A flurry of coloring

I'm still feeling sick.... *sigh*... and we are leaving for passover retreat tomorrow night so I really need to get well to be able to go. So I have been praying and resting. It's just hard to lie still and do nothing. I think I need to learn from Prime. My little boy can meditate for a long time and he look so cute doing it. I'll have to take a picture of him doing it sometimes. : ) J, on the hand, have a really hard time and can't do it for more than a minute. I think this has something to do with the fact she reads w/o pausing after the period. Anyone has any advice for that???

Prime has been doing a lot of coloring.... he is still coloring....





On the other hand, we are planting a pineapple.... will let you how that turns out. Anyone ever plant a pineapple? I saw the idea in this book about the Colonial people.

Pure fun!

We gave Prime my old cell phone, and he has been snapping lots of pictures. I will have to share some of his work once daddy teaches me how to download them. :) There are some really good ones and lots of goofy pictures, like Prime taking pictures of himself, especially parts of his face like just his eyes or his mouth. :) Whenever Prime takes pictures, J never wants her pictures taken, and vice versa. But both kids will let me snap pictures of them to my heart's content for some unknown reason.

The funniest pictures are the ones Prime took of daddy's butt. ;-) Excuse the language, but he chases daddy hard for those and took lots of pictures where daddy was acting goofy and totally acting like a kid . LOL. Yes, this is what I call pure fun!

I'm hoping this virus will clear up soon so we can go outside and have some fun and just do some physical activities. That's where my kids are the goofiest and have the most pure fun. Their favorite game is "red light, green light, little white light". There are many different versions of this game but basically one person says the verse about the colored lights (fast or slow or combo) and turns around to see where everybody is. If he/she catches someone moving upon turning his/her head as they finish saying the verse, then that person is it and they switch place. If not, players advance until they can touch the person saying the verse and then it becomes a tag game. Anyway, we play lots of similar games. Another favorite is the mother protecting her chicks from the old wolf.

The kids are coloring like crazy today again. I hang them on a new hung string (got this idea from another mom- sorry, can't remember who) But I love this idea as it does not require me to buy picture frames and the kids love the fact I'm hanging up. And they come often to look at their picture and read the bible verse which is a bonus.

The one on the string is J's and the raccoon is Prime's.

J is knitting again. :) She has been knitting a few rows on and off. I think the illness has made her gravitate to the quieter activities. I think we will try another knitting class to learn some new tricks.

Here is J's knitted recorder case. This was her 2nd project with the 1st project being a purse. She knitted about 1/2 and I sewed it together. But she picked the button and sewed the button. Our Enki recorder has been sleeping. :(

Also share with you the thing to use that saves you from even the worst chapped lips or bleeding lips (works wonder) for kids and adults: both kids just uses some this morning for their very chapped lips.

This is from Bath and Body Works. I love this brand: C.O Bigelow. I particularly love their rose water skin tonic and cucumber skin tonic for my dry skin. I use it on the kids sometimes too. It works great on them too.

Sick day learning

J is on the up swing. I'm not sure if its Sambucol suggested by Rosalyn and web page later provided by LBD, but I did purchase it at our local pharmacy and the kids have been taking it regularly since last night. J is not coughing as bad as she was and therefore she seem to have more energy. Thanks, ladies!!

We read quite a bit today, mostly fairy tale. But we also read like 5 chapters from Psalms. The Enki fairy tale we read this morning is called "Lubachaka". In the afternoon, I read 2 Italian fairy tales in Chinese to J and Prime. They also did some clay modeling in the morning, as well as listened to some music. Prime also played by himself while J did a little finger string games.

In the afternoon, the kids rested while Prime even felt asleep for a little while. Then they colored, first J, then Prime. I was suprised at the patience Prime had shown in his coloring today. Later, we watched a video- Ocean by EyeWitness. We all love this series of dvd/video and watch them regularly. I learn lots of new information too. I usually borrow books on the subject and read it to them before hand so they have some idea when they watch the video.

Today, the video was saying how our earth spins, Prime says, "Oh, I know! That's like what the Enki song says, round, and round the earth is turning...." I love these ah-ha moments. :) I also love the fact even on sick days as another mom points out in her blog, the kids are still learning.


Here is our home made color pencil holder which daddy kindly sewed for us at my request. (He knows how to use the sewing machine, not me. I do hand sewing. )


This is colored by Prime. He read the verse all by himself.

This is colored by J. J memorized her scripture.