I am looking forward to the last two orders of books yet to arrive. Each project and preparation increases the anticipation of starting school on Tuesday with my youngest three. I'll have a sixth grader, third grader, and preschooler this year. So different than the year when I had a 10th, 8th, 7th, 6th, 3rd, K, and baby. I'm thanking the Lord for a great charter school this year! :)
When opening my stored books in the pole barn, I discovered that they are more slightly damp than last year. Time to reorganize. This needed to be the year I went through them and put what I wanted to keep in plastic tubs. I spent two hours on the project yesterday, and that is in the plans for today. It has been touching to drift into the past, as I open school books with my older children's writings in them. Did we really go through all those books? The time seemed so long while in it, but now it seems like the time flew by. I see an end in the distance. Far distant - remember Emily is still preschool. :) But it is there all the same.
Assignment pages have been printed, memory sheets typed and printed, books separated into the correct boxes, fresh pencils purchased, notebooks readied, and the corners of various rooms have been organized and cleaned - it will be a long while before attention into those areas happens again. One last push in the pole barn and we will be officially ready for the first day of school. :)
Saturday, September 03, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Fall Promises
The weather is a little nippier in the mornings lately. Several grabbed sweatshirts on the way out the door for church this morning. I'm looking forward to fall and the cooler days. I am not eager to rush it, as I love the weather right now, but I also look forward to the fall.
September is a busy month for us. We have two birthdays in the family, one anniversary, and the start of school and school year activities.
This year, Jeffrey and Anna are in Cross County and Josiah is in Soccer. It's been a bit hectic to go through the prep, and figure out their schedules, but otherwise it has been worth the work.
School for my 3 high-schoolers is starting late - September 19th. The government shut down this summer helped slow the construction down. They will be skipping some extra days, and ending a week later than usual next summer.
I plan to start with Ryan, Mark, and Emily after Labor Day. Their school books are ordered, and I'm looking so forward to working with them this year.
This fall is our 20th Anniversary! Wow! Can't believe that many years has flown by. We hope to get away for the weekend. :) We'll see what happens.
My little Dolly Girl is playing with her dolls. She's wearing her sweet pink dress, hand-crocheted lace socks, and hot pink shoes. So cute!!
The other night, she was up the hill to spend the night with Papa & Gma Wieters. After Papa spent quit a bit of time telling her stories in bed, she interrupted him, "Papa, could you stop talking? I want to go to sleep." :)
Within the last month, she's also asked Daddy to turn out the light. Daddy was using the lamp to read to himself. She has also snuggled between the two of us, and after a little bit, we were interrupted with, "Could you guys stop talking? I need to go to sleep!"
I recently moved her little bed next to Mark's and Ryan's bunk beds. They tell her stories or listen to stories with her. She has slept well there. We moved her dollhouse into her little room and she enjoys playing with it there.
September is a busy month for us. We have two birthdays in the family, one anniversary, and the start of school and school year activities.
This year, Jeffrey and Anna are in Cross County and Josiah is in Soccer. It's been a bit hectic to go through the prep, and figure out their schedules, but otherwise it has been worth the work.
School for my 3 high-schoolers is starting late - September 19th. The government shut down this summer helped slow the construction down. They will be skipping some extra days, and ending a week later than usual next summer.
I plan to start with Ryan, Mark, and Emily after Labor Day. Their school books are ordered, and I'm looking so forward to working with them this year.
This fall is our 20th Anniversary! Wow! Can't believe that many years has flown by. We hope to get away for the weekend. :) We'll see what happens.
My little Dolly Girl is playing with her dolls. She's wearing her sweet pink dress, hand-crocheted lace socks, and hot pink shoes. So cute!!
The other night, she was up the hill to spend the night with Papa & Gma Wieters. After Papa spent quit a bit of time telling her stories in bed, she interrupted him, "Papa, could you stop talking? I want to go to sleep." :)
Within the last month, she's also asked Daddy to turn out the light. Daddy was using the lamp to read to himself. She has also snuggled between the two of us, and after a little bit, we were interrupted with, "Could you guys stop talking? I need to go to sleep!"
I recently moved her little bed next to Mark's and Ryan's bunk beds. They tell her stories or listen to stories with her. She has slept well there. We moved her dollhouse into her little room and she enjoys playing with it there.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Don't Forget
Someone reminded me a couple weeks ago, that I haven't blogged recently. Too true.
I should blog more often to remind myself of the fun memories we are making.
The days are flying by, my children are growing, and I want to remember the sweet times we had, the crazy times we had, and the growing we did together.
I love being a mom. I still can't believe 21 years ago, I was single and headed to PA for midwifery training. Little did I know of the future that was just around the corner. A year later I was engaged, a year later, expecting our first. Four years later, we had four, four and under. Time sure flies by. :)
I am so grateful God is the orchestrator of my life. I'm glad He takes my life and makes good out of it. I'm grateful He's been there through every step. I love my husband more than the day I married him. I am so grateful for each one of our children. They enrich our lives. My main desire is to see each one of them in heaven with Jerry and me. That would be a rich eternity.
Just reminding myself. :)
I should blog more often to remind myself of the fun memories we are making.
The days are flying by, my children are growing, and I want to remember the sweet times we had, the crazy times we had, and the growing we did together.
I love being a mom. I still can't believe 21 years ago, I was single and headed to PA for midwifery training. Little did I know of the future that was just around the corner. A year later I was engaged, a year later, expecting our first. Four years later, we had four, four and under. Time sure flies by. :)
I am so grateful God is the orchestrator of my life. I'm glad He takes my life and makes good out of it. I'm grateful He's been there through every step. I love my husband more than the day I married him. I am so grateful for each one of our children. They enrich our lives. My main desire is to see each one of them in heaven with Jerry and me. That would be a rich eternity.
Just reminding myself. :)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
You wouldn't believe what I have sitting on my kitchen counter - about 20 minnows in a cleaned out cider jug being air-rated by Jerry's old air compressor that doesn't work well enough for filling tires, but is making the fish dizzy. The minnows are left over from the guys ice-fishing trip today. Great! :)
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