Gold Mini-Vans, Books, a Sleepless Night and Yes The Duggers

I attended our yearly, homeschool conference this week and let me tell you it was quite the time. First off, gold mini-vans must now be a staple for homeschool families because it seemed like everyone had one. This is not to imply that I couldn't find my own van........okay that is exactly what I am implying. They (the gold mini-vans) were EVERYWHERE!!!!! I am sure the lack of sleep (who can sleep with a room full of excited homeschool moms) and over stimulation by ALL that curriculum didn't help in my brain issues. Of course you throw the whole newborn thing into the mix, okay you all get the picture. So that pretty much sums up the gold mini-vans, books and sleepless night items.
Onto the Duggar Family. Those kids are so stinkin' cute and very well behaved. I ran into five of them on the elevator and saw that they were on their way up to the twelfth floor which is where we were staying. I asked them if they would be keeping us up all night and one of the little boys says, "Actually we are staying on the fifth". He just sounded so grown up. Kudos to Jim Bob and Michelle, who is pregnant with their 18th child, on raising such polite,well-mannered children. Michelle just has as sweet of a spirit in person as she does on T.V. I really thought that the Duggars would provide some great blogging material but apparently everyone else did too. If you have no clue who I am even talking about you can check them out here

So the homeschool conference has come to a close and I have 3 very tired friends (from the whole sleepless night thing) who I hope all agree we will not be repeating that next year, fun as it was. I have all my curriculum and can hardly wait for the school year to begin.
So for now keep track of your gold mini-vans (especially at homeschool conferences), enjoy all the books, avoid sleepless nights if you can and remember that if Jim Bob and Michelle can handle, soon to be, 18 children, I can handle my three.

I Have Created a Monster

I tend to be somewhat detail/task oriented. I like to have a plan for the day and be able to mentally check things off as I accomplish them. Apparently my somewhat anal, obsessive (whatever you want to call it) behavior has begun to rub off on my 6 year old. As I was preparing for the day Mr. N comes in with a piece of paper numbered from 1 to about 30. He requested that I make a list of everything we need to get done today so that he can check it off. Sound a little familiar? It didn't end there. Everything we did he would proceed to check it off and then let me know what the next thing was we needed to be doing. However, when I was doing something (like blogging) that wasn't on the list he had to make sure that I knew it wasn't on the list by saying,

"Um, mom is working on the computer on the list?".

My response, "Well, it should be".

I appreciate his detail to always having a gameplan and I firmly believe that have an organized household is very beneficial to life, however, I like to be the ONE organizing it.

Kids Say The Darndest Things

My father is a pastor and currently my family attends the church where he preaches. We have a multipurpose building(serves as sanctuary and gymnasium). So inside you will find 2, rather large, movable basketball goals which of course every boy loves to climb. I mean seriously why did God make trees...... so my little guys can climb all the way to the top and give me a heart attack (wasn't the first and I am sure it won't be the last). Anyway, back to the basketball goals. So you have a church with a lot of little boys (some big ones too) running around who love to climb up those basketball goals. Of course only 2 of those boys are the grandsons of the pastor. So my boys have on numerous occasions (did I mention my boys like to climb?) been told to get down by my father, the pastor. Well the other day, some other boys were climbing the basketball goal and Mr. N proceeded to tell them that his grandpa doesn't really want anyone climbing on said goals. Then he continues on to say and I quote, "He is the Priest, we should probably listen to him". Oh yes, won't my father be happy to hear that when he returns. Only one of many things to come out of their little mouths that will shock some and embarrass others (mainly me). Here is the bright side, Lil Mr. N can't even talk yet.

You Have Now Entered the Blog Zone

Okay, with much proding from my SIL and actually her sister, I launch into the world of blogging with boys. I have journaled with all my children since I found out I was pregnant and have felt somewhat stubborn about becoming high tech with journaling but here I am. I am really new at this and don't even know how this is going to turn out. At least it will be entertainment for H & H. You know who you are. I have 3 living boys who are definately ALL BOY. In fact one of the classes we are doing in school next year (yes, I am also crazy enough to homeschool) is a course all about BUGS!!! That should be interesting. I am looking forward to the final look of Little Boys Blue (currently my husband is designing someonelse's blog). I don't know how much will be written here until I get high speed but I just felt inspired to get something going today. So here it is. Enjoy!