Lindsey: When I get to heaven, my guardian angel will be my best friend!
Joey: No she won't, she'll get assigned to someone else. You know, your guardian angel used to be someone else's.
Lindsey: Nuh -Uh!
Joey: Face it, your guardian angel is refurbished!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
So Very 8-Year-Old-Boy
For those of you who may not know (since I haven't posted in so long), I am homeschooling Sam this year. I am absolutely loving my time with him, as I am getting to know him and his delightful personality so much better through our time together.
Today I took Sam to our Catholic Homeschool Group's President's Physical Fitness Day in the park. They basically drill the kids a couple times a month over a few months to prepare them to hit the PE goals of this program, like doing a certain number of situps in a minute and hitting running goals, pushup goals, etc.
At the situp station, the kids were paired up. One child did situps while the other held the knees and counted. The kids were all very interested in how many situps they could complete in their time allotment and competition was high, especially among the boys.
When it was Sam's turn, he eagerly attacked his situps, obviously trying to be the rooster of the group. He was giving it his all, throwing himself into each situp while his partner held his knees and kept his count, at first out loud and then silently, at the request of the moderator.
I noticed about 30 seconds in that Sam's partner was looking off into the distance. Must be really concentrating, I thought. Good, because Sam was really flopping himself up and down in his frantic effort to be situp king.
When the moderator called time, Sam heaved himself on the mat, exhausted, and asked eagerly, "How many did I do?"
His partner looked confused and did not answer. The moderator said, "You DID count Sam's situps, right?"
The answer was not even apologetic; rather it stated a simple fact: "No, not really."
You have GOT to love 8 year old boys.
Today I took Sam to our Catholic Homeschool Group's President's Physical Fitness Day in the park. They basically drill the kids a couple times a month over a few months to prepare them to hit the PE goals of this program, like doing a certain number of situps in a minute and hitting running goals, pushup goals, etc.
At the situp station, the kids were paired up. One child did situps while the other held the knees and counted. The kids were all very interested in how many situps they could complete in their time allotment and competition was high, especially among the boys.
When it was Sam's turn, he eagerly attacked his situps, obviously trying to be the rooster of the group. He was giving it his all, throwing himself into each situp while his partner held his knees and kept his count, at first out loud and then silently, at the request of the moderator.
I noticed about 30 seconds in that Sam's partner was looking off into the distance. Must be really concentrating, I thought. Good, because Sam was really flopping himself up and down in his frantic effort to be situp king.
When the moderator called time, Sam heaved himself on the mat, exhausted, and asked eagerly, "How many did I do?"
His partner looked confused and did not answer. The moderator said, "You DID count Sam's situps, right?"
The answer was not even apologetic; rather it stated a simple fact: "No, not really."
You have GOT to love 8 year old boys.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Apologies
Thanks to those of you who have written to see if I'm OK, as I have not posted in forever. Yes, we are all fine!
My computer has been on a slow decline for a number of months. It finally reached the point where it became so slow and buggy that I quit using it nearly altogether, especially now that I live by my iPhone for most things I might have used my computer for. However, I cannot blog to my satisfaction on my iPhone, so I simply have not been blogging.
The good news is that I am typing this from my new computer which my family purchased for me for my birthday. I am totally excited by how fast it is but am still figuring out Vista and getting all my old files transfered over...some more succesfully than others.
So bear with me, and thanks to you if you are even still reading this sleepy blog. I am not intending to abandon it!
My computer has been on a slow decline for a number of months. It finally reached the point where it became so slow and buggy that I quit using it nearly altogether, especially now that I live by my iPhone for most things I might have used my computer for. However, I cannot blog to my satisfaction on my iPhone, so I simply have not been blogging.
The good news is that I am typing this from my new computer which my family purchased for me for my birthday. I am totally excited by how fast it is but am still figuring out Vista and getting all my old files transfered over...some more succesfully than others.
So bear with me, and thanks to you if you are even still reading this sleepy blog. I am not intending to abandon it!
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