HE PASSED!!!
Praise the Lord!
Only a week or two of revisions, and then Jim will resubmit his dissertation, and be DONE!!!
Thank you so much for praying for us~
Wonderful!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Please pray tomorrow!
After nine long years, Jim will be defending his dissertation tomorrow at 10:45 a.m.
This 'oral defense' can be quite grueling, as his three Readers have the opportunity to grill him about anything in his 300+ page dissertation. Even his German, Greek and Hebrew will be under scrutiny!
The girls keep saying, "We can't wait to call him 'Dr. Daddy!'" for even they realize the momentous effort put into this endeavor.
SO PRAY!
This 'oral defense' can be quite grueling, as his three Readers have the opportunity to grill him about anything in his 300+ page dissertation. Even his German, Greek and Hebrew will be under scrutiny!
The girls keep saying, "We can't wait to call him 'Dr. Daddy!'" for even they realize the momentous effort put into this endeavor.
SO PRAY!
Homeschooling
There have been a few surprises in homeschooling. The first is that I actually really enjoy it! I know that sounds crazy, but after the first few weeks of wondering if I would survive, we have all settled into a good routine and we are all learning a lot.
That's another surprise. I am learning! I feel like I am doing school all over again, but with a teacher manual to help me~
BUT, probably the biggest surprise is how much I realized I WASN'T teaching my children before. I realize now that I am IT. I am the teacher, and so I better get my act together and round out their education well. SO, I had a unit last week on "How to take a shower." I know, I know, you may be saying to yourself, 'haven't you already done that?' Well, of course I in general have, but I certainly haven't sat them all down in a circle with washcloths and soap and shampoo and given a tutorial. Here were a few of my points:
1. The shower liner must ALWAYS be inside the shower, and this is how you do it~water is not allowed outside the shower
2. This is how much shampoo you should use, conditioner, soap etc.
3. You should have a towel ready so you don't trail mass amounts of water across the bathroom into your bedroom.
4. You need to rinse your hair. A lot.
5. Hang up your towel when you are done, put your dirty clothes in the laundry and clean up the bathroom~
From there we went on to brushing teeth, washing hands, reminders about public restrooms, and other basic hygiene topics.
Indeed it has been an education all around~next weeks topic~cleaning bathrooms!
That's another surprise. I am learning! I feel like I am doing school all over again, but with a teacher manual to help me~
BUT, probably the biggest surprise is how much I realized I WASN'T teaching my children before. I realize now that I am IT. I am the teacher, and so I better get my act together and round out their education well. SO, I had a unit last week on "How to take a shower." I know, I know, you may be saying to yourself, 'haven't you already done that?' Well, of course I in general have, but I certainly haven't sat them all down in a circle with washcloths and soap and shampoo and given a tutorial. Here were a few of my points:
1. The shower liner must ALWAYS be inside the shower, and this is how you do it~water is not allowed outside the shower
2. This is how much shampoo you should use, conditioner, soap etc.
3. You should have a towel ready so you don't trail mass amounts of water across the bathroom into your bedroom.
4. You need to rinse your hair. A lot.
5. Hang up your towel when you are done, put your dirty clothes in the laundry and clean up the bathroom~
From there we went on to brushing teeth, washing hands, reminders about public restrooms, and other basic hygiene topics.
Indeed it has been an education all around~next weeks topic~cleaning bathrooms!
Camp Ripley
We took a field trip on Friday, our first, while living here in Brainerd. We headed to Camp Ripley, an Army base, which also houses a museum complete with outside climbing apparatus.
Inside as well as out~!
We met some new recruits while we were there~
and learned quite a bit~for instance, did you know that MN has had 45 individuals win the Medal of Honor?
Monday, September 22, 2008
A cousin's birthday
Just to show you that our children aren't always wounded or dirty, I thought I would include a few "clean" photos.
For cousin Caroline's birthday the girls enjoyed dressing up; after using most of my mom's eye shadow and lipstick, of course.
We enjoyed the "Lady of Shallot" pose, and thought you might enjoy it too~
For cousin Caroline's birthday the girls enjoyed dressing up; after using most of my mom's eye shadow and lipstick, of course.
We enjoyed the "Lady of Shallot" pose, and thought you might enjoy it too~
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Another day at Nanna and Papa's
A beautiful garden awaits you upon arrival at my folks place~and I can never resist taking pictures!
I couldn't resist taking a few more pictures of a different species of "flowers" that I encountered one afternoon.
The children decided to make mud pies and mud cakes to sell, and Andrew discovered a green bean (below) he thought we could eat for dinner~
You can just see the corner of my Dad in this picture, the girls are heading his way to give him a little love~
I couldn't resist taking a few more pictures of a different species of "flowers" that I encountered one afternoon.
The children decided to make mud pies and mud cakes to sell, and Andrew discovered a green bean (below) he thought we could eat for dinner~
You can just see the corner of my Dad in this picture, the girls are heading his way to give him a little love~
Thursday, September 18, 2008
What happened while we were gone?
My folks watched our children for a few days last month. Who doesn't like to be with their grandparents? But, THIS is what we saw when we returned and drove down the driveway!
I leaped out of the car in a panic, and was completely convinced a great tragedy had struck Claire. (I might have not been so concerned had I looked at my Dad first instead of my daughter~)
Somehow the injuries appeared worse than perhaps they WERE, but then I was really concerned when I beheld a few more people straggling toward the car~
This next one really concerned me the most, for who exactly was watching our children when my Mom was also injured?
If you plan on going on a trip, I would suggest asking other people than my parents to watch your children.
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