First Boy Scout Camp Out

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This is what J1 looked like just seconds before he flew out the door with his dad heading to the Boy Scout Cabin. They will be camping overnight up in the coastal foothills (well, more valley than hills). He doesn’t know yet that his ONLY friend in the troop will not be going along. 🙁 I’m hoping he will make new friends, but I’m not sure that he will try. I’m sort of sad for him. I will pray for him the whole time that he will have a good time and make friends. I’d appreciate if you’d remember him in your prayers too.

Photos from our life

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Brett & Christy & Kids

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I’m doing a lot of this – I’ve gotten behind on my Kay Arthur study and can not seem to catch up! I need a loooong weekend.

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J2 and his first book

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J1’s Creation with Magnetix – it rotates with a simple twist of your wrist. VERY cool!

First Book!

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Last night, after baths, J3 was reading me his homework books. J2 sat down and picked up a book on the couch and said “Hey I can read this!” He read about 80% of the book out loud to his brother and I.

I can’t tell you how big this is!
1) He looked at the words in a book with out being TOLD to do it
2) He realized that he could read them
3) He determined to sit down and read
4) He persevered even when he ran into harder words.

Sadly, even amidst my complete JOY at this milestone — I find myself wishing the book was anything other than a beginner book. But I need to compare him ONLY to him. Not to his brothers, his cousins, other kids his age in cub scouts or at church. I need to remember where we’ve been and hold onto the fact that slow progress is still progress!

Mixing it up

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J2 is writing a story about …what else… pirates. Each page is thought out, handwritten and then a picture is added. All very serious stuff! 😉 Today, completing his picture, he looks at the page and mumbles, “Something is missing, but I can’t touch it with my tongue.”

sigh.

You see why he’s so hard to understand sometimes? He means “Something is missing, it’s on the tip of my tongue.” or maybe even “Something is missing, but I can’t get in touch with it.” Instead I’m left confused.