Bring on the rain

Oh my, there were a lot of things I wasn't prepared for when I took on the role of public AND homeschool mom, but Friday nights continue to boggle and stretch this mother. Just in case you don't know me that well, here's some info. I like to be dry. One of the few things I didn't like about living in a Central American country was the fact that I was never dry. Walking around in a poncho and wet jeans just never got to be a favorite past time, and so on Friday night after we had non-stop rain ALL day long we sloshed to the football game to see my favorite player of all time slip around on the field. It was not comfortable. Would I do it again? Yep, in a heartbeat. Love is worth sticky ponchos and saggy jeans.

This is Matt and Kristy's house. Of course, they are going to fix it up a little but it's here waiting for them. :) It kind of looks better through the rain.


If you look REALLY hard :) you might be able to figure out that this is the team heading for the field.


Ally and some friends watching the game.


The best part for Will is that each and every Friday somewhere on some football field that we find ourselves at, the concession stand is always selling pickles. :)

Back to School...

#68

So, Cole's first day of school was today *gulp*, *sniff*, *cough*... The good news is that we survived it. I'm still unsure if it was more difficult for Cole, his dad, or myself. All day long, Dirk and I were clock watchers and even tho he had football practice after school, we seemed to breathe easier from the time we knew he was out of school for the day. (How strange is that? We were relieved that he was on the football field over school!) Anyway, the coach said they would be done with practice between 4:-4:30, so at about 3:40, Dirk said he couldn't stand it any longer and took off to watch the end of Cole's practice. He was smiling when he came in the door and wants to go back tomorrow...(Being the kind of mother that I am, I was willing to let him return to homeschool if it didn't work for him.) So, he is officially #68, a defensive end. And I am officially a public school mom.



These days were a lot easier to handle...


And these days I miss the most...

Go #68, I love you!

School Daze Ahead...

As we continue to settle in to our new location we have lots of changes continuing to happen. After Cole took off for football practice this morning I made a questionable error in judgment. Obviously, one of many. I have no one but myself to blame and so I've accepted that I will be facing the outcome of my actions--or lack of actions--for many days to come. You see, I stayed home while Ally, Will and Dirk went to pick out paint for the schoolroom. For some reason, I had it in my head that Dirk would be the 'voice of reason' (Yes, I know exactly what you are thinking. I've been married to the man for over 18 years, I should have known!) So anyway, they came home with not just green--NEON GREEN to be exact. I had heard mention of orange before they left and for some reason I expected a pale orange to come back. So, as we prepare for another year of homeschool, I will often look at the freshly painted walls and remember that next time, I'm going to the paint store.

This is not your average school room color!

The culprits hard at work.

The sort of finished product...

Sometimes A Person Just Needs A Moment To...

let loose! We really were doing school but then one of my children decided I was having a really nice hair day and that we needed to photograph the occasion (so that makes it kind of obvious how many good hair days I have). Being the photo lover that the child is, we had to include the child in some of the photos but then I didn't want to leave any of the other children out so we decided to let them in on the 'fun' we were having. Turns out the other two didn't really think that 'photo time' was a 'fun' time so they aren't really smiling too much in their photos. But at least some of us had a good time, and the boys did come around a little bit by the time we were done. It was a fun moment...but now, back to algebraic equations...