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We went on a lovely little walk today, along with our "move in" neighbor to the corner market for sweets. I feel slightly like we're in a Leave it to Beaver segment in this old school city (of course with a few more motor homes and toothless wonders!). As we were returning home, I kept saying "move it or lose it kiddos" due to their snail's pace. They were gleefully eating their newly purchased treats and sampling each others' candy, which caused them to be VERY slow. Needless to say, a five minute walk turned into a twenty five minute walk. But, it got me thinking-that's one of the many things I truly love about my kids and children in general. They force you to see that it is the journey and not just the conclusion we should be relishing. There truly is something to be said for noticing that there are dinosaur shapes in the clouds, dozens of ants forging their way through the cracks in our sidewalk, and that little rocks make great amunition! I guess it really is all about the details.

YEAH FOR PHONICS!!!!!!!!!

I am enormously happy tonight! G and I were reading a bed time story and she asked what one of the words said. I told her she should sound it out and not only did she sound out that one, but three other words!!!! I screamed to JR to come up right away to witness her new skill. I was so excited because I am a major lover of books and now I know a whole new, exciting world will open up to her.
T just finished the fifth Harry Potter tonight! I still have yet to catch up to him. He's a voracious reader and I love that about him. He's been filling me in on all the details so I don't miss a thing! He's in a race to get to the last book. Long live J.K. Rowling.

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So many cooks in the kitchen!

I swear- I'm not on a cooking vacation, but my

cute kids have been so into making breakfast lately! Every morning they wake up ready to create and it has been fun to teach them new tricks. T and G are becoming quite the cooks, and E-well, she still just enjoys drinking milk (all day long! Sometimes for three hour stretches as she did at church on Sunday!) My kids are also enjoying placing our little "service heart" wherever they do a good deed for each other, so it has been fun to find it in little places all over our home. Thank heavens some FHE lessons stick! So, this morning on the counter where they helped to make pancakes, our shiny red service heart sat!