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Schooling two active boys has never been more... interesting. That's the word I'm looking for!
I love my boys! God has given them the blessing of strong, active bodies and minds. We continually pray the first will remain intact, and the second will remain engaged with Him first, and then the school work. You'll meet my sweet sons, both entirely different, but both loving God to the best of their ability in the way He made them. I lovingly refer to them as my Bell Pepper Boy and my Habanero or Hambone. That should say it all!
This blog is an eclectic mix. The events, conversations, and the thoughts behind it all will be in here.
Every once in a while I'll try to capture something I don't want to forget. I hope you find things you enjoy. Please let me know if you do!
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- Mystery of History vol. 1
- Saxon 5/4
- Horizons Grade 2
- A Beka Language
- Spelling Power
- Apologia Zoology 1
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- The Bible
- Adam and His Kin by Beechick
- It by Groeschel
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Monkeys and a Wrench?
Posted in Boy Things
I think at some early point in my blog I said something clever like, "These are the memories I want to put down." Of course, not all the memories are cherished in quite the same way. Some are not really "cherish-able" at all, I fear.
Have you ever had one of those moments when you had a fleeting thought? For me, it usually sounds something like a quick whisper in the dark corner of my mind. Maybe you know what I'm talking about. Well, yesterday I had one of those moments. It was in the middle of cleaning up our school room for this coming year. I was rarin' to go. Of course, things get messier before they get better, but I was willing to live with that. This is neither here nor there, since the whole beginning of this entry takes place in the school room several hours before the "event" with the monkeys. *sigh*
My school room has a workbench area for all things science, or the child who needs to work privately for a little while. It looks something like this:
See that innocent-looking red toolbox on the floor under the taller work bench? In there rests the lovely set of tools belonging to my handsome son, Habanero. On this particular day, I noticed most of the tools were not in this lovely red toolbox.
Enter the fleeting thought: You really should tell Habanero to bring all of his tools back to the toolbox right now.
Nothing to that effect came out.
Several hours later, I sent Habanero and Bell Pepper to bed. Had they followed my instructions, we would have had no problems. Alas, two boys, some lego men, and some chit chat led from one thing to another. I really don't know all of what happened next.
I know two boys, lego men, chit chat, and a wrench is a recipe. Dinner was over, the kitchen was closed, and I didn't need any kind of dessert (just or otherwise). *sigh*
Bell Pepper will be fine. His elbow has a new "hole" in it, but all should be well.
Again. So many opportunities to listen in this day. I had the opportunity to listen to the fleeting whisper. My boys had the opportunity to listen to my instructions . . . or the instructions they've received in church, Bible time, or one-on-one time during a parental "talk" over the years. Surely, something had to apply to monkeys, wrenches, and "Tool Time" gone awry, right? It wasn't aggressive-aggressive . . . just a "boys being physical" moment, I think. *sigh*
Have a peace-filled week, friends! *sigh*
 Edited to correct the word "wrench" because I can't spell.
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Blessings,
Vania
p.s. George is our baby toad. *wink*