The kids pray each night before bed. Some nights we tell them what to pray for, but many nights we just ask them to pray what is on their hearts. It touches us to hear the prayers from their hearts which are so genuine, simple, and so meaningful. Just want to remember these prayers from tonight.
N:
Dear God,
Help me to have wisdom, and help me to believe in you more.
In Jesus name,
Amen
T-Max:
Dear God,
Thank you for Jesus dying on the cross for my sins. And thank you for finding my black and green car.
In Jesus name we pray,
Amen
I need more wisdom, and I need help to believe in Him more. And I need God's help in finding my purple notebook that's been missing for a few months that has lots of notes important to me. Thanks kiddos for inspiring me with your prayers!
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Friday, April 08, 2011
Field Trip to National Postal Museum 3/29
I'm on a roll here. It's makes it easy when Peter uploads to flickr. :)
At the end of March we went on a field trip to the National Postal Museum, and then hit the cherry blossoms after while we were downtown. It was a great day! We especially like the FDR Memorial. I definitely want to go back again. Pics on flickr.
Here are a few that capture our day:
As Zay was driving the truck, I said, "honk, honk!" and instead of using the horn, he squeezed his nose and said, "honk, honk!"
Learning about the different modes of mail delivery
N asked Peter to take each picture so that when you move the dial back and forth in the view mode, it would look like she's doing the stayin' alive move (that's not what she called it though). That girl is so funny!
Family Pic
Where's T-Max?
At the end of March we went on a field trip to the National Postal Museum, and then hit the cherry blossoms after while we were downtown. It was a great day! We especially like the FDR Memorial. I definitely want to go back again. Pics on flickr.
Here are a few that capture our day:
As Zay was driving the truck, I said, "honk, honk!" and instead of using the horn, he squeezed his nose and said, "honk, honk!"
Learning about the different modes of mail delivery
N asked Peter to take each picture so that when you move the dial back and forth in the view mode, it would look like she's doing the stayin' alive move (that's not what she called it though). That girl is so funny!
Family Pic
Where's T-Max?
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Zay 20 months
Just want to get down some of the things that Zay is saying these days:
Abba, ready, eat!
Translation: Abba. The food's ready. Come eat! - to call him down to eat with us.
Datter. Abba. Detch. = Faster. Abba. Catch.
Translation: Go faster. We need to catch Abba! - One day in the car with me behind dad, trying to catch up to his car.
I-wunnit. = I want it. (I think he thinks this may be one word.)
Wok. Outtide. = Crocs. Outside.
Translation: Put on my crocs, I want to go outside!
Anytime, he wants to go outside, the first thing he yells is "wok" for his crocs.
Wun some. = Want some.
Translation: I want some. - usually pointing to food.
He's definitely putting two or three words together, especially when it comes to a name and something that belongs to that person or a person and then an action word. It's exciting to see him communicate, and so fun to see his reaction when he's understood, especially after being misunderstood. But when I can't understand what he's saying, I just defer to N or T-Max, who seem to understand what he is saying better than I do.
He loves reading. Some of his favorite books, just to name a few so I can remember.
Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs by Sandra Boyton
My Very First 100 Words from Priddy Books
Abba, ready, eat!
Translation: Abba. The food's ready. Come eat! - to call him down to eat with us.
Datter. Abba. Detch. = Faster. Abba. Catch.
Translation: Go faster. We need to catch Abba! - One day in the car with me behind dad, trying to catch up to his car.
I-wunnit. = I want it. (I think he thinks this may be one word.)
Wok. Outtide. = Crocs. Outside.
Translation: Put on my crocs, I want to go outside!
Anytime, he wants to go outside, the first thing he yells is "wok" for his crocs.
Wun some. = Want some.
Translation: I want some. - usually pointing to food.
He's definitely putting two or three words together, especially when it comes to a name and something that belongs to that person or a person and then an action word. It's exciting to see him communicate, and so fun to see his reaction when he's understood, especially after being misunderstood. But when I can't understand what he's saying, I just defer to N or T-Max, who seem to understand what he is saying better than I do.
He loves reading. Some of his favorite books, just to name a few so I can remember.
Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs by Sandra Boyton
My Very First 100 Words from Priddy Books
10 Years Ago
Almost 10 years ago exactly, Peter proposed to me (on 4.27.2001) at Harper's Ferry. It was our 2 year anniversary of dating, and we had both taken the day off to celebrate together. Peter's plans fell through, so he ended up proposing at Harper's Ferry. His original plan was to propose up in a hot air balloon, but during our picnic, he received a phone call from the guy saying that it was too windy that that and that he would have to reschedule. I remember Peter making it sound like he was talking to his brother. Anyways...
Just this past week we went back as a family to Harper's Ferry for a spontaneous field trip since Peter was scheduled to go shoot an engagement proposal. You can see pics here. It was crazy as we were strolling and holding the hands of our 3 kiddos. We walked in unmarried and without children, and now ten years later, oh - how our lives have changed since then! Our lives are richer because of them, and we are SO enjoying each one of them so much these days.
We made the most of this homeschool opportunity to talk with them about the Civil War and the events around John Brown's raid, which we both didn't know about before teaching them. But they were so funny because we were waiting at the shuttle stop where the visitor center and the restrooms are running and playing with each other, and they said, "Oooh! This is so much fun! Can we come here again?" And we hadn't even entered the actual area. They are so easy to please! You can see all the pics on flickr of our trip to Harper's Ferry and a visit with our cousins from NC, but here are a few:
Can you guess why girlie is not in this pic? 4 letter word - gnat!
N insisted on posing in this way.
Just this past week we went back as a family to Harper's Ferry for a spontaneous field trip since Peter was scheduled to go shoot an engagement proposal. You can see pics here. It was crazy as we were strolling and holding the hands of our 3 kiddos. We walked in unmarried and without children, and now ten years later, oh - how our lives have changed since then! Our lives are richer because of them, and we are SO enjoying each one of them so much these days.
We made the most of this homeschool opportunity to talk with them about the Civil War and the events around John Brown's raid, which we both didn't know about before teaching them. But they were so funny because we were waiting at the shuttle stop where the visitor center and the restrooms are running and playing with each other, and they said, "Oooh! This is so much fun! Can we come here again?" And we hadn't even entered the actual area. They are so easy to please! You can see all the pics on flickr of our trip to Harper's Ferry and a visit with our cousins from NC, but here are a few:
Can you guess why girlie is not in this pic? 4 letter word - gnat!
N insisted on posing in this way.
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