Bunco babes!

 
Every first Friday of the month we have Bunco night. We go to a different house each month. The hostess supplies a dinner and sets up three tables for playing. Bunco is a dice game that is pretty mindless. Meaning, we can talk all we want and not have to concentrate very much. Some nights we only get through one round! There are prizes for the most buncos, most wins, 2nd most wins, most losses, bunco babe (whoever has the "babe" at the end of the night), and even steven. Lately, we have been doing theme nights. One night we dressed "to the nines" another night we dressed all in black, as one of us was moving to another state. It's a great girls night out. My boys love it too, because they have a Star Trek movie on my Bunco nights. It's a win-win situation!

Knight Night Fight

 

We bought some swords at the dollar store. Tonight we had a tournament. Two opponents; Area rug boundaries; three hits makes the winner. If you get out of bounds, or hit someone in the head you are disqualified. I fought Mike, but I lost 3 to 2. Everyone else ended up winning a tournament and were paid some money. They were then able to buy toys in Christalin's shop. We got P.E. credits and math credits in this fun exercise!! I love homeschooling!

The Weiner Mobile is in town!

 
This is a trip down memory lane! Do you remember the Oscar Meyer Hot dog Mobile? I can't remember if I have ever seen it in person or if it was just on a commercial. I was taking my nephew to school the other day and we saw this driving down the road! Pretty crazy! Later on, my sister called me and asked me if I wanted a weiner whistle. But Of Course!

The nice ladies at the weiner mobile let us sing the Oscar Meyer song over the cell phone. She let my sister grab the weiner whistles for us. My kids did not know the weiner song. I had to teach them, but they are quick learners.

Now we're the proud owners of 5 weinie whistles! Just like what that guy wanted on the movie Santa Claus, remember? I did have to have the kids give the whistle chorus a break as four whistles going at once was giving me a headache! I wonder if I could count this as "Music Appreciation" for school?

Pine Wood derby Champ!!

 
Joseph had his Cub Scout Pine Wood Derby race. He had a fast little car! He won first place in the Webelo 1 den, and third place overall in the pack. It is fun to see him winning, as his older brothers brought home a few first, second and third place medals in years past. It is almost sad that we will only have one more Pine Wood Derby. Next year will be Joseph's last one. Congratulations Joseph!

Happy New Year!

I have a new tradition that I have been trying. I belong to an online forum for my kid's curriculum they use for school. They are a great bunch of ladies. Anyway, last year they had a "Word for the Year", something that we want to work on for our lives. Last year my word was "Anticipation", I wanted to look at each and every thing that came in to my life and anticipate how it could bring glory to God. I wanted to be open to God working through my life and be excited about it, even if it seemed to be a negative aspect.

How is God going to use my family and me to bring glory to Him? That's anticipation!

Did I do well last year? No, I wasn't perfect. But, Yes, I think it did help me to focus on it throughout the year.

So, I'm going to try it again this year. I have been praying about it and I think I have ended up with two words. The first being: "Perseverance." I need to finish what I start. I tend to get great ideas for school, or home, but then I peter out after a couple of weeks. I need to get better at that.

That was going to be the only word for the year for me. However, the Lord placed on my heart another word as well. The word is "Gratitude". Being grateful for everything I have, either negative or positive. I like the quote from Melodie Beattie about Gratitude: "Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity. It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."

What would your word be?