THMJ Week of 12/29/13

   Happy New Year!

   In my life this week…

The boys have all been busy building with Legos.  It's nearly an every day event around here.  Each punk got a Toys R Us gift certificate for Christmas.  We shopped one night and they all got more Legos.  Even Merrick got Duplos.  He must have built with the "Toddler Starter Pack" for over an hour before bed and he got right back into them before breakfast the next day!

    In our homeschool this week…
We did take New Year's Eve and Day off, but we kept at it the rest of the week.  Thank you letters were a must and we will be writing them next week, too.

    In our homeschool co-op this week... 
Friday School was canceled due to the frigid temperature.  I was disappointed and excited.  Xav cried.  Next time, class, we'll be looking at rainbows!

    What we're reading...
The Boxcar Children #1
 
Mere Christianity
Homeschool Adventure Co.'s Mere Christianity: Critical Analysis Journal

    Around the house... 
We lost a chicken to the cold.  The survivors got more hay and another heat lamp.  They still aren't laying.  I hope they make up for it in the spring.  Or maybe not, since there will be plenty of eggs then anyway.

  
    My kiddos favorite thing this week was… 
Mal loves his first G-Gauge train, The Polar Express.  And Legos.
Xav enjoys flying a remote control helicopter.  And Legos.
Merrick played almost non-stop with his Tall Stacker Smart Shapes puzzle.  Until he got Lego Duplos.
Sensing a trend here?

    Things I’m working on…
A birthday present...

    I’m cooking…
I made an apple and oat thingy in the slow cooker.  It had good flavor, but it was too dry for all the oats and the apples got too mushy overnight.   

    Out of the mouths of boys... 
     We rewarded the kids this week by…
Micah to Xav:  You need to get some sleep.  You've got something important to do tomorrow.
Xav (sighing):  I know, bring in wood.
Actually, Xav earned a rock climbing day with Dad and Rangers Discovery Kids.  He memorized the first ten verses for the year.  Mal knows them, too, but of course he won't  tell them to anyone at Rangers.  He gets to stay home with Merrick and me.  He's much happier at home anyway.

We also went to E I O's for lunch.  You know, as in old McDonald had a farm.  Merrick has been calling it that for months.  Merrick ate an entire four-piece McNugget and fries!  When we finished there, we headed over to Pizza Hut to grab the individual pizzas Mal and Xav earned with the Book It! Program.  Mal ate all of his right then and Xav ate half of his pizza.  I'm sure I will say this a million times before they're grown, but I dread feeding three teenage boys.

    I’m praying for…
All of those people who have to be out in this wicked cold being experienced all over the country, road crews, postal workers, etc.


    A photo, video, link, or quote to share (silly, serious or both!)…
Skit guys:  This year will be different.

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