When I feel like nothing is going right, I stop and count the many blessings that I have. If I would make a list of the blessings it would go on and on, but I won't. I will tell you of my newest blessing. That is the pencil sharpner!
It is electric! For the past 9 years of homeschooling, I have faithfully sharpened many pencils by the handheld sharpner. Dreaming of the day that I would own an electric sharpner! That day finally arrived. My kids came home from shopping with their Dad and showed me the surprise that they got me. It was an electric pencil sharpner! Of course, they plugged it in and got out all those dull pencils and began to sharpen. Wow! I had sharp pencils. Now there is no excuse for why the pencil is dull.
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Campfire
We had our first campfire of the year. Earlier in the week, my son had dug a pit out in the back yard for burning the tumbleweeds that we seem to gather so quickly. I remember seeing my first tumbleweeds when we moved here in January thinking how nice they look rolling across the yard. Now, ask me what I think of them. They seem to love our yard and when you go to pick them up you must do it gingerly or you get poked! It hurts. They aren't as quaint as I thought they first were.
My son has been looking forward to the campfire. It was fun taking the wire coat hangers, unbending them, and putting sausages on them to roast over the fire. I think he was looking more forward to the marshmellows more than the sausages. Then again... he ate 3 sausages and I quit counting how many smores he made. He just had fun!
It was nice to sit out under the open skies and cooking over the open fire. The stars are so amazing out here. I could just sit for hours just looking at them. We know for next time that we need to start a little earlier, like dusk, and have a small table out there for all of our supplies.
My son has been looking forward to the campfire. It was fun taking the wire coat hangers, unbending them, and putting sausages on them to roast over the fire. I think he was looking more forward to the marshmellows more than the sausages. Then again... he ate 3 sausages and I quit counting how many smores he made. He just had fun!
It was nice to sit out under the open skies and cooking over the open fire. The stars are so amazing out here. I could just sit for hours just looking at them. We know for next time that we need to start a little earlier, like dusk, and have a small table out there for all of our supplies.
Friday, 6 February 2009
WARNING!! Glow-in-the-dark
Have you ever used glow in the dark paint?
My kids and I were working on a project. We had gotten some wooden plaques from Wal-Mart. We painted a picture on them. Then we used the glow in the dark paint to paint in some pictures that only showed up when it was dark. It was a neat project. The only problem I encountered was that when you wash your hands you don't realize the paint is still there. You can't see it so you assume it is gone. So, when I got ready for bed and turned off the lights... wait a minute what is going on here! After a moment, I realized that I had the paint still on my hand. It was pretty cool laying in the dark and moving my fingers.
The second warning is because my son got some pj's that were glow in the dark. During the night he came and woke me up. I was startled at first because the room was dark and I see these dinosaurs moving in the dark. My son thought it was funny.
My kids and I were working on a project. We had gotten some wooden plaques from Wal-Mart. We painted a picture on them. Then we used the glow in the dark paint to paint in some pictures that only showed up when it was dark. It was a neat project. The only problem I encountered was that when you wash your hands you don't realize the paint is still there. You can't see it so you assume it is gone. So, when I got ready for bed and turned off the lights... wait a minute what is going on here! After a moment, I realized that I had the paint still on my hand. It was pretty cool laying in the dark and moving my fingers.
The second warning is because my son got some pj's that were glow in the dark. During the night he came and woke me up. I was startled at first because the room was dark and I see these dinosaurs moving in the dark. My son thought it was funny.
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