First Day of First Grade Food Fight

For those of you who don't already know, I have chosen to homeschool my boys. Thank you in advance for your prayers. I am sure I will need them. I have been doing some type of school with Mr. N and Mr. I since they were little. We started school this week and I am attempting to do both boys in the same grade. So far, so good. Note to self: It is only week 1. We are having fun but we have a lot of stuff going on. Also start out as an over-achiever and then realize I have to live in reality.

This summer the kids begged me to send them to school. They wanted to go to "real" school (thanks alot, I guess mommy's school isn't "real" enough for them, wonder if they know that I could change that). I asked them why they wanted to go to "real" school and Mr. I informed me that he wanted to pack his lunch in a lunchbox so he could eat his lunch during lunchtime. I told him that we can do that at our "real" school, so we did. Of course he chose a Star Wars lunch bag and Mr. N chose a Batman one.

So, on the first day of first grade we headed out to the picnic table for our lunch. I stepped inside to get the baby ready for a nap and pick some things up while the boys were entertained outside for the moment. Let me tell you, there were sure entertained. Mr. N. comes into the house with a look of utter disgust across his face. He is huffing and puffing and you can just tell he has HAD IT!

"Mom", he says, "do you see what my brother did to me", holding out his arms and exposing his extremely stained shirt.

"What on earth is all over your shirt?", I ask ever-so-calmly.

Apparently, Mr. I got the idea somewhere that part of lunchtime at school is having a food fight. He spit his food all over his older brother numerous times. I bet he had been planning that all summer long. Needless to say, Mr. I lost lunch packing privileges for the rest of the week. So, this is just a small glimpse of what school is like with boys. I am sure my boys are the ONLY ones who ever act like this. Please tell me they're not, PLEASE!?!?!?

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.