Our little "science experiment"

One of my favorite things about homeschooling is taking time to let the children explore their own interests in learning and seeing what excites them.

I was in the kitchen cleaning up when Caitlyn came running in telling me she had something "SO exciting" to show me in the baby's room.

I went in and she had the fan running with a ballon overhead.

We talked about the science behind it and she had so much fun...so did Micah. We even had a heavier punch balloon and lighter ballons for our little "science experiment."
Micah knew right away why the lighter balloon floated higher over the fan.

I love seeing their minds at work.

My two year old~

This marker stayed on her face until bathtime yesterday.

Another Micah quote...

We were getting ready for bed...reading, singing and praying. I was reminding the kiddos that we close our eyes and sit still to pray.
Micah's response: "But Mommy I don't know how to sit still!"

I had to write this one down before I forgot...
Micah has proven over and over again that he is such a logical thinker. Last night during our car ride home we had a great conversation about heaven. Micah loves talking about heaven; in fact he often asks when will we get to go there. Last night he asked the typical questions..."What will be in heaven? Will we have any toys in heaven? What will we do in heaven? Why aren't we in heaven right now?
We had a good conversation. It was late and he was fighting sleep when he said,
"Mommy, do you know if there will be a BIG door in heaven? I mean FOREVER big?"
He didn't wait for me to respond but answered his own question.
"I think there has to be a HUGE door because Jesus has to get in and out of the door and Jesus is bigger than anything in the world. Jesus is so huge." "I think there will be a huge door in heaven."

This spoke to me in my quiet time this morning...

From Beth Moore:

"Humility is the natural posture of anyone who grasps the GREATNESS of GOD."

I Peter 5:6 "Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time."

I have been convicted lately in how I respond to people I meet in public who look at me and say things like, " Are ALL those your kids? How do you do it? I used to respond with something like..."With a lot of prayer." Or, many times I respond with nothing at all but a smile...not giving the glory to the ONE who deserves it all.
I felt convicted.
Convicted that in some way I was communicating that it was MY action of praying that was pulling me through.
My action.
It is not about me.
I also felt convicted because saying the word "prayer" these days doesn't mean a whole lot.
Who in the world am I praying to?

Humility is something that I continue to work on...knowing that as wife and mom I am NOTHING apart from Christ and His power that is at work in me.

Little lamb...

It's baby time at the ranch! We spent an afternoon/evening with Nana, Jeff and Di over the weekend and the kids can't stop talking about the little lamb. We had a blast and hope to get out there again soon before this little lamb gets too big!

Our Week~

It's now Monday and I am finally getting around to finishing this post from last week.

It was such a busy week, but fun and well worth the extra craziness.

We went on a field trip to the Witte Museum on Tuesday with Ladonna and the school bunch.

It is always fun to do something new with the kids. We will definitely be back. Tuesday
afternoons are free admission... Otherwise it would cost us a pretty $28. I think we will stick to Tuesday afternoon:)

Wednesday we got together with the Wakefield's and as always had a blast with them.

Heidi has this way of keeping Caitlyn giggling the entire time they are together.

Most of the time I don't even know what is so funny but they sure do!

We went to Bracken ridge park and took a train ride after the kids were worn down from running around the playground. Poor Micah was with all girls who communicated their extreme excitement for the train with lovely high pitched squeals. He had so much fun but was very focused and serious about how the train worked. I think after we took the first picture of when we first got on the train he never cracked a smile again until we went through the tunnel.

I love watching his mind at work.
He can be oh so very serious.

I always love making time for these special events.

Some may wonder why it is so crazy just to add these 2 special occasions to our week but if you were to look at my pile of laundry you would soon realize that something had to give around here...and laundry is always the first to go.

Today is definitely laundry day.