My mom sent me this and I thought it was worth posting here as well....
“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.” Mother Theresa
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Taking Tattling to a Whole New Level...
As we have mentioned before, we gave Kari's old iPhone to James when she upgraded to her new one. It doesn't have a SIM card so it can't be used to make calls but it still works as a iPod. James listens to music on it and plays games on it.
I set him up with an email address (james@isispower.com) and connected his phone to our home Wi-Fi. I can send him emails and pictures when I am traveling.
A few nights ago, we went through our regular routine to get the kids in bed. Shower for James, bath for Katie. A few books for Katie, then she goes into her bed. James and I go downstairs to practice his spelling words while Katie falls asleep.
This whole routine works very well when Katie goes to sleep. James goes straight to bed then. But if she is up, they usually talk, play and goof around.
I brought James up at 8:30 to go to bed and Katie is wide awake. I put her back in her bed, put James in his bed and told them both to go to sleep. I went downstairs to my office to do some work. While I was down there, I heard some noises upstairs but I assumed that was Kari. At about 10:00, I get an email from James with the following picture attached.
When I went upstairs, James was in his bed, genuinely trying to go to sleep. Katie was wide awake. He sent me the picture of Katie standing on the edge of his bed trying to get something off of the bookshelf hoping that I would come up an put her back in her bed.
That is a whole new level of tattling.
I set him up with an email address (james@isispower.com) and connected his phone to our home Wi-Fi. I can send him emails and pictures when I am traveling.
A few nights ago, we went through our regular routine to get the kids in bed. Shower for James, bath for Katie. A few books for Katie, then she goes into her bed. James and I go downstairs to practice his spelling words while Katie falls asleep.
This whole routine works very well when Katie goes to sleep. James goes straight to bed then. But if she is up, they usually talk, play and goof around.
I brought James up at 8:30 to go to bed and Katie is wide awake. I put her back in her bed, put James in his bed and told them both to go to sleep. I went downstairs to my office to do some work. While I was down there, I heard some noises upstairs but I assumed that was Kari. At about 10:00, I get an email from James with the following picture attached.
When I went upstairs, James was in his bed, genuinely trying to go to sleep. Katie was wide awake. He sent me the picture of Katie standing on the edge of his bed trying to get something off of the bookshelf hoping that I would come up an put her back in her bed.
That is a whole new level of tattling.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Cousins and the Conservatory...
Hello All,
We've been slacking in our postings. The good news is that we are very busy.
Cousins Caleb and Eli were in town for the weekend. Kari and I took James, Katie, Caleb and Eli to the Garfield Park conservatory on Saturday to run around, play and look at the flowers. Here are the highlights.
Enjoy!
We've been slacking in our postings. The good news is that we are very busy.
Cousins Caleb and Eli were in town for the weekend. Kari and I took James, Katie, Caleb and Eli to the Garfield Park conservatory on Saturday to run around, play and look at the flowers. Here are the highlights.
Enjoy!
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