Building Blocks, Birthday Party and More

WORDS TO LIVE BY

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord

Colossians 3:23 

TODAY'S QUOTE

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves. ~ Dale Carnegie

Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles on your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. ~ Author unknown

ON MY MIND

Sometimes when I write these daily posts it seems like I'm writing the same things over and over, or that the things I'm writing about are so small and unimportant. But it's the little moments that make up a life. Little things are simply building blocks, set one on top of the other, day after day.  Yes, every day I do some of the same things over again - sweep the floors, wash this dishes, loads and loads of laundry. And these small daily things (OK, sometimes laundry doesn't seem so small) help add up to a clean livable home for my family. Four pages a day, four days a week with Michael in his workbook add up. One or two chapters a day from several different books with several different children add up to many books read, many ideas shared, and many lessons learned. One chapter of Scripture each school day helps lay out the path for walking with Jesus. And as I sit down with my planner each day and fit in all these "little" blocks of my, I also find spaces to work on some other goals and projects as well. Fifteen minutes here, 30 minutes there, several hours on a Saturday afternoon, and piece by piece things begin to come together. 

ANIMAL UPDATES

Amanda's little dog, Pepper, is often on the porch with Michael and me while we work on his schoolwork. Today she was standing guard, making sure the kitten didn't get to close. She doesn't seem to mind the adult cats but she chases the kittens away every time they come near.

When I was at my Dad's this evening I loved watching these little kittens run and play.

HOMESCHOOL

SOME OF THE RESOURCES WE USED TODAY

Austin and Amanda

Austin's work was all online today so he used his tablet a lot. We love these tablets for schoolwork and nearly anything else we would use a computer or laptop for.


Our Scripture reading today was Ephesians 5.

Michael

AROUND THE HOUSE

Four loads of laundry washed, dried and put away, sweeping the floors and washing dishes were my contributions to the housework today. Amanda did the daily cleaning of the downstairs bathroom, and picked up and vacuumed the playroom and living room. Austin did the daily cleaning in the upstairs bathroom, and took out the trash. 

OUT AND ABOUT

Today is my sister's birthday so we had a surprise party for her this evening. The older kids had so much fun decorating and getting things set up. Our cousin Ericka made some delicious chicken and a wonderful pasta salad.   A friend picked up the ice cream cake and I took chips. 

AND MORE

Michael and I went for a walk/bike ride after lunch today. It was a beautiful day to be out - sunny but not too hot with a nice breeze. 

They're kind of hard to see but these bright yellow flowers had lots of orange brown butterflies on them. 

DAILY DEALS

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