After our morning devotional I announced that tomorrow the kids would sit down and write what they are thankful for so that I could hang them up around the table for Thanksgiving. We did this last year and the year before and I want to continue with the tradition.
Sveta was so excited about this activity that she began hers immediately.
Click on the picture if you want to read what she is thankful for. It is really sweet if you can deciper her spelling.
As soon as Dennis saw that I took Sveta's picture, he wanted one too.
Did you know that this boys absolute favorite thing in the whole wide world besides his Daddy is his set of real keys? He carries them around all day long, talks about them all day long, and pretends to use them all day long (like his Daddy) that literally it has become a darn good consequence to have them taken away when he misbehaves. As soon as he can, he apologizes and asks for his keys back.
Alex is so funny!
Here is Alex and Dennis being super heroes.
Last night I asked the four middle boys if they had brushed their teeth. Paul insisted that he had and when a brother tattled on him, I inspected and found that he had again lied to me. Now that he loves Gameboy and the Wii, I was able to take them away as a consequence and even threw in that he must like the dentist's buzzz-buzzz drills since he doesn't care about brushing his teeth. When I acted out the drilling and pretended to be in pain a light bulb went off. He saw that I was not happy for him lying to me and went off to brush with tears in his eyes.
Fast forward to today-- I again asked the boys if they brushed their teeth and immediately Paul said not yet and went off to brush. I playfully swatted his behind. "Thank you for telling Mama the truth." He smiled.... big.
Despite it looking like Alex is strangling the dog, he is really just loving on Dolly in the sweetest way. And Dolly was eating up all the attention.
This weekend John and the kids laid sod....
in the rain.
And it was messy.
And they ran out before the job was done so some more had to be ordered for early this week.
Rain rain go away. That would be nice.
11 inspiring thoughts:
Sveta is great! And Her spelling is not that bad! Moreover if we consider thet someone thought she cuold never read or write... Give her a super hug from me! Tell her she is always in my thoughts!
GOOD JOB SVETA!
Hi the picture of your son with the dog is really sweet.My son Sun Woo really loves our English bull dog. He is always petting her. Thanks for sharing, Pat
Hi Christine
It's lovely to catch up with the going ons of your family!!! Looks like you've been busy with the yard! My boys would sure love that mud there!!!
Hope you have a wonderful week
Renata:)
We've had the lying about the toothbrushing..If it happens I get to brush their teeth and no one wants their mom to brush their teeth...and we take away priviledges. It usually does the trick.It always amazes me how fast a toothbrush can dry after they brush :)
Do I need to show him that tooth again to remind what happens if he doens't take care of his teeth?
Rain is great, except when laying sod, concrete, etc.
What was Calebs experiment?
Svetas little list is good. Don't be too hard on her spelling. Her penmanship is a heck of a lot better than my chicken scratch.
Love + miss you all
-Cousin Matt
I can't get over Dennis. My how your baby has grown! He is such a big boy now! And girl, you MUST have some organizational secrets to share. How do you keep everyone fed and clean and to activities on time? Perhaps I will never understand. God gives us each grace for what we need. Right now is a challenging season for me with only four children! You are an inspiration. Have a blessed week!
I think that rain looks really lovely. (Though muddy.)
Sveta's list is so sweet!
Good grief Dennis and Alex are getting big :) Dennis's eye is looking amazing!
Stephanie
http://www.dirtandlace.com
I think Sveta did a very good job. She writes beautifully. And I loved the picture of Alex and the dog. Animals are very good in teaching kids empathy :-)
Sveta is so sweet! And her spelling is pretty good! Dennis looks so grown up! He is not a little baby anymore!
I really dont like that dennis is looking so old. What the heck. Dont let him grow up!!!! all of a sudden he looks like a little man and not a toddler
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