How are you doing with keeping up with my posts. Lately it has been tough to get some time to write. My older boys are now on their Thanksgiving vacation and they have already enjoyed a sleep over at grandmas. They got to play games until late at night and were up by 4:30 am playing with toys. I know grandma wasn’t. Then they were making memories making peppernuts (a traditional German dessert for Christmas) and many fun moments with grandma. I love school breaks when we can do different things beside the daily running from here to there. So today I will touch a little bit on what knowledge I am thankful for but I really want to talk about how I get through the breaks from school.
I love having my kids home from school, well most of the time. No I am not one of those moms that can’t wait for them to return. But i do see the value in having them home. I hope we can have a lot of fun during this break. I already have several things planned. I really want to enjoy the outdoors while it is so warm still. This week is supposed to be in the 50’s. I also really want to have times of drawing. We love this you tube channel called art for kids hub. Its a father who sits down with his kids and draws with them. The pictures W has made from watching and learning through these videos are amazing. I would love to have a time when we just sit down and draw together. In order for me to keep my whits I need to have my house in order so I hope to have periods of cleaning times to just keep up on it. So many times things begin to get overwhelming and then I start yelling and getting frustrated with my kids. That is something I do not want to do. I am also planning to have lots of time for playing and hopefully minimal tv and tablet time. But hey it may turn into tablet time to survive. Who knows. But having all my kids home requires flexibility. I love them all dearly and I have many hopes for the way this time will turn out but number one is to keep my cool and relax and have fun with all the kids. After all they are only little for a very short time of their lives.
Thankfulness day 17 asks what knowledge I am thankful for? I would have to say I am thankful for the knowledge of the Bible. There are so many people in the world who do not have Bibles. In some places it is illegal to have a Bible. I am thankful for the ability to read the Bible but the fact that I can go to the store and buy one or two or two hundred. We are so blessed in America and I don’t want to take for granted the freedom we have so we can receive the knowledge of the Bible. There is so much richness and love in the Bible and I am just really grateful to be able to read it and study it but also be able to live it out.
The thankfulness verse for today is Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.
Signing off from one woman to another,
Jenny Wren