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Heard as we drove by a housing development under construction: 6 year-old: Why don’t we just have them build a house anywhere we want in The Land of Milk and Honey? 10 year-old: They can, but you have to pay for it. 7 year-old: Yeah, like TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS! 6 year-old: So for ten thousand [...]

The first day of school. Shortly after loading them in the car and running back into the house twice for forgotten items, I got them to school late, and got yelled at by the crossing guard in the school parking lot for skipping the crosswalk. Then once inside the fun began. I took Daughter #1 [...]

I love my kids… but enough is enough.  This has to be the longest summer break on record.  We are just hours away from the launch of school year 2005-2006 and I tell you it comes none too soon.  After I wake the lovelies at the crack of dawn to enter 1st, 3rd, and 5th [...]

Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him, “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” [...]

Today was the TOPs testing for the 7-11 year olds who have demonstrated a bit of natural gymnastics talent.  They did a range of exercises that amounted to nothing spectacular, just running, jumping, hanging type stuff.  The last exercise was was a fear test good for one point.  The girls were to climb up on [...]