I was making her salad, Greta informed me that she does not like the 'oke of her hard boiled egg, she just wanted the white part.

*It's 6:13 a.m. and all my kids are still sleeping.   That's a big deal around here.  I am grateful for these mornings where the sun is still not shining.

*My kids have always been a bit obsessed with Playmobile (sp?) but I've never bought it for them.  I recently had a friend from church babysit and she brought bins of it and she let us keep it for a few extra days.  Aaron was in heaven.

*This school year I have been teaching Greta how to read.  I've used the same method for all my kids, a  book entitled, Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons.   We are a quarter of the way through the book and it's so fun to see her little mind take off.  Yesterday she read, "The cat is sad.  The cat is sick."