Why you're special!

Okay, so i just had to blog about this. It was way too cute and way too funny.

Here's the back story: Nathan and I were doing school. We were studying math, looking at different shapes, then counting their sides and angles. Nathan is very precise and particular when it comes to most things. The Rectangle was the new shape of the day. So, here's how the conversation went.

Mommy holding up rectangle.

"What shape is this?"
"Rectangle"
"How many sides?"
"4"
"How many angles?"
"4"
"Good Job!"

Continuing on through several more shapes......

Mommy again holding up a different rectangle.

"What shape is this?"
"Rectangle"
"How do you know?"
"Because it has 4 sides and 4 angles"

Mommy holds up the square.

"What shape is this?"
"Square"
"How do you know?"
"Because it has 4 sides and 4 angles"
"Then it is a rectangle, right?"
"NO, its a square"
"Did you know that a square is a special kind of rectangle?"
"Oooooowww, cool. Yeah, because it has 4 sides and 4 angles just like a rectangle."

(mommy moment of aha! he's getting it)

"What about the square makes it a special rectangle?

Nathan says nothing. Index finger on chin thinking.

"Why is the square special?"
"Because God made it. He made the square that way, and that makes it special."

I couldn't help but laugh. He was embarrassed, but later became very excited when i explained the mathematical reasons on why a square is special.

Later, when i told Thomas all about it, he said, "well, at least, we've gotten him to understand, that God made everything in creation, and all things are special."
Then we had argued over who was going to post it on their blog. Which by the way, Thomas now has his own blog. check it out in my blog list. I got to post though, because it actually happened with me, though i told him he could post it too.

Hope everyone has a refreshing weekend. We plan to do Nathan's soccer game this afternoon. Then, Thomas and i may try to catch a movie by ourselves. yeah, date night!

Away from Home School

Thomas was heading out to the hunting lease at around 6:30 this morning. For some reason, I thought, lets go with him. I grabbed the boys some jeans, boots, and jackets. Quickly loaded a backpack with our homeschool lessons for the day, and grabbed a jug of water and some fruit bars for the boys for breakfast. We loaded the boys in the car in their pj's and were on the road to dickens by 7:00.

The boys had so much fun. I bet Nathan learned more today then he has all week put together. He climbed up on the deer blind and Thomas taught him how to roof and lay shingles. We learned how to tell the difference between a turkey vulture and a hawk by looking at the markings on the underside of its wings. We saw all kinds of bugs: a dung beetle, katydid, trantula wasp (these are very scary looking), caterpillars, grasshoppers, and the coolest walking sticks. Thomas found the walking sticks and put them on the boys' hats. They crawled down and hung upside down from the bills of their hats, right in front of their faces. Then we put them in the tree and talked about how they protect themselves from predators by disguising themselves as sticks on the tree. We also got to see a white owl. This led to a discussion about why a noctural animal would be flying around during the day.

There was also a whole lot of rock throwing going on as well.

We did manage to get a lot of reading done in the truck. Nathan scored a 100 on his spelling test. But, I promise you, if you ask Nathan what he learned today, his first answer would not be something that came from a book. I am so blessed to be able to teach my children at home.

I have some pictures, but they are on my phone, and I'm not sure how to get them onto my computer.

My Wife Rocks!!!

She is totally awesome! Just wanted to make sure everyone knows that. She is a fantastic mother and soulmate. She puts up with all my "projects" and still loves me unconditionally! Just wanted to post a quick note to let everyone else know that she is AMAZING! And she TOTALLY ROCKS!!! Just so you all know. Thanks! In Christ Alone,
Thomas!

I Absolutely Did NOT!!

This will the be first of my absolutely did nots. It's a great way to vent all the things you "absolutely did not do" without any guilt. You should try it, its very freeing...

Okay, first of all, today, I absolutely did NOT eat half a can of pringles chips all by myself. Nope, not me!

Yesterday, I absolutely did NOT pull Nathan's only pair of soccer socks out of the dirty clothes basket, spray them with febreeze, and put them on him. No way was that me! I don't go to bed unless the dirty clothes hamper is empty.

This week, I absolutely did NOT let me kids go to sleep in their clothes that they wore all day without putting their PJ's on. Nope, didn't happen, not once! And, surely, NOT twice!

One evening, I did NOT feed my kids cereal for supper. Never happened!

absolutely, NOT even once this week, did i watch that old goofy repubate show on the CW, Roseanne. I promise I never laughed at the way she talked to her kids or her husband. How dare she!!

I absolutely, did NOT lock myself in the bathroom with a book to take a shower. I did NOT ignore the pleadings of my children, hoping Daddy would see to their needs. Even if I had, I absolutely did NOT stay in there for a hour. Who has that kind of time to waste?

Tuesday, I absolutely did NOT buy myself a Coke, and refuse to share with my boys. Coke is not for kids anyways, right?!

however, I absolutely DID:
pray over my children while they slept in their beds.
Worried in the night whether Noah was getting sick
wrote a love poem on the bathroom mirror for my hubby to find
get in the floor and wrestle with the boys
chased the dog around the house just to make the boys laugh hysterically
went to lunch with my best friends, My mom and my sister.
let my husband go to the hunting lease for 2 whole days without me
Cuddled with Nathan while we did homeschool
......and the list goes on.......

I guess i just really, really, loved on my family this week. it's what's most important anyway, right?

okay, everyone, its time for you to post your own I did NOT lists!