Odds and Ends

Here's a hodge podge of different things that have been going on lately.  I want to write them down before I forget too many of them.  As I sit here, I will share what I am hearing in the background...(1 sec...I have to pull Red Alert off the table).  Seth is berating his little sister for cutting his bath short--WAY short.  "Courtney...DON"T poop in the bath again!  It's GROSS!"  Yes, my little girl has fallen into a bad habit.  But I digress...

= Lindsay came running inside one day hollering that I had to bring Courtney in RIGHT AWAY!  Why you ask?  Well, because she saw a Nazi plane...and little black things were falling from it...they were bullets...and they hit a tree...in Spruce Grove...   I'd say that pilot was a little behind schedule!

= This past week I got an e-mail from Reformation Heritage Books...they asked me if I would be willing to write a review on a couple of books.  I don't know if this is standard or not, but it's the first time I've been asked that by this company.  I buy a lot of books from them--both for myself and for the church library.  Anyways, I wrote a review for 1 book...it's up for review now and we'll see if they use it or not. 

=I had to run errands last Thursday.  I took all the kids with me, telling them we had to go to Superstore, the bank, the gas station and the liquor store (for boxes).  Seth immediately pipes up, "I LOVE the licorice store!"

= Tomorrow we head out to go to Coaldale for our year end field trip.  Why Coaldale you say?  My eldest son absolutely loves birds of prey and the Alberta Birds of Prey Sanctuary is located there.  On Tuesday we will go to the Calgary Zoo.

= Today Courtney threw a fit because I would not let her walk down the stairs by herself.  I hope one she reads this post and realizes the complete absurdity of the situation, cause today she took it awfully serious.

= Lately I have been enjoying a series of lectures delivered by Joel Beeke on Child Rearing/Marriage/Family Living.  It's all so practical!  I've also been enjoying listening to Dr. David Murray on the catechism.

= I've been reading to the kids about Corrie ten Boom while sitting in the crawl space--their idea, not mine.  I must say...reading there brings the book to a whole new light.  I do wonder if the content of the book may be a little too heavy for them.  It sure brings on a lot of discussion.

= I know there is more I wanted to write, but I can't remember and my brain is fried.  I will leave this post as is, taking comfort in the fact that at least I've written a few tidbits of life that's been happening around here.  In 40 years from now I won't remember this little stuff and oddly enough, will probably enjoy reading it. 

The next post will, Lord willing, talk about our trip.