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This is a Post Script for the previous post...

I'm sorry you had to watch Allison sideways for half of the video. I am officially putting myself in the DINGBAT category!

Allison

We were at an orthodontist appointment for Katie yesterday and as Allison and I were waiting for her to be done it was clear that Allison was uncomfortable. I asked her what was wrong and she whispered, "I have to go poop!" I told her we could go to the bathroom so she could go. "NO!" Okay, whatever, I told her she'd have to wait until we got home then. A little while and much squirming later she said she'd go to the bathroom to PEE! Fine. We get in there and I told her she'd get a belly ache if she didn't go. "I can't Mom!" "Why not?" "I don't want to STINK up the place!"

Sometimes it takes great amounts of self control for me not to BURST into laughter at some of the things she says! I didn't want to seem uncaring about her concern so I assured her that she would not 'stink up the place.' The things that kid comes up with!

I'm including a video of Allison singing a song from preschool which cracked me up the first dozen times she sang it. Just for clarification, the words are:

Hi. My name is Jean.

I have a dog and three kids, and a button factory.

One day, my boss came to me and said, "Jean, are you busy?"

I said, "No."

"Then work with your right hand."

Etc. Etc. Etc.

We went to the Fall Festival Sunday night at church. It was tons of fun! There was games, candy, contests, dinner, a puppet show, face painting, and more! I've told you before, we have a REALLY fun church! One of the young moms there had her hands full trying to take pictures for everyone and watching her toddler and newborn. I sacrificed greatly to offer and hold little Bella...She was in my arms a good part of the night, sleeping peacefully. What a treat for me!! Her mom was so grateful but I was pleased as punch to hold that little bundle!! Tomorrow night we are going to Trunk or Treat at church. Apparently folks decorate their trunks in all sort of fun ways and the kids trick or treat from trunk to trunk. There will be games and more fun! I'd never heard of such a thing before. I'll let you know how it goes. Check out this great story that is fun to go along with Halloween. Allison LOVED it!

I found some great new jeans at Old Navy. It seems that I am ALWAYS looking for the perfect pair of jeans. You know, not too low, not too high, not too long, not too short. I think the Classic Sweetheart jeans are a good fit for all of those categories and not too expensive!

I was at the grocery store yesterday and overheard this conversation at the checkout next to mine. The customer was an 80 something woman and her husband. They were purchasing two bottles of wine. The cashier was a 40 something DINGBAT!

Customer puts wine up to be rung in.

Cashier..."Do you have some ID?"

Customer chuckles.

Cashier..."It's our policy to ask for ID for all alcohol purchases."

Customer..."I don't think I need to show you my ID. Harry! (her husband) She's carding me!!"

I'm not sure how this ended but I did NOT see the customer hand over her ID. I think I heard more chuckling however! Can you imagine?

I have a Halloween joke for you: Why didn't the skeleton dance at the party?

He had no body to dance with!!! LOL!

High School Hair In Living Color

I hesitate to even post this picture because it's more awful than I even remembered! I want you to notice the width of my face in relation to the width of my hair and the HEIGHT of my hair! Can you say AQUANET?!

Out of the Mouth of Babes

We were sitting at dinner and Katie asked me if I'd ever want to be a teenager again. I said, "Yeah, sure. I'd probably do some things differently though." To which sweet Rebecca replied, "Like your hair?"......

I so wish I had a picture of my 'high school hair'! Let's just say it was BIG.

Homeschooling Top 10 List

I recently came across this top 10 list. I found it offensive. Let me say that I don't consider myself to be easily offended but this bothered me. It makes homeschoolers seem self righteous. I need to back up. I homeschooled Katie for five years and Becky for one - we were a home schooled family. I prayed and prayed for God to show me if I should continue to homeschool my children and if not then where should they go to school. The answer was clear - send them to public school. Every year since putting my girls into public school I pray that if God wants me to homeschool them that He would make that clear to me. So far, it seems that public school is the place for them. I don't know if they'll be in public school for the rest of the educating but for now that's where they are. So, back to homeschoolers seeming self righteous...I was a self righteous homeschooler at one point - I admit it. I would look at kids who went to public school and think how much better it was to homeschool and how public school kids were missing out on so much. Then the Lord began to change my heart. I started to see advantages to both ways of educating children. I stopped judging and started to pay attention to the positives about public school. Soon, it was clear that Katie would be going to fourth grade at Woodside School and Becky followed the next year to begin first grade. No form of education is without it's problems! I think I've talked about my troubles with school things enough for you to know that I see the problems! I also see the benefits - if I didn't then my girls wouldn't be there. I learned that what's right for one family isn't necessarily right for another and we shouldn't stereotype homeschoolers or public schoolers. Let's support the decisions we make as concerned parents knowing that we all really just want what's best for our kids.