And That Brings Us Back to "Do"

It's my one year Blogaversary!


I thought it might be fun to repost some of the photos from my earliest archives to remember the beginning of Blessed Among Men.

My earliest readers will remember this picture as the first I ever posted of all five boys together, and the only one of them in the buff! I posted it with our rendition of a Shel Silverstein poem, "There's too Many [boys] in this Tub."

This was our motivational poster at the start of the 2006 homeschool year. I think I'll keep the motto for this year, too.

Ah yes...this picture. My most faithful readers will remember that this happened on my birthday/anniversary. I knew I would be able to laugh about it some day. That day is finally here.

Now here are a few things I found in my drafts that never made it to publication...

I was planning to use this little bit of clip art in a post where I received the "Thinking Blogger Award." I guess I thought the better of it...

I'm not sure why I never posted this. I wrote this after the boys had wandered into the woods beyond hearing range without permission. Jeremy was out of town at the time and I think I must have been still too upset to post about it, even in humor.

GRIPING WITH PHONICS

Someone in this house has lost some privileges-- as in most of his privileges-- because he recently and unthinkingly abused them and caused his mother great anxiety. As a result, someone is griping about the great lack of things he can still do, but at least he's griping creatively...

Someone: (pretending to read his phonics cards, hoping I'd hear) /e/ as in me, /oo/ as in do, /wh/ as in what? /m/ as in I'm, /-ord/ as in bored, /-ing /as in nothing...

Me: I've got plenty of /-ors/ as in chores!

Someone smiles. He's a sweet kid. Unthinking sometimes, but sweet.

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I guess I didn't think this was funny enough to post, but it is cute and so very like Jacob.

THINKING PINK

I purchased pool goggles for all the boys and tried to get different colors so they would know whose were whose. There weren't that many colors to choose from and so I had to buy a pair that was pink and purple. That was a mistake. Nobody wanted the "girly" pair. I half suggested returning them and getting another green pair or blue, but Jacob had a different idea.

"Why don't we just keep the pink goggles and get a girl?"

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And this one scored too high on the gross factor to post originally. Here it is now in an effort to keep it real...

NEW HOUSE RULE

One I never thought I'd have to make. Move on if you're faint of heart...

Rule: No exchanging boogers with you brother, even if he wants to.

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Thanks for reading! I love you people!