10!!!

TEN!!!

Go AWAY 10!
I told you not to come!
How dare you show up to try to take our fun!
10 means no more baby!
10 means no more single digits!
10 means your old enough to do things by yourself!
10 means you think you old enough to do things by yourself!
10 means I let you walk down to your grandma's house BY YOURSELF!!!
10 means you can mow the lawn :)
10 is no longer little
I told you to stay away but nooooo
You are just like the rest of them 9,8,7,6..
I told them all stay away.
Let him be little..
Don't come so fast..
Can't you wait just a little longer..
But noo here you are and what am I to do.
I could look on the bright side ..
They say 10 is perfect and that fits you well
You are perfect.

Happy birthday my little stinky head.

Landry..in a nut shell

a poem about having an ADHD son

He's bouncin' off walls, a super ball gone insane,

He runs through your world like an off-rail freight train,

Interruptions are constant, tantrums galore,

When it's time to do piano, he's gone, out the door.

The drama is constant, oh his foot fell asleep,

He moans and he wails, the theatrics run deep, .

He is brighter than most,

And with patience and love, I know he'll go far.

But what I must take from well meaning friends:

Don't let him do that. Oh these rules that he bends.

You're not a good parent. His temper's outrageous.

He hears this and wonders, just what's wrong with me?

I tell him, "You're special! You have A.D.H.D."

You have awesome energy that could bring you great fame.

You don't need much sleep; you never wear down.

You're silly and funny, when you act like a clown.

You've felt lots of pain from what people have said,

But you pray for those people when you go to bed.

So you try every day to make a fresh start,

For God gifted you with an extra big heart.

As I look at my child, he sees through my soul,

My heart feels like bursting, as I realize my goal.

I know this boy like no one else could,

He's a blessing to me. He's strong and he's good.

So I'll love him and guide him through the worst of the worst,

And he'll make a great man (if I don't kill him first).

I'm kidding of course 'cause I know what's to be,

When I look in his eyes, I see a reflection of me.

Fun at the farm..

On Saturday we went to Nash Farm...

It was AWESOME.. There were tons of things to do. I got a picture of just a few.

This is Lukas making his own rope. It was really very cool. There were 4 strings and a thing that twisted them up and then Luke guided this cross down the ropes to make a big rope.. very cool

No spring event is complete with out sack races..
Learning how bee's made honey. eeeewwww

Making and playing with farm toys. You spin this in your hands and it flies.

Walking on stilts..

And of course the obligatory farm animals.

The boys also did leather work and milked goats and made pinwheels and weaved on a weaving machine and planted a garden and went on a trailer ride and watched the blacksmith and ... It was very cool!!!

Spring!!!

The Sun is shining!!


The rain has stopped and the bluebonnets are in full bloom!!!

There is a place here where the bluebonnets are knee deep and go up the side of the mountain.
There are bluebonnets as far as you cn see.


This is one of our hiking spots so the boys know where the paths are. I just can't believe how many bluebonnets there are!!

minus two.. opps...



Happy Spring!!!

Sharka Sharka Shakarosa

What do we LOVE about homeschooling??

Spending the day at Sharkarosa!! We think Sharkarosa is one of the coolest places ever.

You can take a safari Tram to look and touch all kinds of animals.Horses, Zebra's, Warthogs, deer and CAMELS!!

There were lots of talks today about the different animals. Lots of up close time..

On homeschool day, Sharkarosa invites all sorts of special guest. There was 3 tables of different types of skulls. Luke loved that. He is all about bones.
Critterman ( one of our favorites) was there. He had a great spill. He had tarantula's and snakes and possums ( yuck and grrrr) and Alligators.. The boys got to feel the alligator..

TOO COOL!!

Another talk that we listened to was the marsupial talk. ( kangaroo's) They had 3 baby kangaroos jumping around and told all about them.. Then asked for question and answer.. Normal questions.. How tall are they.. how far can they jump that kinda thing..

Luke's question.. Why does that one way in the back have only one arm?

So she tell him about how that Kangaroo was born that way b/c his mommy got in a fight when he was in her pouch and how he had to learn how to balance and things with only one arm.

**keep with me this is important especially when you have a kid with physical issues.*

Anyways, so that kangaroo is now the strongest and fastest out of all the kangaroos they have there. Yeah!! great take home for the kid that can't run :)

They also had ring tail lemurs but none with a good pic of Lukas and since this is a mommy blog...The kids also got to touch a baby black bear. Yep no pictures of that one either.

But .. the original question was

Why do we LOVE homeschooling......

Our Buddies!!

Boys and Trucks
Trucks and Boys
They are one and the same
at least at my house
so when Monster Jam came to town...
We Were sooo there!!!
I went to Ft. worth with a friend the week before and while we were there we drove to scary scary world to pick up pit passes... so worth it..
We got on the dirt and up close and personal with the trucks.

My boys favorite truck is Monster Mutt.. They think he is super cool.. I think its because his tongue goes in and out and his ears flap in the wind when he drives ( he is pretty stinking cute .. for a monster truck)

Being MY boys.. they HAD to get an autograph from the driver.. so they got super cute hats and had monster mutt sign them.

and of course the day would not be complete without grave digger.. Not crazy about this one but apparently its a big deal..

The show was very good .. I never thought I would actually like a monster truck show but..

Every car wrecked which of course is what the fans wanted.

During intermission they had a four wheel race.. and then a dirt bike stunt show.. Landry was in heaven .. not sure this helped me in trying to change his mind about being a professional dirt bike rider.

May all your dreams be as big as monster trucks...

Christmas is coming!!!

What you mean its over?? How can that be??

We have been so busy.. Did I miss it?

Hmmm just to recap let see...

We started with 80 degrees .. so Holiday in the park here we come...This is my absolute favorite time to go to six flags.. It is so pretty with all the lights.. and you can't beat the weather..

there were christmas cookies

Ice skating.. one of the few photos of all 4of us the boys were gone... they were like catch me if you can :)..

and there were Shepperd's watching over the flocks at night.. looks like a happy Sheppard don't ya think. he actually did a great job and said his line very clearly and slowly..