This Week at Our House #10

Green Eggs and Ham for St. Patrick's Day

1. John took Kate and Johnny down to Provo High for the MyTech High show case night. Johnny and Kate displayed their Flash programs. John said that their projects compared favorably to the other students. After that, John showed Kate and Johnny his old locker from his highs school days.
2. My sister Amber came to visit this week. I had a lot of fun having her here. My kids loved her and fought over whose best friend she was. I had a great time going out to dinner with my sisters, Amy and Amber and my sister in law Marie. I don't spend much time with my own siblings. I really enjoyed getting to know them and about them a little better.
3. Ruth's  getting the meaning of "studious". I think she now realizes that when she studies, she needs to study until she knows that topic completely. I was really pleased with Ruth when she stayed home Thursday night to study for her English exam and thoroughly learned the subject matter.
4. Kate's discovered "Dr. Who". I can get her to do anything by promising her a number of "Dr. Who" episodes. John gave Ruth and Kate 6 episodes if they put all of the kids to bed and cleaned the entire downstairs. Kate even dusted and decluttered. I'll be sad when we run out of "Dr. Who" episodes.
5. Johnny played around a lot this week, mainly because my sister was here. I had a very hard time getting Johnny to be productive at all. I wonder if he was ever as unproductive in public school as he tries to be in homeschool. Why is it that smarter kids are the lazier kids?
6. Adam had a lot of fun with my sister showing her all of his gymnastic stunts on the tramp. Last night, we got home from John's brother's house at 1am. When John checked to make sure all of the kids made it into their beds, he found Adam huddled in the corner with a book light reading the Book of Mormon.
7. It's such a wonderful thing seeing your kids grow little by little and become a little more responsible. Rachel is beginning to be more reliable. Since Rachel is only the 5th child, this is a relief to me. I need her to care for herself and her things and she is slowly beginning to do that. In the last few months I have had many conversations about taking care of her things. Rachel combs her dolls hair and tries to keep her things in order. She is working on proving that she can have nice things like Ruth and Kate. I am pleased with Rachel.
8. We spent some time up in the mountains this week. Anya cried whenever we had to leave. She was just a little fairy playing in the woods near the river exploring and discovering all of the wild life.
9. Joseph, my get into everything boy, had a good week. He loved hanging out with my sister and hiking in the mountains. As a result, he got into less trouble.
10. Josh fell into the river (up to his waste) got chilled in the cool spring air and developed a fever. He may have developed that fever anyway, it just didn't seem unrelated. He spent the next two days crying and being grumpy. Ugh 2 year olds!
11. Baby Arwen was as cute and as happy as ever. We are very blessed with such a relaxed, happyy little girl.  

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