Father's Day 2010

I will be the first to admit that I'm terrible when it comes to holidays. With the exception of Christmas all other holidays just seem to sneak up on me. But this year I really wanted to do better. Big C is a great dad and works so hard for our family. I usually have the boys make a card. But since the fire I've really been convicted about clutter. Cards are nice but in the end it's still paper and paper clutter is something I just don't know what to do with. So this year we opted for making gifts. Big Guy was extremely proud of the duct tape wallet he made.

Now before I show you what Little Guy made you have to promise not to break into my house. It's a place for Dad to hide his valuables. O.K. since you promised, LG made a secret safe.

Finally was our group project. Like I said Big C is a great dad and he works really hard for our family but recently he had somethings that had really got him down. I wanted to remind him that he's still a super hero to us.

I wish could say that all these things were my great ideas but as usual my great plans came from the web. Be sure to check out the links for lots of other cool stuff.

One last B-day post

Pumpkin Potpourri Week

I think I may have have found someone who loves fall as much as me. :) Go by & check out all the great pumpkin stuff. My fave was the quick pumpkin pudding. Last year we spooned this into a graham cracker crust to use as our substitute pie because both my little guys are allergic to egg. It worked really well.

I blinked & now I have a 5yr old

W, I can't believe you're 5. You are my unexpected blessing. Here are some of your best moments.

Happy Mother's Day

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Here's an email that I received this week. This is for you Mom!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

This is for the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in their arms, wiping up puke laced with Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying, "It's okay honey, Mommy's here".

Who have sat in rocking chairs for hours on end soothing crying babies who can't be comforted. This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in their hair and milk stains on their blouses and diapers in their purse.

For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew Halloween costumes. And all the mothers who DON'T.

This is for the mothers who gave birth to babies they'll never see. And the mothers who took those babies and gave them homes.

This is for the mothers whose priceless art collections are hanging on their refrigerator doors.

And for all the mothers who froze their buns on metal bleachers at football , hockey or soccer games instead of watching from the warmth of their cars, so that when their kids asked, "Did you see me, Mom?" they could say, "Of course, I wouldn't have missed it for the world," and mean it.

This is for all the mothers who yell at their kids in the grocery store and swat them in despair when they stomp their feet and scream for ice cream before dinner. And for all the mothers who count to ten instead, but realize how child abuse happens.

This is for all the mothers who sat down with their children and explained all about making babies. And for all the (grand) mothers who wanted to, but just couldn't find the words.

This is for all the mothers who go hungry, so their children can eat.

For all the mothers who read "Goodnight, Moon"
twice a night for a year.
And then read it again. "Just one more time."

This is for all the mothers who taught their children to tie their shoelaces before they started school. And for all the mothers who opted for Velcro instead.

This is for all the mothers who teach their sons to cook and their daughters to sink a jump shot.

This is for every mother whose head turns automatically when a little voice calls "Mom?" in a crowd, even though they know their own offspring are at home -- or even away at college.

This is for all the mothers who sent their kids to school with stomach aches, assuring them they'd be just FINE once they got there, only to get calls from the school nurse an hour later asking them to please pick them up. Right away.

This is for mothers whose children have gone astray, who can't find the words to reach them.

For all the mothers who bite their lips until they bleed when their 14 year olds dye their hair green.

For all the mothers of the victims of recent school shootings, and the mothers of those who did the shooting.

For the mothers of the survivors, and the mothers who sat in front of their TVs in horror, hugging their child who just came home from school, safely.

This is for all the mothers who taught their children to be peaceful, and now pray they come home safely from a war.

What makes a good Mother anyway?

Is it patience? Compassion? Broad hips? The ability to nurse a baby, cook dinner, and sew a button on a shirt, all at the same time?

Or is it in her heart? Is it the ache you feel when you watch your son or daughter disappear down the street, walking to school alone for the very first time?

The jolt that t takes you from sleep to dread, from bed to crib at 2 A.M.
to put your hand on the back of a sleeping baby?

The panic, years later, that comes again at 2 A.M. when you just want to hear their key in the door and know they are safe again in your home?

Or the need to flee from wherever you are and hug your child when you hear news of a fire, a car accident, a child dying?

The emotions of motherhood are universal and so our thoughts are for young mothers stumbling through diaper changes and sleep deprivation...

And mature mothers learning to let go.

For working mothers and stay-at-home mothers.

Single mothers and married mothers.

Mothers with money, mothers without.

This is for you all. For all of us.

Hang in there. In the end we can only do the best we can.
Tell them every
day that we love them. And pray.

New Again

Our pastor used this song and a similar video for our Maundy Thursday & Easter services this week. Turn off the music on the side . This is really powerful!

Easter Fun

I juse now got our Easter picture up on the computer. Our most fun project was our Easter card exchange w/ our FIAR friends. Fireman thinks it's really cool to have buddies all over the world that do the same lessons that he does. Here is the card they made.

Here are the great cards that we received in the mail. These are now sored safely in their treasure boxes.

We had a day of jelly bean math.

An of coarse Easter goodies.

This weeks agenda

This is a work in progress. So. we'll see how it plays out.
Monday- St Patty's Day Party
Tuesday - Start Benjamin's Box . Decorate our own box
Palm leaf Craft.
Wednesday- Paper lace craft coin keeper. Ours looked like this only we used card stock, yarn, & Velcro. Started salt dough crafts. We we made one to look like a loaf of bread and some shaped like eggs. ( FM made a crown of thorns & nails too.)
Thursday- Paint Salt dough ornaments. Praying hands stained glass craft. (scroll about half way down) Practiced a simple braid w/ 3 strips of leather. Used plastic lace to make friendship bracelets.
Friday- Discuss the thorns ,the nail ,the dice, the cloth, & stone. Paint a stone.
Saturday- Empty Eggs (That morning when they get up their I will have their Easter Buckets sitting on the table w/ empty eggs. Then on Sunday the eggs will be filled w/ candy. Just as the risen Christ fills our hearts w/ Joy.)