No wedding

Julia was invited to a Princess Tea Party set for today. They were to be having tea in a "castle" and so they needed to make sure they were in their princess gowns. Well I thought she would be thrilled but she really wasn't. Her first concern was if I was going to go with her or leave her there. I let her know of course I would be there with her. That was yesterday. Not really any excitement. Then today, I tried to pump it up for her and she said very calmly "Maybe I get married today". Then I figured it all out. She loves her Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty movies. And she has talked for quite a few months about "going to the ball" (which is always at a castle) and she always loves dressing in her most beautiful "wedding" dresses. (Because you always get married after the ball). And she has even said she was going to get married and marry daddy! How Cute! I guess I assumed deep down she knew she wasn't really going to do these things. However, when I told her she was going to get her princess dress on and go to a castle and have a party, she literally thought she was. Just like in the movies. And of course that meant she must be going to get married too. So I think when it came down to it, she really wasn't as excited about it as she thought she would be. I realized when she said " Maybe I get married today" that she thought all of that was fixing to happen today. And she wasn't very excited. So obviously, I reassured her that NO she wasn't getting married today, and I wasn't leaving her at some big castle. After that she was fine and she had a ball at the party. I will post some pics as soon as my friend emails them to me. All of the little girls were soooo cute!

Encouragement

This is an excerpt from the book Women Leaving the Workplace by Burkett. Hopefully it will be an encouragement to us stay-at-home moms.

Since the beginning of time, mothers have played a key role in world events, both good and bad, through the influence they exercised on their children. Two examples of mothers' influence from the Bible are the wicked queen Athaliah and the godly mother Hannah. Athaliah counseled her 22 year old son, King Ahaziah, to do "wickedly" (II Chron 22:3) and only one year after he took the throne, he was executed. In contrast, Hannah dedicated her son Samuel to the service of the Lord. Not surprisingly, he became a great prophet. Two books of the bible are dedicated to his life's work. Stay at home moms must never lose sight of the tremendous influence they can exercise in their children's lives, even though Satan will try to discourage and defeat them.

We have to stay focused on why we're at home and why we're the best person to take care of your children. There are many struggles, financially and otherwise, but God is sufficient. He never leaves us. He always provides.

Just a little too late!!

Okay, the eggs we brought to class today, of course, started hatching tonight. Just a few hours earlier and you would have gotten to see them in person. Of course, they have just started so it could be tomorrow night or Monday before they actually come on out but here are a couple of good pictures of the slit and the fluid. These are Mexican Black King Snake babies. In the picture on the left and the bottom left egg is one of the ones I brought today. The bottom right is the other one.

Herpetology Class Pictures

Yes, its dead. We showed the differences between a timber rattlesnake and a gray rat which is sometimes confused by those spotters making a fast getaway!

(Thanks Janie for taking pictures of the snake class/show today). We had a great turnout and we appreciate all of you giving up your Saturday to come to class. We had a great time and we hope you all learned something new! I am pretty sure you can copy and save any pictures you want from my blog so feel free. If not, email me and I will send you the ones you might want of your kids. If your homeschool groups or organizations want to have us come; we would love to speak to classes. You can email me for more information!

Thanks Aunt Kathy!

Thanks Aunt Kathy for a great hike in the woods. Can't wait for the gazebo trip!!