Blogging Blues…

I miss my blogging!

I have #1 – nothing to blog ABOUT and #2 – very little time to blog.

So while I don’t have any photos, here is a funny story.

This morning the boys were giggling away about something. I asked what was funny. They shared a story with me about the art class they started this past Tuesday. Champ, 6½, says “Mom! It is so funny. The art teacher always calls herself a proper noun; she never uses a pronoun!” This is followed by rampant giggles and guffaws from the two boys. NOW – Champ has been really WORKING HARD [a/k/a struggling] with proper nouns, common nouns, and pronouns, so I asked him to tell me more… to make sure he had it right. He tries to tell me, but starts laughing really hard. Then he gets control and starts his story. “She says things like, ‘When you are done with your drawing, put your name on it and,'” laugh, laugh, big breath, “She says, ‘Put your name on it and,'” laugh, laugh, giggle, snort, “She says, ‘Put your name on it and bring it to Mrs. Jenkins.'” ROAR, ROAR, LAUGH, ROAR from both boys. Holding their sides they are laughing so hard.

O.K.

It dawns on me to ask, “Did you laugh like that in class?”
“OH YES!” laugh, laugh, laugh, giggle, guffaw.
“I asked her,” said Champ, “Why don’t you ever use a pronoun!” ROAR, ROAR, ROAR. They both bust up laughing and tears are rolling down Beau’s face. They are holding their sides.

*sigh* Thankfully she deals with homeschool goofballs all the time!

VBS dancing♥

Super cute kids dancing…
“Jesus, Jesus, Precious Jesus, He died and rose aga-a-a-a-in,
Jesus, Jesus, Precious Jesus, He gave His life for you and me!”

“Sing unto the LORD a new song,
Sing unto the end of the earth.
Sing unto the LORD a new song.
Sing unto the end of the earth.”

Winter VBS

We headed to the Jerusalem Marketplace

for VBS this past week.

Mommy got to be the director and

the kids were in tribes.

Beau and Angel were in the tribe of Joseph

[yes, technically not a tribe of Israel],

and Beau and Skeezix were in the tribe of Levi.

Here Levi is in “Tribe Time.”

Then the kids rotated to either the

Marketplace shops where

they would interact with shopkeepers.

Some of the shopkeepers loved Jesus,

some didn’t like him, some were skeptical,

some were curious, some were His friends.

Here is Skeezix in the Carpenter’s Shop.

Our retired Pastor is a brave man!

Champ is in the Carpenter’s shop.
See his yarmulke? He loved wearing it all day long.

Beau is in the Village Playground.

Here is Angel peeking out of the Jeweler’s Shop.

She did a lot of peeking this week!

Beau in the Herb and Spice shop.

I actually HAVE frankinscense and myrrh.

It was so cool!

Champ in Synagogue School.

Beau in the Potter’s shop.

Angel and Beau’s pottery broke before they could get it home.

Angel LOVED the Potter’s shop.

Champ painting his drum in Musical Instrument shop.

Angel concentrating as she painted her drum.

Mama was the “Storyteller.”
Monday opening I told them about a man named Jesus

who had rode into Jerusalem on a donkey.

Tuesday opening I told them about Jesus washing

His disciple’s feet at the Passover feast and in closing

I ran in telling them Jesus was arrested.

Wednesday I had to tell them Jesus had been crucified.

It made me cry. One group of kids gasped

when I told them. Sweeties.

Thursday was the BEST!

I got to tell them,

“THE TOMB IS EMPTY.

JESUS CONQUERED DEATH!”

That was the highlight of my week!

Beau was funny, he told his leader, my friend S.,

that he had never seen his mom that happy.

LOL.

Angel couldn’t sit through Synagogue School.
She helped me do grunt work.

Skeezix, Champ and LaMB dancing!

Champ during closing.

Beau during closing.

Champ painting his drum.

Skeezix painting her drum.

Picture captions revealed!

I appreciate some of you making guesses!!

Thanks.

Your guesses were actually

cooler than the answers, and of course

“Nan,” had them almost 100% right.

Champ being “Rapscallion P. Sinister,” a bad guy from Bibleman.
We have put an end to being bad guys, though.
Beau woke up with a cold.
Actually, he woke in the middle of the night,
got the roll of toilet paper to blow his nose on and
used the whole thing overnight, discarding
his refuge over the rail of his top bunk.

This is what your face looks like after you lick the ketchup off the plate.
Disgusting, huh?
Well, at least she is cute!

Angel wasn’t feeling well and was adament
she had to sit in my lap throughout schooling.
I really had to pee.
She insisted she needed to be held.
So I enlisted Champ to “hold” her while I went to the bathroom.
He’s a good helper and she appreciated his efforts.

My Weird Family!

I would never try to pretend,

or even dream of pretending,

that we were not, in fact,

a very weird bunch.
Check out these photos from this week,

and tell me,

what do YOU think they are photos of.

This one isn’t AS weird… but it still was a goofy moment.