Night Light

Grace (5 years old)

This post is linked to 5 Minutes for Mom (Wordless Wednesday), Energizer Bunnies' Mommy Reports  (Wordless Wednesday) and I Should be Folding Laundry (You Capture).

Overheard

Grace (age 5) is doing very well with phonics and is about halfway through the Alpha-Phonics book I've used with each of the children.  She tries to read everything, whether it is on the refrigerator

or on Facebook.  

I don't have to wonder about her reading comprehension because she has a running commentary with everything she reads.  Here are some of the sentences she read today in Alpha-Phonics (in red) along with her comments and questions:

Dave had a date with Kate.  Is that a boy and a girl?  Are they married?  Maybe it was a friend date...or a playdate!

Jane paid ten cents [That's a dime!] at the gate.  Why did she have to pay to get in?  Did everyone have to pay ten cents?

If the train is late, Gail will take a bus.  Does the bus go to the same place?  Maybe she could walk the rest of the way.

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And then the student becomes the teacher...

Grace decided to teach Josiah and me today.  One of her topics was Christmas.  She began by saying there were two parts to Christmas, and she would start with the second part and end with the first part because the first part was the most important.

So, she began talking about Christmas trees...

 

And then she talked about the most important part...

 

Jesus.

The angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: today a Savior, who is Messiah the Lord, was born for you in the city of David. This will be the sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped snugly in cloth and lying in a manger."  (Luke 2:10-12 HCSB) ¹¹¹²

Country Roads

I have a LOT of fun taking pictures in the fall.  (OK, so it's more like year round...)  My kids have even stopped asking me, "Why are we stopping?  What are you doing?  Why are you taking a picture of that?"  They just sit and wait for me to finish taking pictures, and not a word is said. 

Well, not a word is said to me.  The younger two (9 and 5 years old) hardly ever stop talking. 

These are two of my photos from this week.  We had finished running errands and I went the long way home.  This road is just a couple of miles from our home, and looks peaceful and relaxing to me.

 

 

This post is linked to 5 Minutes for Mom (Wordless Wednesday) and I Should be Folding Laundry (You Capture).

Sunsets

Peace is seeing a sunrise or a sunset and knowing Whom to thank. 

Anonymous  

 

 

 

 

All photos are SOOC.

Fall Colors: Part Two

More photos--this time, they're all from my backyard. 


The moon rising in the late afternoon sky...

Berries on a tree just over our fence...

Beautiful fall colors all around...

 

 And a fiery sun setting through the trees.

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Fall Colors

 These are some photos I took last week on the way to our homeschool play date

 and before leaving the play date.

 

But this--this is my favorite shot.

 

 
Do you take lots of pictures of the leaves changing colors in the fall?

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Sunset

The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; 

where morning dawns, where evening fades, 

you call forth songs of joy. 

Psalm 65:8 (NIV)

Grace (5) calls sunsets like these rainbow sunsets.