Finally some preschool

We did it!!!  Finally made it downstairs to preschool.  We had quite the mess to clean up as the little ones have of course been into everything!!!  We made a weather dial using printouts from www.sparklebox.com and the kids were so excited to spin the dial to rainy!  We made caterpillar craft sticks(glued pom poms on craft sticks)...we'll add some pipe cleaner antennae and google eyes later on after the glue dries.  We practiced our cutting and gluing.  We worked on kicking and catching a ball.  We read "Marvin K. Mooney will you please Go now!".  They loved it.  I remember it being Justin's very favorite book when he was four so I'm pleased to be able to read it again.  We did a few fine motor activities also and now they are watching wow wow wubzy while I clean up and post this to the blog.  All in all the morning is shaping up to be better than I thought it would so that is a good thing.  Now to tackle the laundry monster and the dishes from this morning.  Happy schooling to you all.

no school yet....

I have so enjoyed looking at all the great ideas on everyone's blogs...here's the thing.  I find all these great ideas and I am having a hard time getting them from my jump drive to my kids work table.  Hmmm...wonder if that means I need to stop looking and start doing?  To be fair we have had revival at church this week which was WONDERFUL, but each day of our week felt really short.  I even forgot to call and get the results of  JR's mri from the doctor.  Today I woke up with a chest cold...its been brewing all week.  I know that Satan did his very best to keep us from the revival and now he's gonna try to keep us from church this week but it will not work.  So, I guess I need to finish this post and do a little preschool, homeschool style with the kiddos.

Whew!

We are dealing with Jake having an almost paralyzing fear of storms and going to bed.  I've been praying for guidance so I can help him.  Today I had him visit the counselor at school(she's pretty good with the kids and I thought it might be easier for him to talk to someone else) and prayed some more.  I decided that I would:
1. look up fear in my concordance and go through some verses with him...we prayed together before we did this
2. check out a book about weather at the library
3. explore our local news stations weather dept on the internet

I still think he's afraid.  I think that he did a little better tonight than last night, but I have a suspicion that he and JR are in bed together.  I plan to continue on this path tomorrow.  I think we will write some of the verses down so he can put them on the wall by his bunk bed. Maybe if he can use a pen light to read them if he becomes afraid it will help?  Its so hard when my babies are hurting and I just want to help them through the bad times.  I am so very thankful that he has Jesus in his heart and a passion for the word.

We have started to read with them from the King James as this is what our new church uses....I'll just be honest with you...I am having a hard time with the transition.  Not sure I'll make it.  Of course, it doesn't help that I decided to use my Grandma's old Bible(she passed away in '77) from 1949 and my allergies immediately flared up.  My face is still burning and my throat is all funny feeling.  Ah well....at least I have my iphone app.  It can't get mildewy smelling!

What have you done for your kiddos when they are having fear of this nature?  Any suggestions are welcome!

Revival

We are having a revival at church this week.  Very cool.  I have never been to one, but the first service was great.  Two people accepted Christ!  We missed the service this evening but I hope to go tomorrow night.  Today's sermon was about where you are on the path.  There are three places you can be:  you can be the "natural man" or lost man and on your way to hell...you can be "carnal man" a saved person who is not growing...listless, lethargic Christianity...or you can be "spiritual man"....learning, growing and doing God's will....hmmmm which one are you?  Thank God I know that I am going to heaven but am I really the best Christian that I can be?  I can't wait to hear tomorrow's service.

Homemade Laundry Detergent � Kesner Family

Hmmm....I wonder....have you made your own detergent ever? I am really tired of the high priced store stuff, but I wonder....

Homemade Laundry Detergent � Kesner Family

Pictures of the kids

J.R. had his MRI today.  We had thunderstorms all night so two of the four were up at 3:30...and of course I was up with them:/  The alarm went off at 5:30, we rushed to get everyone ready and out the door by 6:30, dropped Caitlin by my Dad's and off to Mercy to.......wait for 2 1/2 hours....ARGH!!!  He did great through the iv and went off with "that nice lady" for his MRI.  The let us take him home shortly after and he was so drowsy still.  He slept until 4:30.  Wonder what that means for tonight?  Here's a pic I snapped of him asleep on the couch:

and some pictures I took of the kids this morning while we were waiting to leave:

I love this little purple fuzzy hairbow with the flower on it.

J.R. with poor fluff and snowball...they are in need of yet another "bath", but they still made the trip to the hospital with us and stayed by his side even when Mommy and Daddy couldn't.

He loves to have his picture taken...and has to see the picture immediately after it is snapped!

It is SO hard to get a picture of all four of them...I love even the goofy tries though.

this one is a tad bit better.

Jake is sporting his new "buzz" cut.  The boys love when Dad cuts their hair like this because it eliminates the need for a comb!

No school for the big kids today!

I LOVE it when school is out for my older sons.  Just to have them home is wonderful even if we don't do anything special.  Today probably qualifies for a "nothing special" day because of JR's fever but we'll enjoy it anyway.  I was hoping to take them to a place called Deana Rose Farmstead.  It is a FREE place in our area that is sort of like a barnyard zoo.  They have all of the barnyard type animals plus for an extra amount(not too much) you can fish, take a pony ride or go on a hay ride....I think that's all...even if you don't do the extras the kids have a blast.  Another day maybe.

I cleaned out our larger fish tank this morning and dumped the old water on our flower garden out front.  Jaker got to learn about one natural way to get rid of slugs in your flowerbed.....he salted it.  He thought that was crazy, but was pretty amazed when it worked.  I remember when we lived in Germany the rain would bring the slugs out in droves....they would cover the sidewalk and I hated to have to go out when they were out.  I think they are so gross...ewwww!!!!