Yesterday was slightly crazy, yet left me with such cozy happiness in my heart. I had to write up my first review of the school year in the morning. This didn't take too long because we hadn't spent much time working in the books that were late arriving. But the day's routine was upset enough that I just told the kids we were taking a Saturday and the real Saturday is going to be a school day. To this they readily agreed and we headed off to roller skating.
This is our third year roller skating. It seems forever ago that we were coming home
looking like this. Now they zip around like nobody's business. After roller skating we headed off to a new friend's house to kill some time between skating and a church function held to bless homeschoolers in their upcoming school year. My original plan was to run to the store and library during the family's dinner time, but they insisted we stay. And it was awesome.
(The pictures today are unrelated to the post, but show other uses for the MegaSaucer)
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| Dinosaur Watering Hole |
We met this family when they moved here last year. They came to roller skating. I saw them a few times at the YMCA. And at other homeschool things here and there. They joined Cub Scouts near the end of the year and went on a camp out. And it was at the camp out that S and his best friend discovered each other. When I went in to the church the very first time and saw the mom there, I knew something great was going to happen...
Between us, there are nine kids-seven are boys. The ages stair-step from 10 years old to one year old. One of them is S's age and they are best friends. IJ and the oldest get along splendidly. And all the younger ones are indistinguishable. The mom and I get along wonderfully and do Bible studies together. She is a hoot! We (with her husband flipping pancakes) managed to feed the kids and have them out the door in 20 minutes! An all time record! And we made it to the church on time.
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| Beyblade Battling Arena |
At church our two families always sit together. It is hard to tell the D kids from the S kids because they travel in this huge group! The moms sit behind the kids so we can flick the boys' ears when they get loud. The girls like to sit with the moms and babies. After the blessing, we headed outside to play until dark. And when we left, the chorus of goodbyes was heartwarming! It could have been a Norman Rockwell painting.
