Of all the games our two younger sons Lucas, 7, and Atticus, 5, love to play at dinnertime, their favorite is religious trivia. Here’s a random, annotated sampling of tonight’s questions: 1. What is the first book of the Bible? (They both know this one and what it means.) 2. What is the last book [...]
I was not disappointed when Lucas chose Abraham Lincoln for his 2nd-grade Famous Americans project. And I’m elated with what he did with it! He picked out the red posterboard at Hobby Lobby; drew by hand and cut out the “bubble letters”; wrote a detailed paragraph explaining Lincoln’s most important accomplishments; drew and colored his [...]
Shoebox + metallic paint + jewels + sequins = two cool treasure boxes :)
Kevin’s always telling the boys he wants them to be “smarter than the average bear,” encouraging them not to settle for doing or being the bare minimum. Tonight at dinner, Lucas said he wanted to be smarter than the average bear, and Atticus repeated it, too. Then, Attie asked, “Who is the average bear?”
Not only did Lukie Luke lose one of his front teeth today in school, but he also had his second smiley-face day in a row!! Awesome news!!! Notice the smiley his teacher Mr. Monge drew is missing a tooth, too. The little red chest had his tooth in it. He said Mr. Monge gave it [...]
A full day of school, then homework and martial arts class at the Y. The boys were too pooped to play well before bedtime.
Lucas at a little less than 11 months…a little more than six years ago. :)
If you’re gonna run, make sure it’s in the right direction. ;)
Today was the birthday of two very important people to us: my son Cody, who was stillborn 12 years ago, and Kevin’s grandfather, Lawrence Simpson, who died in 1991. In memory, we spent a while this evening at the two separate cemeteries, on opposite ends of the city, sharing flowers and memories and prayers.
