I Couldn't Help But Think Of...

1 Cor 13:11.

Adam has been saying that he wants a desk in his room (since we recently revamped Austin's room). I kept putting him off, thinking that one day I would find a nice, regular size desk for his room, just not today.

Then Adam saw a desk in the basement, and that suited him just fine. The desk is a small child size desk. Perfect for Adam.

We worked on making a nice space for his new treasure.

We took out the toy box that was in his room.

And moved in his new desk. For him to work on bills, income taxes, errrr....uhhh...maybe doing some coloring sheets or writing will do for now.

"When I was a child I talked like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me." 1 Cor 13:11

I think this might be a sign that Adam is growing up.

The New Game

Mike bought a new game for the boys. It is called (and I am not kidding) Scabs~N~Guts. This game is facts about the human body. One of my thoughts after seeing this game was, "I have boys, this game would not be in the house if I had girls." Oh Well.... Mike played a round with the boys before bed tonight. I really found it interesting.

Some of the questions are about the body, how it functions, or names of different parts. However, some are not so serious. Adam got a question, "How do you deal with homesickness?" His choices were: a) take something with you from home, b)eating worms, or c)staying home. Adam choose "c," which of course was not right. So, Mike explained that the correct answer was "a" taking something from home. Adam's eyes lit up and he said, "I know, JESUS!" Mike was not sure what to say because that was not what the game meant, but he was right.

The game was about to end, and both boys landed on the same spot. Mike said, "this might be a good time to stop, then we can call it a tie." The boys were determined that they had to finish. Mike asked each boy how they would feel if they did not win. Austin said he would not be sad. Adam, however, said, "I will be sad, but only an inch." Hmmmm....that is a new one! Measuring feelings by inches. Only Adam!

Camping

We went camping this weekend. Friday, the boys and I got out to the campsite a little before supper. The boys had time to look around, ride their bikes, and go to the stream while I put up the tent.


While exploring the grounds, Adam found this bear...


...and just had to have his picture taken with it!

Saturday, we went for a hike to go to the mountain swing. We were almost to the swing and Adam got bit by some kind of bee. (I had never seen a bee quite like that one!)

He was hurting pretty badly, but was still able to have his turn on the swing before we went back down.


Austin had his turn and hammed it up for the camera!

Adam and I walked down the mountain and put some ice on his bite. Once it leveled off, I gave him a piggy back ride, since it was still hurting.

One of the best things about camping it fixing your food over a fire! The boys were so excited to roast hot dogs.

Saturday night, Mike entertained the kids while we sat around the fire. He had a system that had little cartoon clips put to songs. The kids loved it.

We had a great weekend. But, it sure was nice to come home and sleep in my bed!!

God Understands What He Means

Last night, Adam and I were getting ready to say his bedtime prayers. He asked whether it was hot or not. I told him, "Yes, it was hot." Not sure what that had to do with anything, we went on with our prayer. Adam started his prayer, then I heard, "...Thank You, for a pink day!"

I had to ask, "What is a pink day?" He told me a pink day is when it is hot and beautiful, and a purple day is when it is cooler and beautiful.

I can just imagine God hearing Adam's prayer and saying, "Yes, Adam, it was a pink day." He knew exactly what he was talking about.

Chef In The Making...

...but the service needs work!

Friday was the last day for the enrichment program that the boys were in. To end Austin's class we got an invitation to come and have lunch, with our child that was prepared by our child. I got there with Adam and we sat down, we were a tiny bit late. Everyone at our table had their appetizers. Austin finally brought us some food, but no plate. My friend was sitting across the table from us, and she was done, so she offer us her plate.

I noticed that everyone at our table had daughters. Then I noticed that they were all coming and taking their parents order. I sat...and waited...and sat...and waited. Finally, Austin came with a plate full of food! He sat down and looked at me, he was ready to dig in. I asked, "Are you going to get me a plate?" He said, "Oh, yea..." So, he ran off. When he came back he returned with an EMPTY plate. I told him, "I meant a plate FULL of food." He decided that it would be okay for us to share. So he gave me 2 bites of quiche, a quarter of a piece of bread with honey butter, I did not get any of the salad-except for the few items that he deemed to yucky to eat.

The people I sat with were giggling about this, I did find that this was kind of funny. The girls certainly did their service in a much different way than Austin did!

Service or not, Austin learned a lot this week. He had fun, and that is the most important thing!

I Love When...

...my boys are filled with so much excitement that they talk and talk. And their brother is sitting right beside him, waiting for him to take a moment to breathe so that he can start with his story!

My boys are doing the enrichment program, through our school system, this week. Austin is doing "Chef in the making" and Adam is doing "Adventures in Science."

Austin's teachers sent home an itinerary for the week. So, I knew that Monday they would be baking bread. Tuesday they were doing vegetables. They went to the Farmer's Market and bought the veggies then went to a restaurant to make pizza. They also made salad dressing to bring home. Wednesday was eggs. They went to a local farm to learn about chickens. Then they went back and made deviled eggs. Today they are working on Appetizers and Desserts. They are starting to prep food for the "meal" they are going to serve the parents tomorrow.

So, I knew that Austin went to the farm yesterday. When he got home I was asking about his field trip. He started to tell me about it, and Adam chimed in..."I went on a field trip too!"

My first thought was, "What?? Not according to the field trip paper that came home. You went to the recycling center, and on Friday you go to the park." So he started to tell me about it. He said that he dipped his fingers in some water and butterflies landed on his hand. Then he told me about this underground slide they had. I was pretty sure I knew where this was, but decided to ask his teachers today. I was right, then I found out that they also went to the arboretum and saw turtles and frog. What a fun surprise! Sounded like a great trip.

During this time, when one was talking you could tell the other was waiting for a moment to pounce in and tell more of his day. It was somewhat like a tennis match--back and forth, back and forth.

Then at supper, Adam said, "Let's play the food chain game. We will start with frogs" So we named an animal that would eat the frog, then an animal that might eat that animal, and so on" Then Adam said, "Now, what would happen if we took the frog out. What would happen?" I don't think he realized how much he sounded just like his teacher :) "There would be soooo many bugs!"

The great thing is that they boys are having so much fun, I really don't think they know how much they are learning.

Future Phlebotomist?

This morning Adam came up to me with a tourniquet. (You may be asking why we have a tourniquet--they are great for opening jars! ) He tied it (loosely) around my wrist. Then he proceeded to feel for veins in my hand. He told me that this is what people do when they are going to take your blood.

My question is: How does he know this? He had some blood drawn last October, but that was 9 months ago! Does he remember, or just have this knowledge?

He also took the picture :)