Breakfast!

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I wish I had a hidden camera in my kitchen. Most of the time I eat with the kids for breakfast, or I'll finish eating and clean dishes while they finish; but today I'm down here, catching up on banking, etc., and they are eating. I let them sleep in today. We've been fighting a roaming cold...it roams from one of us to the next...and you can tell they all got their fill of rest. Chloe is the loudest. You will hear her voice, followed by cackles and peals of laughter from Caylea and Josh. Josh laughs the loudest. (He who laughs the loudest laughs last? How does that saying go?) Anyway, the fact that she can entertain them is pretty amazing, but it also hysterical to me that she often goes just one step too far, to the point that there is dead silence and then inevitably either Caylea, usually, or Josh will say, "That wasn't funny." At that point, Chloe will laugh one of her hysterically evil "mad scientist" laughs and the laughter will resound throughout the house again. You just can't help it. Her face is like that of Will Ferrell (sp?), who can make me laugh with just a face. (See "Buddy Elf," one of my favorite movies.)
Everyone knows we home school. Everyone knows we 'shelter' our children shamelessly. I want everyone to know that, by the grace of God, it's working beautifully. My kids aren't perfect, although I jokingly call them that all of the time, and they don't always get along, but I can honestly say that they are developing the kind of relationships with each other that will carry them through life. They are friends, and that makes my heart happy. I love that God made them so very different in personality, but that He also made them so willing to love one another. I'm pretty sure ice cream has a lot to do with it too... :)

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Ashley said…
You are doing an awesome job. I admire you and you inspire me to do a better job.
February 5, 2011 at 9:03 PM
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