School - Week 2

Week Two - Done. 

Whew. 

It was good, really. We are starting to think about getting used to the schedule. I thought we only needed two weeks to adjust, but as a sweet friend pointed out yesterday, a month is a little more of realistic goal for said adjustment. 

Okay. 

So in two more weeks, we'll be used to school. 

That's good to know. 

Laney is doing okay in school. This last week was crazy with her, though. I'm really starting to see that pre-teen girl start to sneak through. I've been praying over this for a while now, so I'm not too worried, but it is weird. 

Okay, fine,  I admit I cried when I uploaded this picture.

I'm good with her getting older. Really, I am. I look forward to having teenagers. (Don't snort or roll your eyes at me.) I like all these big kid stages. It's just hitting me that the hard days of them being little are really over. I'm weak with thankfulness that God carried me through all those hard days. Now I'm begging Him to help me be a good mom to a pre-teen girl. It's a huge responsibility, and I'm sensing that it's even more of a requirement that I stay right with Christ so that I can be the mom she needs me to be. It's so weird, that they seem to not age forever, and then all of a sudden.... BAM. They are in the next stage of life. Weird.

I so remember this stage of life, and I really want to guide her through it with her eyes on Christ. Lord, please help me do that. 

When thunderstorms thwarted our swimming plans, we met friends at the Flight Museum to end the week. It was free, and that was a great time to go! We had a great time, and hopefully learned a lot, since I'm counting it as a field trip!

Jude very literally said, "Man, I wish I had a bathtub big enough for THIS!" I love that kid.

This was special to me, since I blogged not too long ago about my great-grandmother going to work during WWII. It made me realize how completely easy our lives are in SO many ways. We are oh so weak compared to that generation. They were tough. They lived through so much.

They had some really cool exhibits.

This was my kids' favorite part of the day. *rolling eyes* They don't get lunches packed for them much, so I tried to make it all "field-tripy" and pack lunches for them to eat on the road. Zane made me add superhero stuff to his bag. That's a sideways bat on the left, Superman in the middle, and a spider web on the right. My artistic skills are lacking, let me tell you. :) Jude's are Lego's. That made him happy.

Family worship. This picture just made me happy. Zane is blurry because he's swaying to the music.

Speaking of Zane, prior to this year, he would have gotten the "#1 most difficult aspect to homeschooling" award. 

Oh the stories I could tell. 

I don't know if it's because he (finally) turned 4 or what it is, but this year, he has been amazing. He will sit in the floor and play with Lego's for the longest time while we are doing school. I don't think there's been one day when he played Wii, which honestly, is the only reason we survived last year. I'm so very thankful. God took care of us through all that hard, hard stuff, and now things are easier. I don't take that for granted either. I'll never forget how much God carried me through things where I literally thought, "I just can't do this." He is so faithful. 

This is a Leggo creation he made all by himself. He looks proud, doesn't he? Ha. That stinker. I adore him. 

So that was week two. God is good. :)