Forgot

I just looked at the calender at the bottom of the computer. 

3:29 PM 3/26/2013. 

 

I look at it all of the time.  But this time for some reason the number jumped out at me.  I have been so busy collecting money for cub scout camp, helping Elizabeth move, reading with the kids, homework, laundry, cleaning, making meals etc...I forgot.  

 

Baby number 5 would have been born a few day ago. 

 

 I was due on March 29th, and I normally have my babies a week early because I need a c-section. 

 

I can't believe I forgot.

 

I am glad I forgot. And I am also sad I forgot. And mad at myself I forgot.  How could I?  How could I have forgotten that?  How could I have forgotten baby number 5?  I hate myself for it.  My life would have totally been different.  Things would have been crazy right now.  I might have even been home from the Hospital by now.  It might have been another boy or .... a girl.....to many possibilities to even think of.  Crazy. 

 

 I have been so happy this last month.  I have felt so blessed.  I have loved my day to day life ( for the most part).  I feel like so many of my dreams have come true and now I am just living my dreams.  I have been so happy that I forgot the sadness.  Funny how the heart heals. 

 

 I need to read with Enoch yet.  I got dinner to make and clean up.  I am teaching astronomy to the cub scouts tonight and of course there is homework.  Sigh.  I cried while writing this, but somehow..... I am already feeling better.

Skate Party with Cousins

Greg had several people over to play games this weekend including his brother and my two brothers.  Some of their kids came along, so the cousins had fun playing all weekend.

A friend of mine had a coupon to a skating party on Saturday night that she couldn't use.  She was so kind to let us use it.  The cousins had so much fun!

However, it was A LOT harder than it looked!  They all fell several times. 

However they still had a good time.

Zoe had some of the best comments of the night.  They went like this.  "Everyone makes it look so easy.  They are just skating around and around so smoothly."  and "I love the music.  I love the lights.  It should be fun. But this is so hard!"

It was pretty late for all of them so I think the trying something hard and new was even harder.

I had a blast.  I loved roller skating as a child.  It brought back many memories.  I hope we do it again soon.

Super Dress up

Sometimes life is wonderful.  This is one of those moments.

So stinking cute these two!

Super Hero Brothers to the rescue!

My life is wonderful.

UPWARD

The past three months Ali and Shadrach have been playing Upward Basketball.  I have loved the program.  It is run through several different churches in the area.  During their practice, they have a 15 min. devotional where they apply character traits like being Christlike, responsibility, and honesty to life situations and basketball situations.

Shadrach loved every min. of it.  However, after three months he still never got the ball to even touch the rim.  That didn't bother him at all though.  He focused on what a good defender he was and enjoyed the success of his team.

 

 

Ali on the other hand seem to have a talent for it.  This was her first time doing any kind of sport.  She learned how to make baskets right away.  She scored almost every game and some times scored as many as 8 points.  So we will have to see what happens with her basketball skills.

We are glad both of them enjoy basketball.  Even though we are not athletic, we see understanding sports as something essential in our culture.  So we will contiue sports but probably not like most parents do.  We are doing it more for the educational benifits of understand American culture than actually wanting our children to play in college or something like that.

Magic Tree House

I am a daughter of a Librarian which means I don't really buy books.  I borrow them.  Greg comes from a family were they buy tons of books all of the time.  It has been fun to mix the two different traditions. 

Both Ali and Shadrach love the Magic Tree House series.  Ali can read a book rather quickly in one day and it takes Shadrach a few days to finish one.  It makes me so happy to hear them talking to each other about a book they both have read.

I have had some trouble going to the library because Liam runs a muck while we are there.  So Greg fixed the problem.  He bought around 50 magic tree house books on ebay.  These are pictures of the day they came.  Shadrach was so excited.  He set them out on the table in order.  We also bought some Box Car Children books and have high hopes for those books as well.  I am hoping this summer to introduce them to Harry Potter but I am not sure if they are ready.  We might have to wait one more year.  I really want them to enjoy Harry Potter so I am not going to let them read them until I know they can understand everything.

Here's to reading a good book.