This Week at our House #18

1. I have reasonable hope that John is a prime candidate for a job close to home. Nonetheless, we will continue on in faith and obedience trying to learn what the Lord wants to teach us from this experience.
2. Warm weather has arrived, and I am enjoying spending time with my kids out doors. Motherhood is precious. I am very conscious of the blessings of my fertility and healthy body. Mother's day was wonderful. I especially loved the sweet homemade gifts and poems from my children.
3. Ruth has been a moody 15 year old. I am making her hang out with her family as much as possible. She likes to hide in her room when she is home. I think the added time around her parents and siblings and the service that automatically comes with being around so many small children is helping her. She may disagree. I can see the difference.
4. Kate had her first full week of summer vacation. She cannot wait until Ruth is out of school, so she has her buddy around. 
5. Johnny is on the sprinting end of finishing up a class he took too slowly at the beginning of the school year. He will have to work real hard on it over the next two weeks. This is a good lesson in procrastination. 
6. Adam is definitely ready for school to be over. Because he has year round school, he will have a 2 week break after tomorrow and he will not be done until the end of June. I have enjoyed reading Fablehaven with him this week. I think he is starting to like books. I will be surprised if he ever becomes a bookworm.
7. I love Rachel's chatter. She always has so much to say.We have discovered that when Rachel wants to be, she is a good runner. She ran 2 miles straight and wasn't even winded. I will have to continue taking her out. The only problem is when she does not want to run, she is awful.
8. Anya has enjoyed the outdoors this past week. She also loves playing with the neighbors and looks forward to hanging out with her friends as much as they are all allowed.
9. The toys in the living room have helped Joseph stay out of trouble for another week. The simplicity of the solution is funny. I had to give up the idea of a clean, nicely decorated living room. But, it is worth it because Joseph is not tearing everything apart, and I am not spending all day trying to control my temper.
10. Josh is talking too well. I miss some of his early words like "bobble" for all round fruit, and "keys" for all other food. He discovered our cat, over the last couple of days and just smothers him. Thankfully, the cat is taking the smothering kindly.
11. Arwen continues to scoot around. She still hates most foods. She will eat bread and guacamole and that is about all for food. However, she regularly digest paper and other small items she finds on her floor travels.

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