love notes

 i left the white board in the upstairs hallway.  ive been writing mostly verses for the kids to read.  joey also uses it to write letters. anyways.  i was putting joey to bed and found this question on the board from ellie...she asked " do you love me?"  so i replied.  then she replied back.  i love her!

ive noticed a jump in her wanting to read, speall and write notes.  she was given a book for christmas with a neat pen, stamps and stickers. (thanks aunty!) and she carries it around with her. she calls it her "homework book" and is often found writing away in it.  ill keep the book when shes done with it to save for when shes older. too cute!

 we left the house after the big, bad storm that hit on wed.  the storm was pathetic. we got about 4". boo!  but i did get my storm chips and enjoyed myself. i really do want  a HUGE storm to hit!  bring it on winter!

anyways, we left the house to return very over due books.  chris joined us. and i enjoyed watching the kids play
thanks for the socks ursi!  these are my most fav pair. LOVE them!

 reading books to each other

 on the way out we found the man who takes and sets up the christmas decorations. so we spent some time watching him.  it was kinda neat to see

 we are such home schoolers. ha

 nothing like a sucker and a movie before bed on a cold day, complete with the remote. she has the power. ha

 i passed baby doll on the way to the kitchen. looks like she ate her supper. ha

we did school this week!  2 days!  i introduced 2 new subjects to nate and 1 to ellie. it went REALLY well!!!  joey even sat in on all of ellies lessons.  im looking forward to the new yr and all it will bring

i was praying and asking god to give me a word or direction for school/life with the kids and this verse shouted at me

Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. and do everything in love.  1 cor 16:13 

this is the verse for us.  ive been really focusing on the last part this past fall "do everything in love"  the kids and i have had so many opportunities to practice this...with each other, with strangers and every day situations. 

i have also decided to include bible time every day with the kids.  bec of the age gap with the girls and nate, im doing a smaller bible chat with the girls.  we just read a story and talk about it, etc...nate is able to handle more mature chat.  its neat to see him really coming into his own.  he has so many questions and i encourage him to ask and we always go to the word for answers.  the other day he really felt low and sad, questioning his existence and every thing seems pointless. so i told him to go read the book of ecclesiastics. he did and came out yelling "POINTLESS! ITS ALL POINTLESS" lol. he got the point and we had a great chat about it

joey funny- she picked up her bible and told me she was going to read her bible to me.  she sat on the couch and said "jesus said that he he will make ellies tummy all better" and he did.

thats just a quick peek into us.  how are you?

Posted by mel at 11:14 AM