Sick Kids

For the last two weeks, we have had sickness is our house. We have had fevers, colds, earaches, and coughs. Amazingly, I am the only one not to have gotten sick. Really, I nearly always get sick when the kids get sick. So to not get sick is truly a blessing from the Lord. Sometimes I take it for granted when we are all healthy. And when we are sick, I am reminded of how good God is to us. We are usually healthy and when we do get sick, He heals us. He is the Great Physician... no matter how big or small the sickness is. So, I choose to be grateful for all that the Lord has done and hope that the snotty noses will soon go away... :)

Pictures

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I am putting up some cute pictures of the family... including the dog. Yes, Sammy is now part of our family. She is much better behaved and well-loved by the kids. Even Sarah likes Sammy AND Sammy's toys and bones. I looked over at Sarah the other day to find her happily chewing on Sammy's bone. When I took it away, she actually cried. And other days I find Sammy happily chewing on Sarah's toys! Do you not think that something is wrong with this picture!? :) So, I have finally moved on to say that Sammy is part of our family. The days are past when I would answer the kids, "I don't know if Sammy is staying or not. Depends on how she does..." Well, most days I say she is staying...

Joanthan's new gift...

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A few weeks ago we studied about Eli Whitney and the cotton gin. We read a story about young Eli Whitney and how he liked to whittle. So, Jonathan decided that he ,too, was going to take up whittling. He spent a very, very long time looking online for knives. Mike convinced him to get a swiss army knife instead of a jackknife. He even purchased the knife with his own money. After a long two weeks the beloved knife arrived! Unfortunately, on the day he got it, Jonathan did cut his finger ... only a little cut. :) He is doing much better and being very careful with his knife!

Go Steelers!!!!

We are certainly hoping that the Steelers win the Superbowl!!!!! The Agency had a Superbowl Party and we decided to participate. The kids LOVE having their faces painted, so I painted the Steelers Logo on their cheeks. Even Mark was cooperated! We did make it to the party...only after I got stuck on the lane and had to call for help! :)

Field Trips

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One of the great things about homeschooling is that when a field-trip gets canceled, you just go on another one! Recently, we were supposed to travel to Uniontown to see"Seussical" but because of the COLD weather, it was canceled. Well, our entire family was disappointed. I, particularly, was looking forward to getting out so.... I called Aunt Jen and asked if we could visit her! The kids and I and our special friend, Hannah, drove to Pittsburgh. There we ( a total of 9 kids, one teenager and 2 adults!!!) went to the Museum of Natural History. We even toured the new Dinosaur Exhibit! We had a wonderful time, even with the extremely cold temperatures! And we still get to go to "Seussical" in April. :)

Mark...

Mark really likes food. So much so that all he wanted to do on Christmas morning was eat his "tandy!" We gave the children their stockings first and then presents. Mark really only wanted the food in his stocking and didn't care much about the other gifts. I guess you will have that with a 21 month old! And in the picture above, he is crying because he wanted to play in the snow and I wanted to take his picture. Jonathan and I convinced him that he would go out in the snow soon enough!

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