After giving up blogging for quite some time, due to the craziness of our lives at this moment, I decided that there is too much swirling through my head that just has to come out.
I clicked on the blog to find that the last post I wrote was when we were getting ready to leave for FL last February. Funny because we JUST got our tickets again for this coming February and are all really psyched!
Michael and Ryan's soccer season just finished yesterday. They went undefeated only allowing three goals to be scored on them this season. Pretty good since Michael was our goalie and it was his first year in that position!
Dallas has the opportunity to play on a home school soccer team in Schroon Lake. It has been a great experience for him so far. We still have a few more weeks until that one is over, but we are really enjoying watching the kids play.
Our biggest news this year has been the adoption (FINALLY!) of our daughter! Girly is now ours and her name is Sabrina! I couldn't post that while she was only foster. June 22, 2010, God chose to make us the proud parents of an 8 year old beautiful little girl.
Anyone who has followed some of my past posts (most of which I deleted so I could make this public) knows it hasn't been an easy journey. We still have struggles and trials, but God is good and she is moving along and doing great!
My baby is turning 7 tomorrow. Hard to believe. Still home schooling him. He is doing great.
I will be adding more posts soon!
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Ethan's Question...
Ethan is learning Baa! Baa! Black Sheep on the piano. He is obsessed with the words to the song. Here are the words...
Baa! Baa! Black sheep have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full,
One for my master
And one for my dame,
But none for the little boy
That lives in the lane,
Baa! Baa! Black sheep have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
The first day we were playing it he just sat staring at me while I sang and played. When I got done he said, "He's mean."
I paused. "Why is he mean?'
"Because he didn't give any to the little boy."
"Oh," I said, "I guess you are right, that doesn't seem very nice."
End of discussion.
Next day...
Ethan says, "Why won't he give one to the little boy? He must still have one bag left over. I mean, where did the third bag go? He said he gave (and now he is reading the words to me) one to his master and one to the dame. He must have one bag still. Why can't he share it with the little boy?"
"Sorry, Ethan. That is a good question but I have no idea." At this point I am laughing because he actually did the math and figured out that he had a bag left over. This is really bothering him.
Today he says, "I still don't like that he won't share with that little boy. Where is the last bag of wool?"
Good question.
I have a question too. Different subject. How in the world does Ethan know how to read contractions without reading it as a contraction. For example...when he sees "it's" he reads "it is" when he sees "they're" he reads "they are". When he sees "haven't" he reads "have not". Do kids just know this? He WON'T read it as a contraction. How does he know that "haven't" is the same as "have not". I never taught him this. He scares me sometimes.
Baa! Baa! Black sheep have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full,
One for my master
And one for my dame,
But none for the little boy
That lives in the lane,
Baa! Baa! Black sheep have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
The first day we were playing it he just sat staring at me while I sang and played. When I got done he said, "He's mean."
I paused. "Why is he mean?'
"Because he didn't give any to the little boy."
"Oh," I said, "I guess you are right, that doesn't seem very nice."
End of discussion.
Next day...
Ethan says, "Why won't he give one to the little boy? He must still have one bag left over. I mean, where did the third bag go? He said he gave (and now he is reading the words to me) one to his master and one to the dame. He must have one bag still. Why can't he share it with the little boy?"
"Sorry, Ethan. That is a good question but I have no idea." At this point I am laughing because he actually did the math and figured out that he had a bag left over. This is really bothering him.
Today he says, "I still don't like that he won't share with that little boy. Where is the last bag of wool?"
Good question.
I have a question too. Different subject. How in the world does Ethan know how to read contractions without reading it as a contraction. For example...when he sees "it's" he reads "it is" when he sees "they're" he reads "they are". When he sees "haven't" he reads "have not". Do kids just know this? He WON'T read it as a contraction. How does he know that "haven't" is the same as "have not". I never taught him this. He scares me sometimes.
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