The Little Maid in an Idle Mood

Today we were graced with a puppet show via Julia and her project from the allegory she has been reading. Considering some stuff that has been transpiring lately I felt it appropriate to share. It is a story of a maiden idly sitting around doing nothing ( humanity)
When the devil comes knocking at her door portrayed as a "friend" ...she does not want to open the door so she cracks it open thinking it will be fine! Alas...the devil has come in to her house( soul). She rushes to see the king (Jesus ) who forgives her and reminds her to always be on the look out and not to be idle. Idle hands are the devils work.

A Writers Dream

About a year ago Julia gave her old desk to Emerson as an early birthday gift. We recycle gifts a lot around here! Well she had hopes and dreams of getting a more contemporary desk to write at and use her lap top on. It took us awhile to find her just the right one but this morning it came! Oh joy!
Here's the bad news: it has to be put together and we all know how that goes over with the Banker! So for now we look at boxes in anticipation!

Valentine Greetings

School for us and then a valentine treat with mommy. We made cards for our friends at religious Ed and our teachers. Happy Valentine Day to all!
Thanks for the cards, e cards and text messages!

Why I love my sibling:

I love my brother Blaise because he plays barbies with me when Julia won't.
Emerson

I love my sister Julia because I get all her nice clothes and she draws me pretty pictures! Emerson

I love Benedict because he is cute!
Emerson

I love Blaise because he likes to play legos with me! Julia

I love Benedict he is a gift from God! Julia

I love Emerson because we will be friends forever! Julia

I love Julia and Emerson because they help me a lot! Blaise

I love Benedict because he is a boy. Blaise

I love you Julia, Emerson, and Blaise!
Benedict

Happy Valentine Day

Dear Daddy, thank you for picking out a new bed for me and painting my room I love you Blaise

Dear Dad,
You are sweet and handsome and I love to dance with you! Love Emerson

Dear Dad,
Thanks for being the best tooth fairy ever I love you soo much! Love Julia

Dear daddy,
You make me laugh with your silly faces love Benedict

Happy Valentines Day to best Dad ever!

Mailboxes

Only one more day and the kiddies can open up their valentine mail! So many have been so kind to send cards and we have put them in their valentine boxes. I still have to plan Kit's valentine party ( Emerson's American girl doll). Yes dolls have parties too! So today we are going shopping in between school for party supplies and craft stuff..I am just wondering how does a doll pay for her party stuff?!?!

Julia and the Phone

Ok so I have pondered whether or not to blog this...do I really want to remember when my daughter became an official iPhone carrier..well sort of.. Here's the lowdown Tony and I always stated our kids would NEVER carry a cell phone until they carried an income to pay for it. Well when Tony got his new phone last week we assumed the old iPhone would be turned in. Not so the guy said it was ours to keep and still could be used as an iPad/iPod type of device with free texting and all those fun free games...we didn't need a third iPhone ( or so I thought) then Tony and I realized it could serve a great incentive to Julia. Get your chores done and you can earn some phone time, get caught doing extra math and hey text away! For the last week the kid has been on cloud nine...she has complained about the uncool case but gladly texts away and takes pictures and video of what she fancies. Now if you are curious what a 10 year old needs to text here are the following texts I have received: I love u
Hi!  can I play a game?
And my fav: u r the best mom ever!!!
Now as far as pictures go well I saved them so you can enjoy them as well and they are true Julia spirit...so we stand corrected and giving her the phone has not proven to be a nightmare. She responsibly uses it only for a limited time and I am enjoying my new texting buddy!

Remodel

Today is the day we begin our remodel! A remodel of Blaise's room. When God blessed us with boy number two it became apparent that with four kids someone was to share a room unless we moved...the girls are totally polar opposite in taste, style, and sleep patterns so they requested to keep their own bedrooms. Blaise loved the idea of having a roommate so we told him this year we were going to remodel his room and the "boys" would room together. He is thrilled! We have decided to purchase bunk beds and built in storage for the boy toys! Blaise is picking the color blue but mom decides on the shade. Hey he wanted orange and I have been that route with Julia in past so we are compromising!
As far as theme goes we have decided to wait until we choose the bedding. Currently the baby is still sleeping in our room and will continue until probably after a year old and then he will transition into his bottom bunk. I have found with my other kids when they start walking and climbing it is great time to introduce a big boy/girl bed.

True Beauty

There is nothing more attractive than holiness.-mustard seeds

These are some attractive folks aren't they!

Scavenger Hunt

Today it is our turn to host math club at our house. I came up with idea of splitting kids in teams and doing a scavenger hunt. Team pink consists of (1-2nd grade) and Team turquoise consists of (5-6th grade). They have separate clues which lead them around house solving math equations until they get to end where they will be greeted with a treasure of valentine goodies and coloring books! We are trying to make math seem as fun as possible and they certainly look as if they are enjoying themselves!

Rich girl Poor girl

Yesterday afternoon the girls had Little Flowers. It was an exciting meeting as they all performed a play entitled Kat's Parables. It was an account of Mother Seton and some of the trials and tribulations she faced. Julia played a rich girl who wanted to join a convent but her father wanted her to marry...Emerson portrayed a young poor girl that cleaned at the convent....all the girls did a marvelous job and friends and family cheered and applauded when it was over. My pics are horrible as I was sitting in back with a construction zone around my feet (Blaise) and a wiggly baby in my lap. All in all I was so proud of them all. Their leader presented them with pink carnations at the end and they learned a little bit more about teamwork and confidence!