My summer can now begin!

Our local homeschool conference is over now. I have purchased all we'll need and still have some left over cash. What a wonderful feeling that is. With each year I learn a little more about what to buy and what not to buy. Mostly being realistic with myself about what I can actually accomplish and about the type of kids I have. That is really key, cause well I don't have children or a family picture like you see on the cover of Five in a Row. Nice quiet, little brains reading and absorbing knowledge. Nah...mine are wild, crazy and lets learn by doing and making all sorts of crazy investigations. So now that I have that figured out, I can make decisions based on reality and not on my dreams. This year I was able to score some used curriculum for great prices. It helps to have a list and stick to it.
So what do I do now?
I shove all the books to the side and let them collect dust for a month or so.
I forget I am a teacher.
I hope they will let me become like broccoli and sit and watch them be kids for a while. I really like the idea of just sitting idle for a while. I don't dare imagine being able to shut my brain off while I sit like broccoli. That would be absolutely dangerous with my children. I do have to try and keep my wits about me. They might try and re-enact Kung Fu Panda when he attaches fireworks to the chair. But then again, that would make another humurous blog post....

And we are still waiting.....

Do to unexpected changes in today's hearing, no sentence has been given.
He is in custody and will remain in custody until??? For now that is a comfort for us to know he is in custody. We have been told what the minimum and maximum length of time could be. However, any of that can change. We have experienced much of the unpredicatability of our court's legal system. At this time, we are unable to answer any questions. And so we wait and pray that God's Will will be done, whatever that may be.
It was an extremely difficult day. We are tired. We are relieved this part is over for us. Extremely relieved.
We thank you for your prayers.

** Prayer Request **

Tomorrow (Friday) is our day in court. We have been thrown a few curveballs. This afternoon has been tumultous. However, it is evening now and tomorrow is a new day. Homeschool Conference is this weekend, we will start our day there. Have lunch and attend to business. Hopefully we'll end our day at conference. I am struggling to find a balance between forgiveness and how to ask for strong consequences. There are crimes that just should never happen. Crimes in which I believe there is no reasonable excuse that can be given to only give a slap on the hand. There are crimes which require strong discipline and consequences. Those around me are concerned about how I will respond to the judge's decision if he decides to only give a slap on the hand. I told my husband I will probably cry and be upset. And then I will move on. Tomorrow will be an emotionally charged day. The only "request" for prayer I can ask is : God's will be done, and there will be validation for my family that what happened was undeniably wrong, should not have happened and there will be some type of accountability/punishment required from the defendant.

Late Night Shopping !

This is BEAST!

This is Beast's Human, My neice!
She came back a whole week early!
Now that the dog does not cry all night ~ well rather I am allergic to it and Beast now gets the garage ~ so at least I don't hear Beast anymore in the middle of the night.

I took Human shopping at Dillons ! Coupon Box and Flier in hand. The goal: get 50 cent hot dogs and other deals. Some for me and some for the impoverished college student Human! Teach her the delightful wonders of coupon savings. I saved roughly 60% and she was appropriately impressed.

This however is what we returned to: They were completely exhausted from all of the excitement of Human's return.
This one completely cracks me up! How does he get himself like this? An office chair with "tickly" the panda bear. I had to do some buffering to get his head out with bonking him.

And well dear princess here, called us mean when we woke her, and freed her from little brother.
Dear Human attempted to carry this one upstairs. I was in utter shock! I normally wake and send her on her own power. Doesn't she look so sweet?

More Crazy Kid Sayings

In the car this morning, D starts chanting "I wanna Happy Meal, I wanna Happy Meal,"
I look back at him and say, "I wanna silent child, I wanna silent child."
D looks at me quizzically and asks, "What's that????"