Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Belly or.....?

This is our 21st year of homeschooling! It's a lifestyle we love. I've taught (or watched as they taught themselves) seven children to read.  I have a few tried and true tricks. For instance, I've taken parts of the various phonics programs we've used to create our own program. Kids often confuse lower case b and d. 



With EIGHT children I've told them "B says Buh - and has a  Big Belly"....and they've bought it. When they've confused "b" and "d".....I've simply reminded them that b has a belly.  

"Which one has the B elly - remember it says buh".

 No one has EVER questioned this.

Mini me is learning her alphabet. She got stuck. I said, "Which one has a buh buh belly?" 

She responded by pointing to "b," "This one has a buh buh belly." Just as I was about to congratulate her she continued, "But, Mom, this one (pointing to the "d" has a buh buh butt."  

I was stunned! I later told our 25 yo daughter, Bre, and she told me she'd always wondered about that when I shared the trick. What in the world? 

Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

God has a Sense of Humor

I have made the commitment to get my work-outs in full tilt again. Our travels in November and December threw me off. Four birthdays and an anniversary in February created a bit of chaos in our eating lifestyle.

I spent the past week truthfully evaluating and deciding what things needed attention first. I decided to go back to Chantel Hobb's challenge to work out 5 consecutive days each week (I had been doing 6 but 5 is a good start) and to give up a weakness for a month. For me that will be "added sugar".....as in anything that isn't fruit....so honey, rapadura etc. This means chocolate. I am praying about my trips....because I can't get Chocolate Molten Lava in Northern Japan and may be in a spot where I can order it this month....so maybe ONCE in the month would be o.k.?

ANYWAY - I wanted to start going to the gym, but it seems so daunting to drive 20 min to the gym..... Sunday night I spent a bit of time telling God I really DO want to be disciplined but that the machines work BEST for me at the gym.....

Would you believe Jared's soccer coach has called surprise practices at 6 a.m. every day this week?????? ::snort:: When you live 20 min from the high school and the practice is an hour long at 6 a.m......what ELSE are you going to do for an hour at 6 a.m.?

Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

My Husband Should Treat Me Like Dirt?

We tell our girls to treat their brothers with respect, not to nag etc. We explain that we want them to KNOW what a godly woman looks like and  to expect women to  treat them accordingly. 


We tell our boys to act like gentlemen...to treat their sisters with gentleness and kindness...so that they KNOW how  a godly young man should treat them.  I have been known to say, "I don't want your sister to think it is o.k. for men to treat her like dirt."

My mini me came down the stairs this evening, and said, "Mom, when your told me this a.m. to come down and help clean up, it made me feel like my husband should treat me like dirt."

Don't tell me that girl can't reason. ::snort:: We talked about the fact that godly wives take care of their responsibilities.


Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...