Thursday, August 4, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Funny Things
We finished our first homeschooling year on Friday! Thus the reason for dropping out of the blogging world unintentionally. It really took a lot of time out of my life (and still will) but there are some wonderful things that have made it all worth it, some of which are the funniest things I've heard in a long time. (You will understand the rest better if you know that we studied Ancient History, including a long section on Egypt, and the Human Body this year.)
First Funny Thing
Several weeks ago, in the car, been a very long day, all tired, kids picking on each other. I say in my stern voice to the back seat "Bekah! Stop getting on JJ's nerves!"
Within two seconds, JJ quipped back to Bekah, "Yeah, and stay off my bones too!"
Needless to say I laughed til almost crying. I would never have thought of putting that together!
Second Funny Thing
Last week, JJ at the breakfast table with dad. Still early in the morn. (None of us are thrilled with JJ's lack of sleeping lately and constant climbing in bed with others, so it's hard for us to be happy with him in the morning.)
JJ starts eating. Says, "Dad, my food is going down to my sarcophagus!"
(Did you get he was trying to say esophagus?)
Third Funny Thing
Bekah decided to make books this week. One book was on Cleopatra and trying to be a spy for her father when she was young. Back of the book she wrote (I used her spelling): "read this book! cleaptra finds two guys trying to poinz (poison) her fater! will she get her fater in time or will he die? read this book to find out."
Inside the book says:
"Table of Contents
capter 1
Then the end."
"nine year old cleaapachra looked down of the bakarey. she spyed on the two peploe she had been wathing then for howrs. They wroe planing to pozin the King her Father. Suddly the two men left and Cleapachra ran for her father's throe room she quickly told the story. He called for his gurads he told them to aresstd the
(and here there is a page break)
two men. Since Cleaapachra kewe (knew) six lageges (languages) she could spy good. Sudnely the gurads came back with the men iteruping cleaapachra thothgs (thoughts). The King aste them questins. Then the King throg them in jial. Then he turned to cleaapachra. "You have saved me" he said.
The end."
I love the way she wrote her story. But hang on for the best part.
Bekah says, "Did you notice how on one of the pages I wrote 'the' and then 'two men' on the next page? I did that on purpose so the reader would just HAVE to turn the page to find out what was coming next."
Nothing goes past that girl...watch out advertisers, she already knows your tricks!
First Funny Thing
Several weeks ago, in the car, been a very long day, all tired, kids picking on each other. I say in my stern voice to the back seat "Bekah! Stop getting on JJ's nerves!"
Within two seconds, JJ quipped back to Bekah, "Yeah, and stay off my bones too!"
Needless to say I laughed til almost crying. I would never have thought of putting that together!
Second Funny Thing
Last week, JJ at the breakfast table with dad. Still early in the morn. (None of us are thrilled with JJ's lack of sleeping lately and constant climbing in bed with others, so it's hard for us to be happy with him in the morning.)
JJ starts eating. Says, "Dad, my food is going down to my sarcophagus!"
(Did you get he was trying to say esophagus?)
Third Funny Thing
Bekah decided to make books this week. One book was on Cleopatra and trying to be a spy for her father when she was young. Back of the book she wrote (I used her spelling): "read this book! cleaptra finds two guys trying to poinz (poison) her fater! will she get her fater in time or will he die? read this book to find out."
Inside the book says:
"Table of Contents
capter 1
Then the end."
"nine year old cleaapachra looked down of the bakarey. she spyed on the two peploe she had been wathing then for howrs. They wroe planing to pozin the King her Father. Suddly the two men left and Cleapachra ran for her father's throe room she quickly told the story. He called for his gurads he told them to aresstd the
(and here there is a page break)
two men. Since Cleaapachra kewe (knew) six lageges (languages) she could spy good. Sudnely the gurads came back with the men iteruping cleaapachra thothgs (thoughts). The King aste them questins. Then the King throg them in jial. Then he turned to cleaapachra. "You have saved me" he said.
The end."
I love the way she wrote her story. But hang on for the best part.
Bekah says, "Did you notice how on one of the pages I wrote 'the' and then 'two men' on the next page? I did that on purpose so the reader would just HAVE to turn the page to find out what was coming next."
Nothing goes past that girl...watch out advertisers, she already knows your tricks!
Monday, June 20, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
The Easy Way
Perhaps you all already know about this, but I recently learned about Windows Live Writer. It’s a program that you can download onto your computer – for free. With this program, you create all your blog posts entirely in the program and then push a button and it publishes it straight to your blog! It’s amazing because you avoid using the awful, not user-friendly blogspot.com process, and there are no draw backs, at least that I’ve found anyway. Blogging can go much faster and smoother.
So, seriously, give it a try!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Susan
by Brandon Roses
I remember the day
When I crossed ways
With an amazing woman
Who has the charm of May
She invited me in
This was no mistake
She gave me that last
Of her husband’s cheesecake
As we talk a little while
I could tell
She was someone great
I need to know well
As I peeked and peered
Around her home
I was piecing a puzzle
Of a Susan unknown
I saw books of horses
Riding boots that don’t fit
In the bathroom the towel holder
Was a D-ring snaffle bit
In a book I saw pictures
Of a pretty, young rider
Sailing over the jumps
Like a calm, smoth hang glider
On the shelf sits a treasure
That makes me weak in the knuckle
The name Mary Sue
On a champion belt buckle
In the garage I saw something
That made my heart hollow
A dusty wood stall plaque
With the name Caro Regalo
I then saw Susan as
Someone tougher than leather
But when she opens her mouth
Her soft words are soft like a feather
When I pieced it together
I was dead like an opossum
I realized quickly that
Susan is legitimately awesome
Monday, June 6, 2011
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