Public School???

Well yesterday I made it to the public school and registered my kids!! Yeah, that's right, public school!! I sat for almost two hours at the elementary school filling out papers until my hand was cramping, then I had to go to the Jr. high school and fill out papers for Alanta (can't believe she's in Jr. high). I Can't believe they are no longer going to be at home with me everyday!! I don't know what I'll do with myself, with just Blayd at home. It's been three years of home school with kids home everyday. Last year, at times, it was a little much with all the kids home. I think it will be good for both me and the kids that they go to school this year. I also found out that the school they will be going to is very small and personal. Only 15-20 kids in a class! I think the kids will do great and have fun. One thing they will miss is the Bible being integrated in everything they learn. So I decided we will do devotions, and memory verses each week, and try to get them into church programs as much as possible. I am thankful that I was able to home school them as long as we did, I think it was especially good for Alemu and Samuel for the first year they were here with us. Now that I know they are all going to school I can't wait until they start, they are getting restless and ready for it to start too!

Compliments from a 3 year old...

Blayd comes out of his room one day with the sweetest smile on his face! "Mom" he says excitedly "you are the most Beautiful girl in the whole world!!!" Wow, I think to myself, what a sweetie!! So I grab him in my arms and give him a big kiss. "Thanks, buddy" I say. Then he tells me why he thinks I'm SO beautiful, "you made my bed SO awesome!!!" Ohhhh....that's why he complimented me, I had put some different blankets on his bed for Sisay (who was spending the night) to sleep on! Sadly I had to tell my ecstatic 3yr. old son that it wasn't for him that I put new blankets on his bed....thankfully he took it well, and it didn't bother him too much!

EGGS.....

our dog Queen

one VERY large egg...one small

We have recently gotten our first eggs from our chickens....YEAH!!! How exciting to find a fresh egg or two....the kids have actually been fighting on who gets to go check for the eggs! We think we have a rooster in the batch though, so that's no good, got to get it away from those chickens! The eggs have been all different sizes...one even had three yokes inside!!

On the other hand...some sad news...our dog Queen got out of our invisible fence (no, it's not imaginary,just under ground) and got hit by a car...she didn't make it. SO sad, she was a very good dog, the kids favorite!! For some reason our animals seem to run away or die lately. God only knows why our kids have to go through that, especially Alemu and Samuel. They have gone through so many losses, its really hard on Alemu especially! I'm am sure though, that God will work it out for the good of the children, as He molds and forms them.