Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watcing you. --Robert Fulghum
A person's a person, no matter how small. --Dr. Seuss
It was our turn to host our neighborhood porch party. Every Friday everyone in the hood shows up at a designated porch. It's BYOB. It's simple, easy and fun. It was a great turn out, great weather, nice time. While this neighborhood makes me crazy, it definitely has it's perks. Friday's are good here.
Anderson can bust a move. He loves to dance. When I found out there was a new hip hop class just for boys his age starting at the EXACT SAME TIME his sisters were in gymnastics, it was a no brainer. His wonderful teacher somehow managed to get these wild, loud, energetic boys to follow choreography. They were great. Anderson's main move as always been to sit on the floor and spin around - a natural break dancer he is. But now he has added more moves to his repertoire.
He started the dance by standing in the middle and beckoning them out. I had a hard time getting it recorded. So the recordings are of the rehearsal and I did get the finale recorded... I LOVE watching him!
I can do anything better than you, better than you, bet better than you.......... SORRY FOR ALL THE VIDEOS..... feel free to skip. ha!
The girls had their violin recital today. The church where they hold the recital lost power. So you will see the wind blowing because the doors were open. Lexi played Long, long ago with the extra bowing... I love this song. You hear the simple version first, then they play the variation. Sweet.
Ainsley Grace played Minuet 1. Not an easy piece for her 2nd finger. C natural. She finally got it. Precious!
Whit layed on tables and chairs. Here are Anderson and Daddy watching.... I love their recitals so much, I love to watch them and hear them play. Great job sweet girls. I know how hard you have worked.
No matter what I cook, SOMEONE gets upset. It is impossible to make 6 people happy at the same time. Here is a picture of the dreaded dinner that made one of my children decide they would rather go to bed at 6pm without food! Panko crusted talapia and a green salad with avocados, green onion, chopped up apple and a few cherry tomatoes. Horrible, right?
If I make Tacos (kids favorite), Stan's not happy. If I make Italian Chicken - Lexi's complains and makes me do all kinds of work arounds. If I make any sort of green vegetable - Ainsley Grace pitches a fit. If I make spaghetti and meatballs, Anderson says, oooh GROSS, and refuses to eat. And unless it's red, round and on a stick, Whit will not be pleased. It's always something..... But, I vow to you sweet children of mine, I will keep feeding you HEALTHY food, even if you get mad!
It seems like we just finished celebrating him turning 6 at the karate place yesterday... (Of course he is still really into Ninja's, so after we had our morning celebration he opened his Sensei Wu costume that he insisted on getting.) But, this year, he really really really loooooooves Football. So we planned a super fun football party.
Here he is with his brother who thinks he is big enough to just fit in the regular seat. Imagine the screams when I put him back in his baby seat... I think they are still echoing in space. We got the favors, we got the cake, we were ready.
I often refer to my sweet kids as My Team. Here we are. We were ready and waiting for his friends to show up. Lexi looked the same in every picture. She is good at making that 'I'm homeless and standing with weird people someone help me' face.
His first friend to show up was his favorite friend.
Everyone arrived! Here is Anderson telling people rules he made up. They played football and dodgeball.... The girls played too. It was cute to watch.
We love you Anderbud. What has happened to my Anderbaby?
Just a mom trying to instill a love of learning into my children and help them grow in character and love, while keeping them innocent, in a world that is saturated in moral relativism.
I'll be updating things out here on occasion. Family life can be so funny, I have to capture it somehow. Scrap booking one day, hopefully. In the meantime...
Why Lulu ? ? ?
Farside anyone?
Mrs. O'Leary's ill fated cow; her name was Lulu.
While she happily moseyed along in the pasture, she got her head stuck in a bucket. Her foot stuck in the fence. She tripped over a rock. Stan has called me Lulu for a looong time. Who knew how fitting it was when it started!?
Who's yer Daddy?
Man of the haas. His biggest goal in life is to become a crotchety old man and shake a stick at little kids as they walk by... :-) And, pass out quarters....
Mary and baby Jesus
Catholicism
Christ said, "I am the Truth"; he did not say "I am the custom." -- St. Toribio
Not 100 in the United States hate the Roman Catholic Church, but millions hate what they mistakenly think the Roman Catholic Church is. -- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body. –C.S. Lewis
Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His grace to mold them accordingly. -- St. Ignatius Loyola
To the pure all things are pure, but to the impure nothing is pure” (Ti 1:15).
How can anyone say this is not a child? Remember unborn babies in your prayers.
Parenthood
No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. --Bill Cosby
Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart walking around outside your body. -Elizabeth Stone
Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it. --Haim Ginnott
A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on. --Carl Sandburg
Can we have a moment of silence for the honorable President Ronald Reagan
Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.
Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.
The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
Within the covers of the Bible are all the answers for all the problems men face.
Man is not free unless government is limited.
We are never defeated unless we give up on God.
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.
I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born
A taste of some Maria Montessori's Wisdom
The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.
We must help the child to liberate himself from his defects without making him feel his weakness.
Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.
The adult ought never to mold the child after himself, but should leave him alone and work always from the deepest comprehension of the child himself.
No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child.We must, therefore, quit our roles as jailers and instead take care to prepare an environment in which we do as little as possible to exhaust the child with our surveillance and instruction.
A man is not what he is because of the teachers he has had, but because of what he has done.
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth. From this almost mystic affirmation there comes what may seem a strange conclusion: that education must start from birth.
We habitually serve children; and this is not only an act of servility toward them, but it is dangerous, since it tends to suffocate their useful, spontaneous activity.
He who is served is limited in his independence
These words reveal the child's inner needs: "Help me to do it alone."
When dealing with children there is greater need for observing than of probing.
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