http://inthatnumber.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:37:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every once in a while, the Lord will bring me to a scripture that just fits with what I need to hear. I'm sure it happens more than just "every once in a while" but I only pay attention that often. My loss! Some days as a homeschooling mom are just ... http://inthatnumber.com/2010/03/10/for-the-mamas/ This is for Karen, who has the same exact bowl as I do but has prettier strawberries. That, and more light. http://inthatnumber.com/2010/03/08/strawberry-love/ In spite of how grey and windy it was this past Friday, the boys wanted to get outside and so did mom. Enough paperwork! Time to go out and see stuff. And play with the telephoto. Sometimes saying "thank you" for a gift means going out and having fun with it. So ... http://inthatnumber.com/2010/03/07/nature-center-hike/ I should have blogged about this much earlier. At the beginning of the week, the boys worked on making their own compasses using dressmakers' pins, magnets, pieces of foamie stickers and bowls of water. They learned how to make a magnet by taking the pins and rubbing them a another magnet a ... http://inthatnumber.com/2010/03/07/magnets-and-water-and-compasses-oh-my/ "Why do you have the heart thing in that?" "I just want the practice, my baby." (The thought of how fast you are growing up sometimes makes me heartsick) "Take my picture too! Oh wait, I want to ride my bike. Don't take too long!" "Just stand still and it ... http://inthatnumber.com/2010/03/03/i/ God is good! NM's soccer team had their second game of the season this past weekend. Now, to be honest, I have no idea what the final score was, whether 3-1 or 2-1 (I think it was the latter). They were disappointed to say the least. BUT I was beside myself. ... http://inthatnumber.com/2010/03/03/soccer-game-what-is-up-with-us/ So friends from church share our name, hence the title. Last Thursday, we took our kids---those available---and headed to a park so I could get practice taking photos of other people's kids. Was I nervous? Yes. Was I uncomfortable? You betcha. Should I have been? Not at all. Wheee! It was fun taking photos of them ... http://inthatnumber.com/2010/03/03/our-namesakes/ This is a recipe by my oldest. I am making sure we get it in writing so he can refer back to it. He hopes to make more tomorrow and share them with friends at church. He made two batches today. For his first, he used milk chocolate and mint ... http://inthatnumber.com/2010/02/24/quick-smores/ Today was a snow day! All about J's snow day: At first, it started snowing. Next thing, after that we went out back and out front and we did a snowball fight. I would say four snow ball fights but I don't remember if it was more. After that we went ... http://inthatnumber.com/2010/02/23/snow-let-it/ The weather yesterday was so gorgeous it would have been a shame to spend it indoors with chores. Everything had been wet for a few days. Not raining, mind you, just a constant, heavy mist that saturated the ground and made for lots of pretty dew and made us rejoice ... http://inthatnumber.com/2010/02/22/sunday-walk/